214 N. 33rd
Street
This house is no
long standing. It is shown on the 1927
Bromley map, but not on the 1951 Sanborn map.
Previous Residents of 214
N. 33rd Street
1880:
George Barns 33 Iron manufacturer
Lucy Barns 26
Patty Allen 18 Servant; black; born in Va.
Mrs. Barnes was Lucy Sellers Barnes,
daughter of John Sellers, Jr. and Ann Caroline
Keen. She grew up at 3300 Arch St. Lucy and George Barns were married
Oct. 16, 1879.
[Note:
it appears the spelling of the family names changed during the 1890s from Barns
to Barnes.]
1898 Blue Book: Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor Barnes
1900, Jan. 31: Death of George T. Barnes
1900:
Mrs. George
Barnes 44 Widowed, 3 children; owned free of a mortgage
John Barnes 19
Caroline Barnes 16
Natalie Barnes 11
Maggie Boyd 22 Cook; born in Ireland
The 1906 Blue Book lists Mrs. George
Taylor Barnes, 2200 Pine St., summer residence, Bryn Mawr. Her three children were living with
her. Lucy Barnes died Feb. 2, 1910. At
that time, she was living with her son and daughter-in-law and her two
daughters at 631 Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr.
They had a maid, butler, cook, nurse and chauffer.
In 1916, Caroline Sellers Barnes married
Dr. A. Johnston Ross, a Presbyterian minister and professor at Union
Theological Seminary. He had been the
pastor at the Presbyterian Church in Bryn Mawr where the Barnes children were
living. The Philadelphia Inquirer
reported it as “a wedding of considerable interest” and stated that Miss Barnes
and her sister Natalie were “both well known socially.”
1910 Directory: Horace H. Gawthrop of W. W. & H. H. Gawthrop,
produce at 3042 Chestnut St.
1910:
Herbert Heston 57 Fire
marshal for steam rail road; renting
Anna E. Heston 51 Keeper
for apartments; married 34 years, 1 child
George E.
Stratton 36 Lodger; foreman for steam rail road
Anna C. Conard 40 Lodger
-- next household
Horace H.
Gawthrop 48 Commission merchant,
produce
Phoebe W. Gawthrop
46 Married
26 years, 5 children, 2 surviving
Louise Gawthrop 19
-- next household
Joseph A.
Crummett 59 Own income
Grace M. Crummett
34 School
teacher; single
-- next household
Albert W.
Dilks 66 Architect; parents born in N.J.
Laura A. Dilks 49
Married 24 years, 1 child
-- next household
David A. Fleming 31 Manager
at piping co.
Elizabeth G.
Fleming 32 Married 3 years
In 1900, Herbert Heston lived at 3321 Hamilton St. His wife’s name was given as “Emma
E.,” but her age, duration of marriage and number of children match.
Horace and Phoebe Gawthrop moved to 3303 Arch St.
by 1914. The 1917 Directory lists them
at 128 N. 44th St.
Albert W. Dilks
was the architect for many renovations and additions in Powelton.
1920:
Ella Piri 51 Matron in a dormitory; single; born in N.Y.
Revised
10/29/2014