3412 Baring
Street
3412
Baring as it was in the late 1980’s
3412-14: “Italianate,
three-story double with Circa 1905 Colonial Revival porch and fluted pilasters
on stone pedestals, dentillated cornice and dentillated second-floor lintels. Third-floor windows are
partially divided paired arcuated windows.
Overhanging flat roof; paired large ornate bracketsand
smaller simpler ones”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from
the application submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
The History
1865
Directory (compiled fall 1864): Rev. John Moore, Baring bel
35th
The
1864 directory lists John G. Moore, teacher, 132 N. 10th St.
His
wife, Anna E. (White) Moore, was the sister of Martha (White) Fullerton who
lived at 3307
Hamilton St. The Fullerton’s
daughters studied at the seminary run at this address by their uncle.
1866
Directory: Rev. John Moore, Baring bel 35th
1865,
August: “MANTUA FEMALE SEMINARY, Baring ST., BELOW Thirty-Fifth, West
Philadelphia. A Day and Boarding School
for Young Ladies. The next Term will
open September 4th. For Circulars, apply
to Rev. John Moore, Principal.”
(Phila.
Inquirer, several dates)
This
might have included both 3412 and 3414 Baring St.
1867
Directory: John Moore, teacher, 3412 Baring St.
1870:
Simeon
Dillingham 55 Dentist; real estate: $10,000, personal
property: $4,000; b 20 May 1805 Philadelphia, d 6 Aug 1881 Philadelphia
Mary
Dillingham 50 b Oct 1819 in NY. d 17 May 1901
Egeston Dillingham 24 Commercial
merchant; born in 1845. [He died in 1878.]
Frank
Dillingham 22 Commercial merchant; 16 Jun 1846 in
Laura
Kelton 20 b 7 Aug 1849
Albert
Kelton 21 Son-in-law; midshipman U.S.N.
Annie
Dillingham 18 b 25 Dec 1851
Annie
Kerwin 22 Servant; born in
Sharlet Hackett 20 “Colored;”
[only in Nov. enumeration]
Josephine
Robinson 25 “Colored;” [only in Nov. enumeration]
(1st
Enumeration: p 3-4; 2nd Enumeration: p 28)
Mrs. Dillingham’s maiden name was
Mary Elizabeth Raymond.
In Sept., 1862 to May, 1866, he was
listed in the IRS Tax List at 734 Arch St.
This may have been his office.
In 1880, they lived at 4042 Chestnut
St. Albert Kelton
was a Lieutenant in the U.S. marine Corps.
Not present: Admiral Albert Caldwell
Dillingham b 3 Jun 1848 Philadelphia, d 26 Dec 1925 in Norfolk, York, VA. Albert C. Dillingham, Midshipman, 31 July,
1865. Graduated 7 June, 1870.
Ensign, 13 July, 1871. Master, 4 June, 1874. Lieutenant, 14 December, 1880.
Lieutenant Commander, 3 March, 1899. (http://www.history.navy.mil/books/callahan/reg-usn-d.htm)
1880:
Coates
Walton 58 Hardware merchant
Mary
R. Walton 48 Born in Washington, D.C.
George
S. Walton 23 Art student
Frank Walton 21 Clerk
Julie
Walton 18
Horace
Walton 16
Elizabeth
Walton 13
Coates
Walton, Jr. 16
Juliet
Walton 56 Sister
Eliza
Brown 35 Servant; black, born in
Mary
E. Johns 18 Servant; black, born in Delaware
1863:
NConrad & Walton, wholesale hardware (James M.
Conrad & Coates Walton), 623 Market
1887
Directory: Bonsall, Elwood (Bonsall Bros.)
& treas., 904 Filbert, h 3412 Baring
In 1890, he lived at 219 N. 34th
St. and later he lived at 208 N. 35th
St.
1891 Directory: Lewis Hernz, clerk
Sanders McSparran of
Griest, Pownall &
In 1889,
both L. M. Hernz and McSparran
lived at 3603
Baring St. In 1895, McSparren lived at
Louis Hernz was a civil engineer who was born in
1900:
Mark
Dwight 47 Physician; born in N.Y.
Anna
M. Dwight 46 No children
Eva
Smith 15 Boarder; in school
Lizzi Chambers 29 Servant;
black, born in Maryland
Henry
Sheldon 23 Servant; black, born in Virginia
(ED
539, 10B)
1906 Blue Book:
George W. Powell
1910:
George
W. Powell 56 President, Philadelphia iron fence co.;
born in N.J.; renting
Grace
Powell 55 Married 35 years, 3 children, 1
surviving
Anna
S. Powell 20 Born in N.J.
Ellen
Graham 39 Servant; born in Va.; widowed with one
child
(ED
488, 1B)
In 1890 City Directory, he is listed
as a car builder at 3523 Filbert St.
