3414 Baring Street
3412-3414: “Circa
1865, 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
1870:
Love Mitchell 45 Manufacturer
of furniture; real estate: $1,500; property:$10,000
Anna 32
Allen R. 17 Clerk in a store
Horace 9
months Born in August, 1869
Mary R. Crousdale 48 (?)80
Jane Harrison 25 Only
in 2nd Enumeration
Sally Grouss 25 Only in 1st Enumeration; domestic
servant; born in Baden (
(1st
Enumeration: p 30; 2nd Enumeration: p 28)
1880:
William Wallace 64 Gentleman
Catherine 59
Emily 24 Daughter
Bertha 21 Daughter
Annie Mullen 27 Servant;
born in
Katie Mulvy 21 Servant; born in
(ED 483, 24)
1890 Directory:
Wallace,
Wallace,
William H. (also in 1889 and 1891
Directories)
1900:
L Louis Y Schermerhorn 63 American
Bridge Co.; born in N.Y.; renting
Romie B Schermerhorn
53 Married 31 years, 4 children, 3 surviving; born in Mass.
Nolden D Schermerhorn
28 Lawyer;
born in Mass.
Rena Schermerhorn 18
Born in Illinois
Alfred R Schermerhorn 21
Dentist; born in Mich.
Carrie Johnston 37 Servant; black; born in Cuba
(ED 539, 10B)
The 1890 directory listed Rena Schermerhorn at 3217 Hamilton St. The 1898 Blue Book listed Louis Y. Schermerhorn living at 3215 Hamilton St.
Not related to other Phila. Schermerhors – see Schermerhorn bio file.
1910:
Clara E. Hough 43 Physician;
single; born in N.J., parents born in N.Y.
Mary A. Hough 41 Sister;
secretary at University of Penna.; single; born in N.J., parents born in N.Y.
Jean S. Hough 38 Sister;
student; single; born in Md., parents born in N.Y.
Jeannie K. Styan 73 Boarder; widowed, 5 children
Ella Harrison 40 Boarder; stenographer
Gillian S. Morrison 35 Boarder;
married 5 years, 1 child
Margareta
Morrison 3 Boarder; father born in Md.
(ED 488, 1B)
She was in the Class of 1885 in the
Elementary Course at West Chester State Normal School. She was from Media, Pa. studying to be a
teacher.
(Catalogue
of the West Chester State Normal School of the First District: consisting of
the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery. 1888)
c1910: Clara E. Hough applied for
membership in the American Osteopathic Association
(Journal
of the American Osteopathic Association, Volume 9, 1910)
1918: Arthur Miles Flack
Birth Date: 25 Jan 1875
Occup. Dean (?) of College Phila.
1920:
Arthur M
Flack 44
Belle B Flack 39
Arthur M Flack 14
Charlotte A
Flack 11
Bailey T Flack 9
John B Flack 12 months
(ED 683, p 3A)
Arthur Flack
Home in 1880: Millerstown,
Arthur M Flack Home in 1900:
Genealogy: http://www.flackgenealogy.com/newtng/getperson.php?personID=I25095&tree=tree718J
1920:
Deed transferred from W. Austin Obdyke, Surv Trustee of will of Robert Steen dec'd
to Arthur M. Flack.
1930:
Arthur M Flack 55
Belle Flack 50
Arthur Flack 24
Charlotte A B
Flack 21
Bailey T Flack 20
John B Flack 12
Charles B Flack
9
Belle B Flack 7
(ED 396, p 22A)
1950 Directory: Carpenter, John J
Tobin, M. D. Mrs.
1961: New members Powelton neighbors: Harry Covvin
1969: New members of PVCA: Miss Joyce White