3632 Powelton Avenue
The History of the Building
3630-3632: “Circa
1880, three-story, two-register brick houses; 3632 is a corner first-floor
commercial property. Pressed brick bands join the lintels at the second and
third floors. Arches are. splayed brick. Pressed brick
decorates the slightly flared roof line. The original porch has been removed”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents of
3632 Powelton Avenue
1887
Directory: Warren Gilbough, banker
William Pollock, salesman
1895
Directory: W. Clark Barns
1900:
Lydia A. Gregary 65 Housekeeper;
widowed, 6 children, 4 surviving
Nellie M. Gregary 27
Clarence T. Currier 35 Boarder; electrician; married 6 years;
born in New York
Rose G. Currier 32
Boarder; married 6 years, no
children; born in Vermont
Charles S. Anderson 31
Boarder; clerk for the Pennsylvania
Railroad
Patrick T. Mullin 37
Boarder; jeweler; single; born in
Rhode Island, parents born in Ireland
Nathaniel Fisher 38
Boarder; jeweler; married 21 years;
born in England
Mary A. Reed 64
Boarder; widowed, 2 children
Henry S. Reed 36
Boarder; bookkeeper
Susan E. Meredith 72 Boarder
Roy A. Hamaker 17 Boarder;
electrician
(ED 543, 13A)
1906 Blue
Book: Mr. & Mrs. Henry Spencer Reed
1910:
Wilson E. Gregory 41 Printer; married 13 years; renting
Della E. Gregory 38 Married 13 years, no children; born in
Michigan, father born in Michigan, mother in N.Y.
Edward Grooscon 49 Boarder;
railroad brakeman; married 19 years; born in Maryland, father born in Germany,
mother in Maryland
Lena Grooscon 43 Boarder;
married 19 years, 1 child (deceased); born in England, immigrated in 1867
Elizabeth Menz 24 Boarder;
dressmaker; born in N.J., parents born in Germany
Marie Hookey 25 Boarder; stenographer
Thomas Hookey 23 Boarder;
real estate agent
John W. Bradley 37 Boarder; machinist for railroad; parents
born in England
(ED 492, 7B)
1916, Feb.
28: Death of William M. Bartram of 3632 Powelton Ave.
In
1910, the Bartram family lived at 3628
Powelton Ave.
1920:
Eliza E. Bartram 39 Born in Philadelphia; renting
Margaret H. Bartram 35 Sister; bookkeeper at a storage house
Ardella Keeler 49 Lodger;
secretary for an insurance company
--- 2nd household
William Armstrong 45 Doctor of allopathic medicine
Marion Armstrong 40
Marion Armstrong 18 Daughter
(ED 687, 2A)
Eliza
and Margaret Bartram’s mother was living next-door at 3630
Powelton Ave.
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Revised 3/14/2012