3607 Baring Street

 

 

History of the Building

 

3607-09: ÒCirca 1870, two-and-one-half story, Second Empire-style double. Porch removed; slate shingles of mansard replaced with asphalt. Double bracketed cornice. Stone facade over brick. Same
developer as 3611-13.Ó

(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, 1985)

 

Previous Residents

 

1880:

W. Barnett Levan        50        Engineer

S. Annie Levan            44        Born in N.Y.

Annie Levan                14

William B. Levan         24        Bookkeeper; born in N.Y.

Anne Benet                 76        Mother-in-law; widowed; born in N.Y.

Eliza Dougherty          35        Servant; born in N.Y.

(ED 487, 17)

            In 1870, they were living in the 1800 block of Arch St.

 

1887 Directory: W.  Barnett Levan, civil engineer

 

1890 Directory: W.  Barnett Levan

            In 1895, he was living at 2324 N.  Broad St. and in 1900, he was a boarder living at 3810 Powelton Ave.

 

1892:    George Washington Kendrick, 3rdÕ

            Samuel Murdock Kendrick     

            (Catalog of U. of P. ÒUndergraduates in Finance and EconomyÓ)

 

1897:    Mrs. Geogre W. Kendrick, Jr.

            George W. Kendrick,3rd.        

(members and subscribers Annals of American Academy of Pol. and Soc. Sci pg. 50)

 

1910:

John Price                    53        Wholesale groceries; born in Ireland, immigrated in 1883

Elice B Price               44        Married 15 years, one child; parents born in Ireland

John W Price                 8

Catherine McCurn       45        Servant; born in Ireland, immigrated in 1890

Bedelia Tulley                         18        Servant; born in Ireland, immigrated in 1908

(ED 492, 4A)

            In 1900, they lived at 3306 Lancaster Ave.

 

1917: Dr. R. Hamill D. Swing (Recent accessions to membership- Bulletin of Geographical Soc. Of Phila. Pg. 55)

 

1920:

Alice B Price  54        Widowed; parents born in England

John W Price   18        Son; student at Univ.  of Penna.; born in N.Y., father in Ireland

(ED 686, 5B)

 

1950: Joseph P. Garvey, physician

 

1960: Hilary Henninger was co-chair of the Housing and Zone committee of Powelton Neighbors

 

2009: current owner: Laurence Saltzmann, purchased: 10/1996

 

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