The History of the Building
3624-26: “Circa
1870, two-and-one-half story, Second Empire-style double house, cruciform plan,
with entrance in cross arms; stone façade over brick; 3624 side porch removed…”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1870:
John Shedwick 54 Home
builder; born in
Margaret 51 Born in
James C. 32 Home builder; born in
William 17 Apprentice carpenter
George 15 Twin
Harry 15 Twin
Isabel Hackett 34 Domestic
servant; born in
Bridget Ford 20-24 (only in 2nd enumeration)
(1st
Enumeration: pp 14; 2nd Enumeration: p 29)
In 1866, they were
at SE corner, 32nd &
In 1880, they were
at 3408
Race St.
Houses built by
Shedwick at
Mrs. Shedwick was the former
Margaret Campbell. The Descendants of Joseph and Mary Dodge Campbell
in America, by
Henry Graham Ashmead provides very thorough
biographies of Margaret, John and several of their sons.
1890 Directory: Frank H. Seeley
1895 Directory: Frank H. Seeley, physician at 1027 Walnut St.
I[saac]B. Seeley, trusses at 1027 Walnut St.
Walter B. Seeley, fitter
1898 Blue Book: I. B. Seeley
Mr. & Mrs. Franklin Henry Seeley
Walter B. Seeley
The 1906
Blue Book lists Walter living at 29 W. Upsal, Germantown.
1898 Blue Book: I. B. Seeley and Walter B. Seeley were members
of the Powelton Club. (For a brief history of the club, see the Powelton
History Blog.)
1900: House not
enumerated in census
1910:
Annie Bush 60 Married twice, 4 children, 2 surviving;
born in
Chester E. Carpenter 36 Son-in-law;
foreman for Pullman Co., father born in Vt., mother in Md.
Florence R. Carpenter 26 Married;
teacher; five months no children; born in Md.
Margaret H Regg 22 Daughter;
single
Rachel Murphy 58 Lodger;
single mother born in N.J.
Almena Murphy 60 Lodger;
single mother born in N.J.
Alice E. Rohn 41 Lodger;
single; teacher; parents born in
Anna J. Pollock 60 Lodger;
single; teacher in city school; mother born in N.J.
Mary R. Fraher 52 Lodger;
single; father born in
Nellie Wheatley 24 Lodger;
single; music teacher; father born in Del., mother in Md.
Sarah Dugan 36 Servant;
single; parents born in
Margaret Cunningham 18 Servant; single; born in
(ED 492, 5B-6A)
Chester
and Florence Carpenter purchased 3511
Hamilton St. in 1920 and moved there.
1920:
Maurice W Wiley 43 President of a lumber co.; born in
Ellen Baker Wiley 34
Welles Rusk Wiley 2 yrs., 4 months
(ED 686, 5A)
In
February, 1916, the Evening Public Ledger
(Philadelphia) reported that “Mrs. Joseph Boyd Baker, of Covington, announces
the engagement of her daughter, Miss Ellen Rutter Baker, to Mr. Maurice W.
Wiley, formerly of Baltimore. Mrs. Baker
and Miss Baker are spending the month of February at Summerville, S.C.”
In
1930, they lived in
1930:
Lewis F. Ulmer 58 Merchant
selling retail cigars; married at age 35; renting for $75 per month
Nancy Ulmer 50 Married
at age 27; born in Maryland
Edgar Foster 43 Lodger; salesman [rest illegible]; born in N.Y.
Margaret Uppenkanth 40 Lodger;
milliner in millinery shop; born in Kansas
Anna Hammerly 50 Lodger;
born in Ohio
Edwin Hoyer 65 Lodger;
proof reader at a printing house; widowed; parents born in Maryland
(ED 398, 18A)
1950 Directory: McGowen William P.
McLaughlin, David B.
Schira, John F.
2009: owner: Vaughn J. Cook
purchase
date: 10/1986
Revised 11/24/2011