Powelton History Blog: A Collective Biography of a Philadelphia Neighborhood

       Rev. Chauncey Giles was the leader of the New Jerusalem Church (Swedenbourgian) in the United States. He was born in Massachusett...

       When I started looking into Powelton history, I began with the censuses. They give the name of each resident plus a few words to desc...

       Dr. Albert P. Brubaker (1852-1943) was a physiologist. Following in the footsteps of his father, Henry Brubaker who received a degre...

     Powelton is a classic example of a “streetcar suburb.” However, for nineteenth century Poweltonians this meant horse-drawn streetcars....

       J. Henry Scattergood (1877-1953) grew up in Powelton.  His family moved to 3515 Powelton Ave . in 1880 when he was a few years old an...