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122 Elmwood Avenue

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1890Built by (source: Philadelphia Times ad 2.23.1890)

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newspaper ad shows large house, church in background, floor plans
"Perfect Sanitary Protection — A House To Suit Your Wife", The Philadelphia Times, February 23, 1890. Newspapers.com
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Elm Station — Less than 7 miles from Broad Street Station on Main Line Pennsylvania Railroad

PERFECT SANITARY PROTECTION

NO DRAINAGE WELLS allowed on the property. Every house underdrained by the most approved and scientific method. PURE WATER, from an artisian well over 200 feet deep, is pumped to a reservoir and from there piped to the houses. Fare to Broad Street Station, 7 cents on three months' ticket. Every Lot within three minutes of station. Low taxes.

A HOUSE TO SUIT YOUR WIFE

The Price of the houses, complete, ready for occupancy, on a lot 75 feet front, is $6,600. The first story is built of stone, and all work done under the most careful supervision.

Every Room opens on the Hall. No going through Dining Room to get to front door. Two doors at every point in Kitchen to shut off smells from the rest of the house. Back stairs entirely private and not run to a landing on main stairs. Liberal Closets.

Every room laid out so that your furniture will fit without putting your bed in front of a door or window.

Porches so arranged so that when one side is sunny the other is shady.

These houses are not in and have no connection to Narberth Park, but are on the other side of the railroad.

The great difference between our properties and all other suburban properties within a radius of fifteen miles of Philadelphia IS AN ABUNDANT AND PROTECTED SUPPLY OF PURE WATER AND NO DRAINAGE WELLS ALLOWED.

OVER 20,000 LIVES LOST IN PHILADELPHIA SINCE 1862 BY TYPHOID AND KINDRED DISEASE, FROM IMPURE AND POLLUTED WATER. — CHAS. M. CRESSON, M. D.

Call or send for our Book of Designs. We have houses for more money and houses for less, or will build your own design.

Call on or address C. W. MACFARLANE, on the Premises, or Room 78, American Life Building, S. E. Cor. Fourth and Walnut Sts.

U. S. Census

Census Name Relation Age Own Race Marital Birthplace Business Trade Apt # Note
1910Frederic H LelandHead38RentWhiteMarriedMassachusettsCivil Engineer
Lura W LelandWife40WhiteMarriedMassachusetts
Albert F LelandSon10WhiteSingleMissouri
Henry W LelandSon7WhiteSingleNew York
Robert S LelandSon2WhiteSingleNew York
1920John A CaldwellHead47OwnWhiteMarriedPennsylvaniaReal EstateAgent
Helen B CaldwellWife40WhiteMarriedPennsylvania
James Baird CaldwellSon16WhiteSinglePennsylvania
Helen CaldwellDaughter12WhiteSinglePennsylvania
Lois CaldwellDaughter10WhiteSinglePennsylvania
Janet CaldwellDaughter6WhiteSinglePennsylvania
Edith CaldwellDaughter3WhiteSinglePennsylvania
Eunice CaldwellDaughter1WhiteSinglePennsylvania
1930W F Horan Jr.Head32RentWhiteMarriedPennsylvaniaretail gas stationagent
Aileen HoranWife27WhiteMarriedPennsylvania
Frank A RobertsHead32RentWhiteMarriedNew Yorkfire insuranceagent mgr
Mildred B RobertsWife21WhiteMarriedPennsylvania
Richard W RobertsSon0WhiteSingleNew Jersey
Helen B CaldwellHead51OwnWhiteWidowedPennsylvania
James Baird CaldwellSon27WhiteSinglePennsylvaniareal estateagent
Lois CaldwellDaughter21WhiteSinglePennsylvaniagrade schoolteacher
Janet CaldwellDaughter17WhiteSinglePennsylvania
Edith CaldwellDaughter13WhiteSinglePennsylvania
Eunice CaldwellDaughter11WhiteSinglePennsylvania
1940Elizabeth CaldwellHead31RentWhiteDivorcedPennsylvaniaBankBookkeeper
Judson Ruth Kurtz Jr.Head26RentWhiteMarriedPennsylvaniaElectric UtilitiesSalesmanJudson Ruth Kurtz, Jr - WWII draft
Doris Mabel KurtzWife25WhiteMarriedIllinoisDepartment storeSalesladyDoris Mabel Elton - Kurtz
1950Fred H LatimerHead33WhiteMarriedIndianaWholesale & Refining Oil CoGeologistJ
Dorothy LatimerWife35WhiteMarriedIllinoisPublic Junior High SchoolHome Economics TeacherJ
Anne LescautHead35WhiteNeverFrancePrivate UniversitySecretary2nd fl
Leone LinbemanLodger44WhiteNeverIowaEngineering FirmSecretary2nd fl
Robert DaubertLodger48White NeverPennsylvaniaRailroadTravels for Railroad2nd fl
James MorrellHead29WhiteMarriedPennsylvaniaSteam Ship CoCustom House Broker Steamship Agent3rd fl
Ethel MorrellWife29WhiteMarriedPennsylvaniaRetail Clothing StoreSaleswoman3rd fl
Alan G ParisHead27WhiteMarriedNew JerseyStationers GuildSales Representative"Should follow dwelling unit 265 sheet 24 line 8, which is enumerated on sheet 78 line 25."
Marie Louise ParisWife22WhiteMarriedPennsylvaniaRetail Dept StoreSaleswoman

No census records found 1900–1950.

Other resident listings

Main Line Board of Realtors listings 1949-90

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1981
122 Elmwood Avenue real estate listing, 1981

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