215 N. 34th
Street
The
History of the Building
1969: The houses on the east
side of the 200 block of
Previous Residents
1893, Sept. 30: Deed
transferred from George W. Shedwick to Samuel D.
Walton for $20,000
1897 Directory: Samuel D.
Walton
1900:
Samuel Walton 29 [Occupation
illegible]; married 5 years, mother born in
“House closed”
1906 Blue Book: Mr. & Mrs. S. Davis Walton
He was a member of the Automobile
Club
1910:
Samuel D. Walton 38 Stock
exchange broker; owned free of a mortgage
Agnes W. Walton 35 Married
15 years, one child
Dorothee W. Walton 5
Sarah M. Adams 36 Nurse;
born in
Mary Harkins 23 Cook;
born in
Alice Mellon 38 Chambermaid; born in
1910, Oct. 6: Death of Samuel Davis Walton; burial at Laurel Hill;
cause of death was a brain tumor
“Death of S. D. Walton
“Well-Known Financier Dies After
Long Illness
“Samuel Davis Walton, well-known in
social and financial circles, died yesterday morning at his residence, 215 North Thirty-fourth street. He had been ill for several
months and had travelled extensively in an effort to regain his health.
“Mr. Walton was a man of large
means, his father, Charles Walton, having been one of Philadelphia’s most successful
business men. He was born in this city in 1871 and
after a brief business career retired to look after his financial interests.
“Mr. Walton was a popular member of
the Union League, Racquet Club and Philadelphia Country Club. He was an expert
golfer and had participated in numerous tournaments. He is survived by a widow,
who was Agnes Woodruff, a daughter, Dorathea, and a
sister, Miss Jennie D. Walton, of 3805 Walnut street.” (Inquirer)
In 1916, Agnes married John W. Good.
In 1920, they lived at 249 Bryn Mawr Ave.
1917 Directory: Henry Shoemaker
1920:
Harvey Shoemaker 52 Physician in general practice
Mary Shoemaker 45 Born in
Alice Shoemaker 23
Catherine Shoemaker 22
Marjorie Shoemaker 20
John D. Shoemaker 16
Marion Comyms 28 Sister-in-law;
single; parents born in
In
1898, he was a physician at the German Hospital of Philadelphia. The Blue Book
for that year gives his address as 109 S. 20th St. In 1900, he was
at
“Early 1920s... Through the assistance of Dr.
Harvey Shoemaker, Chief of Medicine, and Dr. John B. Deaver, Chief
of Surgery, both at Lankenau Hospital,
they roused the interest of a friend and patient, Rodman Wanamaker. Mr.
Wanamaker, LIMR’s original benefactor and son of John Wanamaker,... donated
funds to build a research center on the Lankenau
Hospital Campus which was then located at Girard and Corinthian in
Philadelphia.”
(“80 Years of Research Excellence” Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, 2007. Emphasis in
original.)
http://www.limr.org/interactivemap/pdf/newsletters/LIMR80th%20-%20NOV2007.pdf
)
Revised 5/29/2015