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. Hammel 25
Blanch Hammel 2
George Hammel 3 mons., born in June, 1870
Henrietta Young 19 Domestic
servant; born in
Clara 16 Domestic servant; born in
(1st
Enumeration: pp 14; 2nd Enumeration: p 29)
1880:
W. Porter Ogelsby 35 Plumber
Margaret T. Ogelsby 32 Father
born in
Edith A.
Ogelsby 7
W. Porter
Ogelsby 5
Mabel M.
Ogelsby 3
Hannah Dorsey 30 Servant;
black; born in
Caroline Jones 15 Servant;
black; born in
Jonah Ogelsby 89 Father;
father born in Del.
(ED 487, 16)
1881 Directory: Jonathan Ogelsby
Washington P. Ogelsby,
plumber, business address: 1017 Walnut
1887 Directory:
1890 Census Veterans Schedule: Washington P. Ogelsby, hospital steward, Aug., 1862 to
Aug., 1864.
“Washington Porter Oglesby was
promoted from the ranks of Company ‘B,' and made hospital-steward of the
regiment. He was intelligent, applied himself assiduously to his hospital
duties, and made a most excellent officer — popular alike with the patients in
the hospital, as well as with his medical superiors. He was warmly commended
for the intelligent and assiduous manner in which he performed his official
duties.” (History of the 127th regiment,
Pennsylvania volunteers…)
“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.
1901, April 17: Marriage of Mabel Miller Ogelsby
to Clarence Bisopham Collier.
Philadelphia
Inquirer, April 18, 1901:
“One of the prettiest after Easter
weddings took place last evening in the Northminster Presbyterian Church,
Thirty-fifth and Baring streets, when Miss Mabel Miller Ogelsby,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Porter Ogelsby, was
married to Mr. Clarence Bispham Collier by the Rev.
Joseph Cochran, pastor of the church.
The bride was gowned in white net applique with lace and carried orchids
and lilies of the valley. Mrs. Joseph M.
Peale, who was matron of honor, wore white silk muslin trimmed with
chiffon. She carried a Bernhardt bouquet
of ferns and lilies of the valley. The
bridesmaids were Miss Ethel Moses, of New York; Miss Emily Ferguson, Miss Helen
Stinson, Miss Lillian Hansom, Miss Elizabeth Collier, a sister of the groom,
and Miss Marie Bispham. They wore silk muslin trimmed with lace and
green chiffon and carried bouquets of white splreae
[?]. Mr. William Goodwin was best man, and the ushers were Mr. Bispham Stokes, Mr. William Doughton,
Mr. Samuel Rotan, Mr. Charles Bispham, Mr. Victor
Petrie, Mr. Edward Chase, Mr. Deacon, and Mr. John Bowen.
“A reception followed the ceremony
at the home of the bride’s parents, 3622 Baring street. Later Mr. and Mrs. Collier left for an
extended trip north.”
1902: William
Porter Ogelsby, Jr. (Plumbing) Member of Psi Upsilon. (General Catalogue of
Psi Upsilon)
The 1917 Psi Upsilon
Catalogue lists him as a plumber living at 6835 Wayne Ave. in
1907, April 3,
Philadelphia Inquirer: “J. B. R.
McClure & Co., brokers, have sold the property at 3622 Baring street, for
Anderson Givis, for a consideration named as nominal.”
1910:
William H. Petzelt 52 Carriage manufacturer; parents born in
Marie H. Petzelt 42 Married 24
years, one child; born in
Helen V. Petzelt 21 Daughter;
single
— 2nd household
Walter Griscom 62 Lodger;
widowed; born in N.J., father born in
(ED 492, 5B)
1920:
William H. Petzelt 65 Auto body builder; father born in
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
1930:
Mary A. Petzell 60 Widowed, born in Maryland, parents born
in Georgia; owner, house valued at $35,000
Earl
Scotty 40 Lodger;
bookkeeper for steam railroad; single
Frank
Erickson 32 Lodger; bookkeeper for steam railroad;
single
Claude Andreeva 40 Lodger; machinist at U.S. Naval Yard;
single
Francis
Peters 22
Lodger; private nurse; single
Mary
Powell 25
Lodger; private nurse; single
Ida Meyer 68
Lodger; single; born in Maine
Elizabeth Ausley 50 Lodger; office clerk for department store;
single
Mary Ausley 27 Lodger;
stenographer; single
Robert Blackley 30 Lodger; manager of department store; married
at age 29
Louise Blackley 21 Lodger; married at age 20; born in New
York
Alice
Thompson 70 Lodger; widowed; born in New York
(ED 398,
18A)
1950 Directory: Helen P.
Dealy
Edward T. Gnup – (he
later lived in Fullerton, Cal.)
Liborio A. Grilli
Robert E. Leary
Catherine Stavroff
2009: owner: Vaughn J. Cook
purchase
date: 10/1986
Revised 11/24/2011