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Powelton Village

    Frank Leslie's Illustrated, showing a "deadlock" in the South Carolina legislature at Columbia; from sketches by Harry Ogden. 1876
    South Carolina Legislature 1876

    Frank Leslie's Illustrated, showing a "deadlock" in the South Carolina legislature at Columbia; from sketches by Harry Ogden. 1876

    Members of the First South Carolina Legislature Following the Civil War

    Photomontage of members of the first South Carolina legislature following the Civil War, mounted on card with each member identified; Thomas Miller is third column, bottom row; Henry Johnson Maxwell, the father of Miller's future son-in-law the attorney Charles W. Maxwell, third column, fourth from the bottom.

    Thomas E. Miller, member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    Thomas E. Miller

    Thomas E. Miller, member of the U.S. House of Representatives

    Thomas E. Miller

    Thomas E. Miller was notable as a member of the South Carolina legislature and senate during the Reconstruction era; later, at the onset of the Jim Crow era, he served a short-term in the U.S. House of Representatives; he and his family arrived in Powelton in or around 1921.

    Miller House

    Thomas E. Miller and his wife, Anna, resided in this house at 3405 Hamilton Street in Powelton, which they purchased in 1921 and shared with their daughter Pansy and her husband, Dr. Charles W. Maxwell

    Thomas E. Miller: A Life in Service to Civil Rights

    Thomas E. Miller made his mark in history in South Carolina, where he bravely served as a four-time black legislator and one-time representative to the U.S. House between the Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras. Miller spent at least a decade of his later life in the Powelton neighborhood. 

    Miller Historical Marker

    Historical marker honoring Thomas E. Miller at the house he and his wife owned at 3405 Hamilton Street in Powelton.

    MOVE in Powelton Village

    From 1973 to 1978, members of MOVE adopted a radically alternative, anti-technology lifestyle and displayed a political militancy that provoked a devastating assault by the Philadelphia police on the organization’s Powelton Village headquarters.

    An early 20th-century postcard displays the Market Elevated subway at 32nd and Market Streets.
    Market Street Elevated from 32nd Street

    An early 20th-century postcard displays the Market Elevated subway at 32nd and Market Streets. This portion of track was demolished in 1956 after subway traffic was moved underground from 32nd to 45th.

    Two trains at elevated railroad station
    Market Street Elevated 40th Street Station

    The Market Street Elevated opened in 1907 with lines running from Center City out to the 69th street terminus.

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