The
History of the Building
ÒItalianate,
stuccoed, three-story house with large S-shaped brackets below flat overhanging
roof; Circa 1905 Colonial Revival porch and pedimented windowhead. Second-floor
middle register filled in.Ó
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National
Register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents of 3507
Baring Street
1860:
Alex J. Andrews 48 Commercial
merchant
Amelia Andrews 48 Real
estate: $8,000; personal: $1,000
Lori Andrews 13 Born
in R.I.
Fred Andrews 9 Born
in
Eur. Andrews [fem.] 7 Born in R.I.
Hen H Vanamrige 60 Born
in R.I.
Elize Manags 20
(Ward
24, ED 7, p 100, image 14-15)
1861 Directory: Andrews A.J. ÒBaring ab 35thÓ
1866 IRS: Andrews A.J. ÒBaring abv 35th, North
sideÓ
1870:
Alexander Andrews 54 Wholesale
grain merchant; his parents were foreign born; real estate: $25,000, personal:
$25,000
Amelia D. 19 Clerk
in a grain store; born in N.Y.; her parents were born abroad
Frederick
Euretta 16 Born
in R.I.; in school
Maggie Daily 19 Domestic
servant; born in
Elvia Amringe 54 Her
parents were born abroad
(1870: 1st enumeration: p 21; 2nd
enumeration: 20)
1864 IRS: A.J.
Andrews, Baring W. of 35th
1866 IRS: A.J.
Andrews, Baring above 35th
1878 map: H.S.Cochran - 3507 Baring & lot behind it.
1880: Alex
J. Andrews (68), a commercial merchant.
He lived with his sister-in-law, Elizabeth van Aringe, and one servant,
Rosa Dolly (21) who was born in
1887: Kendrick, George W., Jr. (Carver W. Reed 7 Co.),
(E. Y. Eltonhead & Co.), (P.B. Calvert & Co.), & pawnbroker, 601 S
3rd
1890 Directory: Kendrick
George W., Jr. (P. B. Calvert & Co.), & storage 1317 Brown St. H
3507 Baring
Alterations and/or additions to property by Wilson
Brothers for G. W. Kendrick.
1900:
George W Kendrick, Jr 58 No
occupation; mother born in
Minnie M Kendrick 50
George W Kendrick 3rd 28 Metal
& Brass
Murdock Kendrick 26 Lawyer
Annie C Mulville 33 Waitress
Jennie McDonald 21 Servant
Mary McCann 44
Cook
(ED 543, 12A)
In
1880, they lived at 3404
Hamilton St.
1920:
R. Hamill D. and Anna Swing (54 and 50). He was a dentist. They lived with two sons, E. C. Kirk
(20) who was studying dentistry and Albert (15). They also had a son Hamill D. Swing, Jr.
(30), who lived n Radnor. By 1930
they had moved to
He
was on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry where
he taught anesthesiology (Catalogue of
the Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1913-14.)
1930:
Frank C
Hornbeck 43 Retail
automobile merchant; married at age 27; parents born in N.Y.; owner, house
valued at $10,000
Elsie Hornbeck 45 Married
at age 29; born in N.J.
Joseph Hornbeck 16
Berle Hornbeck 14
Seab Hornbeck 69 Father;
laborer in automotive co.; widowed; born in N.Y.
Ð2nd household
Albina Smith 82 Widowed;
renting for $55 per month
Ida Griffith 76 Sister;
church secretary; single
Henry Betty 67 Lodger;
editor for magazine publisher; single
(ED 396, 3B)
1950
Directory: Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity