3418 Baring Street
3416-18: “Circa 1862, three-story, Italianate
double; rough cast over brick, shallow sloping front gable…. 3418 has
Eastlake-inspired porch detail. The facade is symmetrical with central
tripartite configurations having blind middle openings. Architect: possibly
Samuel Sloan, 3418 altered in the 1890s by A.W. Dilks.”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from
the application submitted to the national register of Historic Places, 1985)
The History
1862, December: Deed transferred from Robert Steen to Mary S.
Henry.
Mary Steen Henry was the daughter of
Robert Steen.
1870:
Rev.
James A[ddison] Henry 34 Doctor of Divinity; real estate:
$10,000; property: $2,000
Mary S[teen] 33 Real estate: $40,000; property: $2,000
Margaret S. (Maggie) 8 Attending school
Mary
McMonegal 22 Domestic servant; her parents were born
abroad
Catherine
McCullough 45 Domestic servant; born in
(1st Enumeration: p 20; 2nd
Enumeration: p 28)
1904 Who’s Who in Pa.:
“HENRY, James Addison: Clergyman, Presbyterian; born in Cranbury, N. J., Oct. 28,
1836; son of Rev. Dr. Symmes C. Henry, who was for 37 years pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, Cranbury, N. J., and Catharine Rowly Henry; he was
graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), 1857, and
from the Princeton Theological Seminary, 1860; received the degree of D. D.
from the Central College, Ky., and from Washington and Jefferson College, Pa.;
pastor of Princeton Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, from June, 1860, until
the present time. Married in
The
Addisons later lived at 3814 Powelton Ave.
1873, January: Deed transferred from Mary S. Henry to Edward F.
& Helen S. Gay.
1880:
Angelina Gay 70 Born in N.Y.
Angelina Melin 18 Granddaughter
Jason Keen
55 Son-in-law; gentleman
Cornelia Keen 51 Daughter
Clara Keen 26 Granddaughter
Walter L. Keen 24 Grandson; civil engineer
Charles H. Keen 21 Grandson;
clerk
Caroline Cresson 49 Boarder
Edward Blakiston 32 Border;
merchant
Harry Blakeston 10 Boarder
Catharine Madden 28 Cook; born in
Sarah Melvy 28 Servant; born in
(ED 483, p 25)
Angelina
is the widow of Edward F. Gay. In 1870
they lived at 3419
Hamilton St. The 1866 Directory of
Philadelphia lists him as “vice pres. Phila. &
Jason
Fenimore Keen was the son of Joseph Swift Keen.
In 1870, they lived at 3324
Bridge (Spring Garden) St. He died
in April, 1900. Cornelia Gay Keen died
in April, 1897.
1882,
October: Deed transferred from Angelina Gay, execut. to Helen S. Grant wife of
Charles B. Grant.
1886, April: Deed transferred from Edward F. & Helen S. Gay
to Frederic Schoff.
1887 Dir:
Schoff Frederick, treas, 2224 Penna av, h 3418
Baring
In
the 1881 Directory, he was lived as living at
1888, October: Deed transferred from Fred Schoff to George B.
Morrell (Trustee).
1888, October: Deed transferred from George B. Morrell (Trustee)
to Hannah K. Schoff.
1890 Dir.: Frederic
Schoff 2218 Penna. Ave., h 3418 Baring
1895
Directory: Frederick Schoff, treasurer at N 26th corner of Callowhill
Wilfred
H. Schoff
1900:
Frederick
Schoff 51 Manufacturer, tool builder; born Oct.
1848; owner with a mortgage
Hannah K. Schoff 46 No
occupation listed; father born in England
Wilfred Schoff 25
Edith G. Schoff 23
Louise Schoff 19
Leonard H. Schoff 15
Harold K. Schoff 13
Eunice M. Schoff 9
Albert L. Schoff 9
Nellie O. MacKenzie 21
Susan McGlinchy 21 Servant; born in Ireland, immigrated
1895
William V. Colden 20 Servant;
black; born in Va.
(ED 539, p 128A)
For
a brief bio of Hannah Schoff, see the Powelton
Post, June, 2009.
1910:
Frederic
Schoff 61 Manufacturer; born in Mass., father
born in
Hannah
K. Schoff 55 No occupation; Married 36 years, 7
children, all surviving
Leonard Schoff 25 Manager in a wool mill
Albert
Schoff 16
Enice
Schoff 19
Elizabeth
Pacey 22 Servant; born in
Margaret
Smalley 20 Servant; born in Ireland, immigrated in
1908
(ED
488, p 1B)
Leonard Hastings Schoff married
Suzanne Levick of Bala, Pa., on June 9, 1917.
