3701 Powelton Street

 

3701-3703: “Circa 1880, Second Empire-style; two-and-one-half story, double; stone facade over brick construction. First-floor full-height windows partially enclosed; porch removed. Applied decorative wood cornice below slate-shingled mansard which has four wood gabled dormers. This double was built with its neighbor 3705-07.”

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

 

History

1880:

Max Riebenack            35        Railroad accountant; born in Germany [Bavaria]

Eleanor R. Riebenack  30        Born in N.Y.; parents in Pa.

Eleanor J. Riebenack     9

Henry G. Riebenack      8

Max Riebenack              7

William B. Riebenack  9 months

Eliza Gilchrist             38        Servant; born in Ireland

Mary Burk                   38        Servant; born in Ireland

(ED 489, 28)

 

1889 Directory: Riebenack, Max, ass’t comptroller, 233 S 4th, h 3701 Powelton Ave.

            The 1890 Directory lists them at 227 N. 34th St., the corner of Powelton Ave. and 34th St., where they lived until his death in 1910.  (See his biography at that address.)

 

1891 Directory: Ann M. Davis, widow of Thomas

 

1900:

William Solomon         50        Clerk in a government office; born in Md., parents born in Del.; renting

Ella Solomon               47        Married 20 years, 2 children, 1 surviving; born in Mass., parents born in N.H.

Sarah S. Solomon        16        Born in Md.

J. A. Whitcher              75        Mother-in-law; widowed, 1 child; born in N.H.

John Phillips                53        Tailor; single [?]

Mary Phillips               52        Boarder; married 35 years, 1 child

Jane Hannigan             40        Boarder; single; parents born in Ireland

Reginald B. Chase       31        Boarder; Conveyancer; born in N.H.

Blanche Longacre        30        Boarder; single

Charles M. Dunn         32        Boarder; born in Illinois

Ida Dunn                     25        Boarder; married 5 years, no children; born in Illinois

Thomas W. Battin       26        Boarder; naval architect; born in N.Y., parents born in Pa.

Jessie Battin                 23        Boarder; married 2 years, no children; born in India, parents born in Scotland

(ED 549, 2A)

            John Phillips is listed at 3619 Powelton Ave. in the 1887 to 1895 city directories.

 

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