The History of the Building
The northern edge of this property was part
of the northern boundary of the Bingham-Baring estate.
“three-story, four-register
Italianate double, stuccoed, rusticated quoins. Wrap
around Victorian porch. Double arcuated
windows at third floor. Flat overhanging roof with paired brackets”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from
the application submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
of 3409 Hamilton Street
1867 Directory: John Linn, grocer at 615 Market St.
The 1865 directory lists him at 16
and 18 N. 5th St.
1870:
William Spear 48 Doctor of divinity; no real estate (renter), personal:
$2,000
Elisabeth Spear 40 Born
in Calif.
John Spear 17 Born in
Hetty
Spear 14 Born in
Breadis
Spear 5
O Mary Neil 30
Domestic servant; born in
(ED 77, 27; 2nd enum.: 31)
1880:
Sarah Hoyer 48
Widowed
Kate Hoyer 21 Saleslady
Geo. L. Hoyer 15
Employee in a button factory
(ED 483, 28)
1890
Directory: A. Rutger Ringwall
R.J.
Ringwall
1900:
Rose
Ringwall 47 Saleslady; divorced, 2 children; born
in Va.
Robert
L. Ringwall 27 Son; clerk; born in
Grace
Ringwall 26 Daughter; school teacher
Hustis Goldson 26 Boarder; salesman; single; born in Va.
Logan
Goldson 23 Boarder;
salesman; single; born in Va.
Jane
Yardner 27 Servant; married, no children; born in
(ED 539, 14B & 12A)
1910:
Molton
R. Sample 39 Plumbing
supplies
Alta R. Sample 38 Married
nine years, no children
Lewis Willey 39 Boarder; wool merchant; single; born in
Edgar H. Sample 6 Adopted son
Edward N.
Johnson 60 Boarder; Manger/Life Insurance widowed; born in N.J.,
parents in
Nannie Stokes 20 Servant;
black; born in Va.
(ED 488, 4B)
Molton R. Sample, Jr. was Past Master of University Lodge
Number 610 in 1905. “University Lodge 51
was created by the merger of Lodge Number 51 and University Lodge Number 610 in
1979. Lodge 51 was Constituted in December 1791.
University Lodge 610 was Constituted in 1895 at the
University of Pennsylvania.”
(http://www.mcgillsociety.org/lodge51/history/)
In
1920, they lived at 3408
Baring St. and
in 1930, they lived at 4822 Cedar.
His
father and grandparents lived at 3404
Hamilton St.
1920,
December: Deed transferred from W. Austin Obdyke (Surv Trustee of Will of Robert Steen) to Martha G. Thomas.
1921,
April: Deed transferred from Martha G. Thomas (widow) to Anna & Emma W.
Thomas.
1930:
Evan W. Thomas 60 R.R. clerk;
owner, house valued at $10,000
Mary Clayborn 53 Half-sister;
married at age 33
Emma [W.] Thomas 51 Sister, single,
artist with a portrait studio
(ED 396, 2A)
In
1920, Evan and Emma Thomas lived with their mother, Martha G. Thomas, at 3511
Hamilton St. In 1910, Evan lived
with his wife, Grace, and their two children at 5231 Pine St.
1950
Directory: Emma W. Thomas
Mrs.
R. K. Cleborne
1965:
The September issue of the Powelton Post
announced that Mike and Donna Walker and their baby daughter Lisa had moved to
3409. It also noted that Mike was the
son of Milt and Jean Lesnik.
2009: current owner: Douglas E. Brintnall
and Pia Nicolini
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