In 1900, they we
living at 411
N. 33rd St. and he was a manufacturer of fencing.
“The Wayne Iron Works has been
identified with much of the elevation and bridge work of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company during recent years and has installed above one hundred miles
of pipe railings, bridge railings and other forms of iron fencing during that
time.
“The
company was incorporated in 1893.
“Its works
are located at Wayne, Pa., and the officers of the company are George W. Powell, president, and C. M. Wetzel,
treasurer.
“As is obvious, railroad contracts
are a specialty of the company, and their large and rapidly increasing business
may be ascribed to quality of product, reasonable prices, and facilities for
handling contracts of the largest size.”
(History of the engineering, construction and
equipment of the Pennsylvania railroad company's New York terminal and
approaches... 1912, p 108)
1910, Dec. 20:
Marriage license issued to Anna S. Powell of 3412 Baring St. and Albert C. Wood
of 1317 Spruce St.
1915,
May 24: Obituary - “Simons. – On Monday, May 24, 1915, Margaret Naudain Simons, widow of M. Laird Simons. Relatives and friends are invited to funeral
services... at the residence of her son, Laird H. Simons, 3412 Baring st.”
(Evening
Public Ledger. May 26, 1915, Night Extra, pg 12)
1920:
Laird
H. Simons 45 Manufacturer, “tanner & kids;” born
in
Amelia
A. Simons 37 Father born in N.H., mother in R.I
Euretta Simons
5
Laird
H. Simons, Jr. 2
Lottie
M. Beach 43 Nurse for
a private families; parents born in England
Katherine
J. Sammon 27 Servant; born in
(ED
682, 3A)
Laird H. Simmons and Amelia D.
Alexander were married in 1914. He was
living in Glenside and she was living with her parents at 306 N. 35th
St. In 1911, he was living at 1117
Walnut St.
1921, December: Deed transferred from Robert Steen (W. Austin Obdyke - Trustee under Will of Robert Steen dec'd) to Laird H. Simons.
1929, May: Deed transferred from Laird H. Simons and Amelia A.,
his wife, to Alice C. Hart.
1930:
Laird
H. Simons 56 Tanner; born in
Amelia
A. Simons 47 Married at age 30; father born in N.H.,
mother in R.I
Euretta Simons 15
Laird
H. Simons, Jr. 12
(ED 396, 22A)
Link
to Google Books "The Story of Philadelphia" (featuring Laird Simons)
Euretta
attended Bryn Mawr. The 1936 Yearbook
lists her address as 1239 Remington Rd., Wynnewood, Pa. In 1940, Euretta
and Laird Simons, Jr. were living with their aunt and
cousins at 3417 Race
St. (See their yearbook photos at
that address.)
1940:
Winfield
Scott 85 Widowed; born in Ohio; renting for $45
per month; 4 years of high school
Dr.
Walter Scott 61 Son;
research chemist working on own account, no income in 1939; single; born in
Ohio; 4 years of college
Bernice
Hope (?) 48 Daughter; teacher, earned $1,200 in
1939; widowed; born in Ohio; 4 years of college
John
Bradley 67 Lodger; single; 8 years of schooling
Frank
McKelvey 66 Lodger (?); widowed; 8 years of
schooling
John
Monahan 29 Lodger (?); elevator operator in a
hotel, earned $900 in 1939; 2 years of high school
(ED
51-685, 9B)
They all lived in Philadelphia on
Jan. 1, 1935. In 1900, the Scott family
lived in Richland, Guernsey Co., Ohio where Winfield
was a physician.
1965: The Powelton Post
announced the move of Sho and Joan Maruyama to 3412
in the September issue.
They previously lived at 3409
Baring St. See their photo and
profile from the Powelton Post on
that page.
1965, November: The Powelton Post included the following:
“This month's glimpse at movings and shakings in the
Village heads the list with the MARUYAMAS' open house - and what a house! The
front porch could accommodate folk dancing, and the inside did accommodate a
goodly portion of the neighborhood. How did you like that huge sliding panel
window in the bedroom and the sunken bathroom?”
More
Recent Owners
Jim Murphy and Family – late 1980s through 1998
Henry Pemberton and Laura Marconi – 1998
through 2005
Jonathan Eells and
David Sims – 2005 through Present
Revised: 9/23/2012 About Powelton Village