He was living at 1830 Rittenhouse Sq.
1913
Harvard Directory: Leonard Hastings Schoff, A.B. 1904, A.M. 1905, occupation:
manufacturing.
Harold,
Beatrice, Wilfred, Hannah (Kent), and Frederic Schoff, Edith (Schoff) Boericke,
Albert Schoff, and John J. Boericke
1918,
May 10: Marriage of Lucy Augusta Porter, age 19, daughter of Alfred S. Porter
to Albert Lawrence Schoff at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Philadelphia.
Frederick
and Hannah Schoff, Albert and Lucy (Porter) Schoff, and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S.
Porter at 3418 Baring St.
1918,
Oct. 23: Marriage of Eunice Margaret Schoff to Harry M. Simons
“Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick Schoff of 3418 Baring St., have issued invitations for the
wedding of their daughter, Miss Eunice H. Schoff, and Corporal Harry M. Simons,
U. S. M. C., son of Mrs. S. K. Simons… in the Church of the New Jerusalem,
Chestnut Street and Twenty-second. Only
the immediate family will be present.” (Evening Public Ledger, Oct. 18)
The
ceremony was limited to the immediate family by regulations by the Board of
Health that were apparently a result of the epidemic of Spanish influenza. (Evening
Public Ledger, Oct. 21)
Harry Simons was the son of Fannie
W. Simons. In 1900, they lived at 4725
Chester Ave.
1920:
Frederic
Schoff 72 manufacturer, machines; owns house free
of mortgage
Hannah
K. Schoff 67 No occupation listed
Harry
M. Simons 31 Manager, electric company
Eunice S. Simons 29
(ED
682, p 3A)
1922, Feb. 27:
Death of Frederick Schoff
“Frederick Schoff [Cornell class of
1871] died of heart failure on February 27 at his home, 3418 Baring Street,
Philadelphia.
“He was a son of Stephen A. Schoff,
artist and steel engraver, and Josephine (Hastings) Schoff, of Newton, Mass.,
and was a lineal descendant of John Robinson, minister of the Pilgrim
congregation at Leyden, and of John Schoff, who served in Washington’s body
guard at Valley Forge and fought throughout the Revolutionary War. He entered the University in 1868 and
received the degree of B.C.E. in June, 1871.
Then he returned to Newton, and was elected first city engineer of that
city after its incorporation. He went to
Philadelphia in 1874, and has since been proprietor of the Stow Flexible Shaft
Company.
“Mr. Schoff was a member of the
Church of the New Jerusalem, and president of the board of trustees of that
church. He was also president of the
Men’s Club and a member of the Union League, the Sons of the Revolution, the
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the Cornellian Council, and a director
of the Philadelphia Bourse and the National Bank of Clifton Heights, Pa. He had always been one of the most
entertaining and loveable members of his class, and he and Mrs. Schoff attended
its fiftieth reunion last June.
“He is survived by his widow, three
daughters, and four sons, two of whom are Cornellians, Albert L. Schoff, ’14
and Harold K. Schoff ’08.” (Cornell Alumni News)
1930:
Hannah
K. Schoff 76 Widowed; owner of house, value: $15,000
Eunice
S. Simmons 40 Daughter; married at age 30
Harry
M. Simmons 42 Son-in-law; manager, paper box
manufacturer; married at age 32
Warren
K. Simmons 10 Grandson
Walter
B. Simmons 9 Grandson
(ED
396, p 22A)
1940:
Mrs.
Frederick Schoff 87 Widowed; four years of high school;
owner, house valued at $13,100
Wilmot
Schoff 37 Granddaughter; private nurse, earned
$900 in 1939 for 36 weeks of work; four years of college; she lived here in
1935
Mrs.
Lillian Altred 55 Guest; companion, earned $1,100 in 1939;
widowed; 2 years of college; in 1935 she lived in Langhorne, Bucks Co., Pa.
Mrs.
Sarah Hall 58 Housekeeper, earned $572 in 1939; born
in Maryland; 4 years of high school; she lived here in 1935
(ED
51-685, 9A)
Wilmot Schoff was the daughter of
Wilfred H. and Ethelwyn Schoff.
1940, Dec. 10: Death of Hannah Kent
Schoff
1950
Directory: Raymond J. Boyle
Jack Shapiro
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