3622 Baring Street

The History of the Building

3620-22: “Circa 1870, two-and-one-half story, Second Empire-style double house, cruciform plan, with side porches and entrances in cross
arms. First-floor projecting~ bays; double-bracket cornice; asphalt-shingled mansard with two dormers; stone facade over
brick”

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

Previous Residents

1870:

George Hammel 35 Wholesale liquor merchant; his mother was born abroad; property: $2,500

Cordelia M. 25

Blanch 2

George 3 mons., born in June, 1870

Henrietta Young 19 Domestic servant; born in Md.

Clara 16 Domestic servant; born in Md.

(1^st Enumeration: pp 14; 2^nd Enumeration: p 29)

1880:

W. Porter Ogelsby 35 Plumber

Margaret T. Ogelsby 32 Father born in Ireland

Edith A. Ogelsby 7

W. Porter Ogelsby 5

Mabel M. Ogelsby 3

Hannah Dorsey 30 Servant; black; born in Md.

Caroline Jones 15 Servant; black; born in Md.

Jonah Ogelsby 89 Father; father born in Del.

(ED 487, 16)

1881 Directory: Jonathan Ogelsby

1887 Directory: Washington P. Ogelsby, plumber, 1017 Walnut

1890 Census Veterans Schedule: Washington P. Ogelsby, hospital steward, Aug., 1862 to Aug., 1864. ( image 1692)

201st PA Regiment Officers (http://www.pacivilwar.com/cwpa201officers.html)

“Washington P. Oglesby, 127 HQ, Hospital Steward, Promoted from Private of Company B on August 26, 1862 - mustered out with company on May 29, 1863.” (http://cairo.pop.psu.edu/cw/unit2.cfm?regiment=127&company=HQ)

“Washington P. Oglesby, Reg. 201 Co. B, Private, Promoted to Hospital Steward on August 29, 1864.” (http://cairo.pop.psu.edu/cw/unit2.cfm?regiment=201&company=B)

1894: William Porter Ogelsby. Freshman, Science and Technology. (Catalogue of U. of P.)

1900:

W Porter Ogelsby 56 Plumbing and gas fitting; owner with a mortgage

Margaret F Ogelsby 52 Married 29 years, 3 children

Edith A Ogelsby 27

William P Ogelsby 25 Plumbing and gas fitting

Mabel M Ogelsby 23

Catherine McCullough 25 Servant

(ED 543, 8A)

In 1910, William lived with his wife and two children in Nether Providence, Delaware Co., Pa.

1902: William Porter Ogelsby, Jr. (Plumbing) Member of Psi Upsilon. (General Catalogue of Psi Upsilon)

The 1917 Psi Upsilon Catalogue lists his as a plumber living at 6835 Wayne Ave. in Germantown.

1910:

William H Petzelt 52 Carriage manufacturer; parents born in Germany

Marie H Petzelt 42 Married 24 years, one child; born in Md., parents born in Germany

Helen V Petzelt 21 Daughter; single

— 2^nd household

Walter Griscom 62 Lodger; widowed; born in N.J., father born in Pa., mother in N.J.

(ED 492, 5B)

1920:

William H Petzelt 65 Auto body builder; father born in Bavaria, mother in Switzerland

Mary A Petzelt 51 Singer in a church choir; parents born in Nassau OC (spoke German)

Helen N Petzelt 31 Piano instrumentalist; mother born in Md.

(ED 686, 5A)

1927 Directory: W. H. Petzell

1950 Directory: Dealy, Helen P

Gnup, Edward T – (he later lived in Fullerton, Cal.)

Grilli, Liborio A

Leary, Robert E.

Stavroff, Catherine

2009: owner: Vaughn J. Cook

purchase date: 10/1986

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