106 N. 35th
Street
106-108 “three-story
Italianate style house, white stucco over brick construction. Original wood
porch with turned posts intact. Foliated scrolls below original wood cornice.
First floor rectangular window, second floor with slightly arched windowheads,
and third-floor arcuated windows. 3500 Race (l08 North 35th) is a brick circa
1880 addition to this house”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1860:
Willam Shippen 28 Iron
foundry; personal property: $500
Ruth Shippen 23 Born in Indiana
Elizabeth Shippen 2 Born
in Ohio
Frank Shippen 4 months
A. Donohue 20 Female; servant; born in Ireland
The others listed on this page in
1860 are not near 35th & Race. They may not have moved here until after
1860 census.
William Shippen was probably the son
of Evan W. Shippen, an iron founder with an office at 3022 Market. He lived at
35th and Bridge (Spring Garden) St.
William Shippen (1832-1863) Ruth Maria Shippen (1837-1868)
Elizabeth Shippen (1858-1896)
1861 Directory: William Shippen, bookkeeper, 3022 Market, 35th
& Race
1863, Directory (compiled Fall, 1862): 35th below Race
Mrs. [sic.] Margaret Shippen, gentlewoman
1863, May IRS: 35 & Race Mrs. [sic.] Margaret Shippen
1866 IRS: 35 & Race Mrs. [sic.] Margaret Shippen
1868 Directory: Shippen Elizabeth
Shippen Margaret
Shippen Thompson
1870:
Thompson Shippen 58 [sic.] Retail merchant; personal: $6,000
Margaret Shippen 87 Real
estate: $5,000, personal: $ 17,000
Elizabeth Shippen 70 Personal:
$6,000
They are the children of Robert
Shippen and Priscilla Thompson. In 1860, Thompson Shippen lived in Drumore,
Lancaster Co.
1872 Directory: Elizabeth Shippen [35th near Race]
Thompson Shippen
Margaret Shippen
1874 Directory: Shippen Benjamin, bookkeeper
1876, May 9: Death of Margaret Shippen, 94 years old, of 116 N.
33rd., burial at Laurel Hill Cemetery from the First Unitarian Church. Both the
Philadelphia Death Registry and the church record list her as single.
1880:
Thompson
Shippen 76 Retired merchant; paralyzed
Elizabeth Shippen
80 Sister
The 1880 census schedule of
Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes lists Thompson Shippen was blind
from cataracts.
1881, Mar. 19: Death of Thompson Shippen, 77 years old; burial at
Old Chestnut Level Presbyterian Cemetery, Quarryville, Lancaster Co. He was
single.
1883, Jan. 16: Title transferred to Elizabeth
Shippen by Edward Shippen, executor of Margaret Shippen, deceased
1887, June 3: Title transferred to John H.
Whiting by Edward Shippen, executor of the will of Elizabeth Shippen, deceased
The 1888 Directory lists John H. C.
Whiting, president at S. 4th and Walnut Sts. living at 3721
Baring St.
1890 Directory: Carrie E. Whiting
Frances P. Whiting
In 1880, they lived at 3505 Race St. with a third sister, Sarah. They were
sisters of John H. C. Whiting, the owner.
1900:
Carrie U.
Whiting 63 Born in Venezuela, July, 1836;
immigrated 1850; parents born in Virginia
Frances C.
Whiting 52 Born in Venezuela, July 1847; immigrated 1850
1907, Dec. 29: Death of Caroline Eunity
Whiting, 70 years old, of 106 N. 35th St., burial at Mt. Peace Cemetery.
1910:
Fanny Whiting 60 Single,
father born in MD, mother in NC
1920:
Francis Whiting 72 Single,
father born in VA, mother in SC
Julia B. Gilbert 67 Lodger,
widowed, father born in MA
Francis Parr Whiting died Feb. 7,
1926 in Montgomery Co. She was buried in Mt. Peace Cemetery.
1960: Nancy Sennott was co-chair of the Housing and Zoning
committee of Powelton Neighbors.
Revised 8/13/2022
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