3617 Powelton Avenue
3617-3619: “Circa 1870, two-and-one-half story,
Victorian stone double with symmetrical front projecting bays at the first
floor, regular fenestration: and a bay addition projecting to the east at the second
floor, and two windows in the slate-shingled mansard roof. Number 3619 has had
alterations to its entrance and it is likely that the porch originally extended
across the entire facade.”
(Inventory
of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of
Historic Places, 1985)
History
1870:
Thomas
Hanson 27 Clerk in a dry goods store; born in Delaware; property:
$1,500
Hanna Hanson 28
Anna Hanson 24 Born
in Delaware
Mary M. Carma 19 Domestic servant
(1st
enumeration: p 13; 2nd enumeration: p 26)
1881 Directory: Edward Brown. 311 Walnut,
United States & Foreign Patent Office. For sale,
Pyrometers, Scotch Glass Tubes, & Steam Gauges. Established
1860.
In 1880, he lived at 114 N. 34th
St. He was a single boarder.
1900:
Edward Brown 65 Mechanical
engineer; born in England, immigrated in 1857; owner, free of a mortgage
Fanny H
Brown 56 Married 19 years, 3 children; born in England, immigrated in
1851
Richard P Brown 15
Fanny E
Brown 14
Edward M
Brown 11
Madge Tully 25 Servant; born in Ireland, immigrated in 1896
Madge Carr 19 Servant; born in Ireland, immigrated in 1899
(ED 543,
13B)
1906 Blue Book: Richard P. Brown
1910:
Fanny H.
Brown 66 Widowed, 3 children; born in England
Richard P.
Brown 25 Manufacturer of instruments; single; parents born in England
Edna M.
Brown 21 Single
Mary Omaley 20 Servant; born in Ireland
Annie Walsh 21 Servant; born in Ireland
(ED 492, 6B)
In 1920, they lived at 130 Johnson St.
1920:
William R.
Black 43 Automobile repairs; renting
Nella Black 38 Born in Sweden, immigrated in 1900
Jean I.
Black 76 Mother
Annie Durk 41 Born in England, immigrated in 1905,
parents born in Ireland
Catherine Stargle [?] 26 Lodger; trained nurse working in
doctor's office; born in Philadelphia, father born in Germany
(ED 687, 1B)
In 1930, William and Nella Black lived at 4708 Pine St. Their ages were given as 56 and 53. He was listed as a financier.
1930:
Charles J. Brouwer-Ancher 61 Electrical
engineering at a university; born in N.J., father born in Holland
Grace Brouwer-Ancher 61 Born in N.J., mother born in Irish Free
State
Georgine Brouwer-Ancher
36 File
clerk at machine store; born in N.J.
Edward D. Brouwer-Ancher 33 Electrical engineer married at age 21;
born in N.J.
Charles J. Brouwer-Ancher 10 Grandson; born in Conn., father born in
N.J., mother in England
Mary M. Brouwer-Ancher
8 [Grand]daughter;
born in Conn., father born in N.J., mother in England
Adele G.
Kennelly 20 Granddaughter; born in N.Y., father born
in N.Y., mother in N.J.
William J. Andringa 45 Lodger; born in Irish Free State
(ED 398,
19B)
In 1920, they lived in Hampton,
Conn. He was a construction
engineer. A 1915 passenger list gives
his date and place of birth as 2/9/1869, Jersey City and her's
as 12/31/1868, Hoboken. Ad
1950 Directory: Ursula Bucki
Gerard H. Bye
Max Geldman
“While at the Co-op, living at 3617
Powelton Avenue, Lois [Bye Funderburg] met Ursula Bucki.”
(“On
the West Side” Melanie Lamond. University City Historical
Society. Sept., 2007.)
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revised: 8/17/2010