3618 Hamilton Street

 

Description: Description: Description: 3618hamilton

 

The History of the Building

 

3616-18: “Circa 1870, three-story Italianate double, stuccoed. Shallow-gabled roof over 3616; 3618 has a flat roof. Double bracketed cornice; first-floor projecting bays….  3618 has circa 1920 enclosed tan brick colonial porch.”

(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, 1985)

 

Previous Residents of 3618 Hamilton Street

 

1870:

1st Enumeration, June

Mary K. Wolfe             64        Real estate: $40,000, personal: $1,000

Joseph R. Wolfe           45        Retired merchant

Emily Wolfe                28

Fanny Wolfe                25

Margaret Wade            30        Domestic servant; born in Ireland

Catherine Wade           35        Domestic servant; born in Ireland

(ED 77, 15)

 

2nd enumeration, November, 187

Samuel Smith              40-44

Hannah Smith             40-44

Ellen Smith                 10-14

Derby Smith                10-14

Rosalee Smith              10-14

Anna Smith                 abt 5

Hare Smith                       1

(ED 77, 20)

            Note the 2nd enumeration does not give exact ages.

 

1880:

Harry P. Atkinson       43        Dry goods; born in N.J.

Sallie Atkinson            41

Walter W. Atkinson     21        Hardware business

Louis B. Atkinson       19

Samuel H. Atkinson    16

Florence Atkinson       13

(ED 487, 23)

            In 1870, they lived at 3521 Hamilton St.

 

1881 Directory: Harry P. Atkinson, salesman

 

1890 Dir.: Holloway, George K., 109 Del Av. market, h 3618 Hamilton

                Holloway, George S.

            In 1889, they lived next door at 3620 Hamilton St.

 

1900:

George K Holloway    62        Commission merchant; owner with a mortgage

Julia A Holloway         57        Married 33 years, 3 children, 2 surviving

V Allen Holloway        24        Dentist

Nancy Saunders           24        Servant; black; married 3 years, 1 child; born in W.V.

(ED 543, 9A)

 

1910:

Emma Southgate         58        Widowed, one child; born in Va.

Eva Southgate             34        Daughter; single; born in Md., parents in Va

Samuel Zacharias        70        Boarder; superintendent of a trust com.; widowed

(ED 492, 4A)

 

1915, January 24: “Samuel M. Zacharias, 74 years old, who died Sunday night at his home, 3618 Hamilton street, was for 30 years superintendent of vaults of the Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company.  Mr. Zacharias was born in Lingletown, Dauphin County, and was graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1863. That year he joined the Union Army, serving in the Sixth Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry.  Following this he entered the grain business with his father, and later was appointed Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue for Juanita, Mifflin and Snyder Counties.” (Evening Public Ledger, Jan. 26, 1915)

 

1920:

Emma Southgate         60        Born in Va.; owned free of mortgage

Eva G. Southgate        38        Daughter; single; born in Va.

(ED 686, 4B)

 

1930:

William Keith              54        Optician; married at age 30; born in Mass.; owner, house valued at $6,000

Lutie Keith                  46        Married at age 22; born in Md.

Edgar W. Keith           23        Theater actor

Cryllis Keith                17

Charles Keith              11

Anna Agonneffe          17        Servant; born in Irish Free State

(ED 398 8A)

            In 1920, they lived next door at 3616 Hamilton St. 

 

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