3726 Hamilton Street
The History of the Building
3722-24, 3726-28: “Circa 1885, three-story, four-register red brick Victorian doubles. Simple wood porch on 3722-24; elaborate Victorian porch on 3726-28. Pressed brick detail, corbelled brick cornice. Incised brownstone lintels”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents of
3726 Hamilton Street
1894: William Henry Keim Lerch. Sophomore in Mechanical
Engineering. (Catalogue of U. of
Pennsylvania)
1896: William Torrence Pierce. Student 1st year class,
Department of Law. (Catalogue of U. of
Pennsylvania)
1900:
Enos Larkin 73 Dry goods merchant; owner with a mortgage
Nellie M.
Larkin 53 Married 27 years, 1 child; born in N.Y.
Marion Drury 51 Sister-in-law; Divorced, no children; born in N.Y.
Lydia Thomas 53 Boarder;
widowed with 3 children; born in Ohio, father born in Pa., mother in Ohio
Morris Thomas 24 Son
[of Lydia]; clerk
John Boardman 65 Lodger;
mechanical engineer; born in Maine, father born in N.H., mother in Maine
E. A. Rodell 23 Lodger; decorator; born in Austria, immigrated in 1886
(ED 549, 3A)
In 1910, they were next door at 3724
Hamilton St.
1909: Miss Sarah M.
Livezey. Member. (Bulletin of
Geographical Society of Philadelphia)
1910:
Joseph R.
Livezey 71 Own income; owner, free of a mortgage
Deborah P.
Livezey 61 Married 41 years, 3 children, 2 surviving
Sarah M.
Livezey 40
Anna Miller 50 Servant; black; born in Maryland
(ED 499, 6B)
1911: Sarah M. Livezey. Board of Managers, Hospital Committee. (Annual Report of Hahnemann Medical College and
Hospital)
1896 Boyd’s Blue Book: Mr. & Mrs. Edwin R. Bryan. Receiving
day Wednesday
Miss Madge Hawley Bryan
2010: Current Owner:
Percy Custus
Purchase date: 7/1982
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