
Circa 1861
215 Wade Street was built in 1861 as an apartment building. The family that built it owned it until 1905, and the next owners kept it until 1941.
Those who lived there had jobs such as grocery owner, policeman, cabinet maker, wagon maker, lithographer, brewer, baker, jewelry repair, tailor and writer for the WPA.
The 1887 map does show that the third floor of the rear portion was used as a cloak factory, so it’s likely that a few seamstresses also lived in the building.