107 N. 35th
Street
101-107: “two-and-one-half story Second Empire style
double with stone facade over brick construction. Original wood Victorian porch
with shared gabled entry intact. Decorative scrolls under wood cornice.
Slate-shingled mansard has four dormers with arched windowheads.
105 and 107, Colonial Revival porch, alterations.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
The
1872 Hopkins Atlas shows the land owned by John Shedwick.
He was probably built these houses about 1874.
Previous Residents
1875 Directory: George Henry
1877 Directory: Anna M. Montgomery, widow of Jacob E.
Anna Montgomery and George Neall
(see below) were the children of Elijah and Mary Neall who lived at 3501 Baring St. in 1870. Anna and her husband, Jacob
Montgomery lived with them. When their mother died on Oct. 9, 1875, the funeral
was at George’s residence, 318 N. 32nd St. Jacob E. Montgomery died in
Philadelphia May 25, 1875 when he was living at 716
North 8th St. He was born in Philadelphia. He was a salesman at 718 Chestnut St.
Burial was at Woodlands Cemetery.
1878 Directory: George M. Neall, burlaps at 11 Strawberry St.
The 1877 directory lists him selling
yarns at 223 N. 3rd St. It does not list a home address.
1880:
George Neall 32 Commercial bag co.
Immogene Neall 26
Percy Neall 6
Anna Montgomery 35 Sister;
single [sic.]
Harry Montgomery 11 Nephew
Anna Wilson 22
Percy was the son of George and his
first wife, Ida (Horsey) Neall who died in 1875.
1890 Dir.: Lewis M. Haupt
Lewis Haupt was a founding member of
the Engineers’ Club of Philadelphia.
In 1880, they lived at 245 N. 17th
St. with his in-laws, James and Susan Cromwell. In
1870, his brother, Jacob B. Haupt, lived at 335 N. 32nd
St.
Lewis M. Haupt (1845-1937)
(Univ. of Pennsylvania Archives)
“Lewis Muhlenberg Haupt was born in
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on March 21, 1844, the son of Herman Haupt and Ann
Cecilia Keller.
“Haupt enrolled in 1861 as a member
of the College Class of 1865, but left the University of Pennsylvania at the
end of his freshman year.
“Haupt also studied at the Lawrence
Scientific School at Harvard before graduating from West Point in 1867. After
service as a lieutenant in the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1868 to 1869,
he returned to Philadelphia to work as a topographical engineer on Fairmount
Park. After a short period in 1872 as an Assistant Engineer at the U. S. Patent
Office, he became an instructor in math and engineering at the University of
Pennsylvania. Haupt was promoted to assistant professor of civil engineering in
1873 and to full professor of civil engineering in 1875, a post he would hold
until 1892.
“Haupt wrote many tracts on the
subject of engineering, and served for a period as an editor of the American
Engineering Register. In 1897 he was appointed by President McKinley to study
the feasibility of a Nicaraguan canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
When the Panama site was finally chosen, he served on the Panama Canal
Commission. He was active in several organizations including the American
Society of Civil Engineers, the Franklin Institute, the American Philosophical
Society, and the Engineers Club of Philadelphia. In 1911 Lewis Haupt patented
automatic devices for reclaiming eroded beaches by hooked jetties, subsequently
used on beaches in New Jersey and New York.
“The University of Pennsylvania
awarded him an honorary A.M. degree in 1883; Haupt also received an honorary
Sc.D. from Muhlenberg College and an honorary LL. D. from Pennsylvania College.
On June 26, 1873, he married Isabella Christiana Cromwell. Together they had
four daughters and one son, Lewis H. Haupt, who graduated from the University
in 1909 with a B. S. in mechanical engineering. Lewis Muhlenberg Haupt died in
Cynwyd, Pennsylvania on March 10, 1937.”
(http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/1800s/haupt_lewis_muhlbg.html)
1900:
Louis M. Haupt 56 Civil
engineer; owner, free of a mortgage
Belle C. Haupt 47 Married 26 years, 9 children, 5 surviving
Bessie M. Haupt 20 Music
teacher
Florence B. Haupt
17
Susan G. Haupt 15
Edna S. Haupt 11
Lewis H. Haupt 11
Anna McGinley 20 Servant;
born in Ireland
1906 Blue Book: Prof. & Mrs. Lewis M. Haupt
1910:
Lewis M. Haupt 66 Consulting
civil engineer; owner, free of a mortgage
Isabelle C. Haupt 57 Married
36 years, 9 children, 5 surviving
Bessie M. Haupt 30 Music
teacher
Florence B. Haupt 26 School
teacher
Susan G. Haupt 24 School
teacher
Edna S.
Haupt 22
Lewis H. Haupt 21 School
instructor
Lewis H. Haupt graduated with a
degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1909
and he received an M.E. degree in 1915.
Isabelle died Dec. 15, 1912 when they were living on Bryn Mawr Ave. in Bala Cynwyd. In 1920, Lewis, Bessie and Florence lived in
Lower Merion.
Revised 8/14/2022