The
History of the Building
315-317:
“three-story
Italianate double, stuccoed with rusticated quoins. Original Victorian wood
porch, full-height windows, paired ornate brackets below flat overhang.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1856, July 17: transferred from Charles Ingersoll & John Craig
Miller, trustees of Harry Bingham Baring to Richard Smethurst (RD 88 149)
The 1858 Directory lists Richard
Smethurst, conveyancer & accountant, 144 S 4th St.
1859, June 4: transferred from Smethurst to Robert Steen
Charles L. Pascal 40 Hatter master; personal: $4,000
Mary Pascal 36 Born in N.J.
Kate Pascal 7
James C.
Pascal 2
Mary O’Neil 22 Servant; born in Ireland
Mary
Ferleener 30 Servant; born in Ireland
The 1860 directory (compiled in
fall, 1859) lists Charles L. Pascal, hatter 8 S. 6th, h 741 S. 9th St. He was
in a partnership with James M. Sullender.
Charles
Lacroix Pascal was born in Philadelphia in 1818. He was the son of John Pascal
(1784-1856), a tavern keeper born in France. Charles’s mother was Ann Polhemus (1783-1853) born in Hopewell, N.J. In 1850, the
senior Pascal had real estate holdings worth $30,000. Charles married Mary
Stuart Campbell in 1852 in Philadelphia. According to the 1900 Census, her
father was born in Scotland.
1861 Directory:
C. L. Pascal, hatter, 8 S. 6th St., h 35th above Powelton
Sullender & Pascal, hats, 6 So. 6th.
St.
In early 1861, the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania purchased $7,635 worth of caps from Sullender
& Pascal for the Pennsylvania Militia. (Inquirer,
May 21, 1961)
1863-’66: IRS records list Charles L. Pascal living
on the East side of 35th St. above Powelton. In 1866 he had an
income of $241. In May 1865 he owned 12 ozs. of silver (plate).
1866, Feb. 22: Robert Steen died and the
house passed into an estate which held it until 1920.
Charles
Pascal* 52 Hat manufacturer; real estate: $12,000,
personal: $10,000; father born abroad [France]
Margaret C.
S. Pascal 43 Place of birth given as Pa. [but see 1860]
Kate C.
Pascal 16 Place of birth given as Pa., but followed
by a question mark
Campbell
J[ames] Pascal 12 Place of birth given as Pa., but followed by
a question mark
Catherine
Cambell 73 Born in N. J.
Sarah A.
Cambell 60 Born in N. J.
Maria
Feloney 50 Domestic servant; born in Ireland; could
not read or write
Maggie
Callahan 30 Domestic servant; born in Ireland
* He is listed as Thomas, but this is clearly an error.
Catherine
Campbell is Mary/Margaret Pascal’s mother. She was the widow of Captain Malcolm
Campbell. In 1860, she lived at 3200 Arch St. at the
home of James G. Hardie who was probably another son-in-law.
In
March 1877, the family was living at 3302 Baring St.
when Catherine Campbell died. When Charles Pascal died in September of 1878,
they were living at 3705 Walnut St., a “first-class” boarding house. The notice
of his death noted: “the members of Phoenix Lodge No. 130, A.Y.M., and the
members of the French Nenevolent Society are respectfully invited to attend his
funeral.” In 1880, Mary, Kate and James
were still living there. James was 22 and a clerk in an iron factory. Kate
married James M. Russel in 1881 and he is listed at that address. He worked in
his father’s business, James Russel & Co., tobacconists. In 1900, Mary
Pascal was 74 and living with the Russel’s and their three children (one of
whom was named C. L. Pascal Russel) at 4218 Otter St.
1874 Directory: Charles L. Pascal of Sallender
& Pascal
1875 Directory: Sallie R. Evans, widow of Owen
She
previous lived at 3503 Baring St. with five of her
children. She was a school teacher. In
1880, they lived at 3712 Baring St.
c1876-’85: Lucretia Mitchell
ran a girls school and kindergarten here. She was the widow
of Charles Mitchell, a silk merchant and wholesale grocer. In 1870, they lived
at 3318 Spring Garden St. (see her picture there) with four children from his previous
marriage and their newborn daughter, Josephine. In 1874 they had a second
daughter, Charlotte. Charles died in 1875 at age 55. In 1880, Lucretia and her
two young daughters were living with her parents at 5012 Elm (Parkside) Ave.
1876
Directory: Burr David A., steam pumps, 10 S. Delaware Ave.
The 1874 directory lists his
business at 1221 Market St. and him living in Connecticut.
1877
Directory: Burr David A.
1879 Directory: Daniel S. Parkes, clerk
1880:
1887 Directory: Samuel Sellers
Frederick
Sellers, carpenter
In the 1860 census, they were listed in
the 15th Ward and he is identified as a
“wire worker.” In 1880, they lived at
312 N. 32nd St when he was identified as a manufacturer. In the IRS
records for 1863, he is listed at Walnut below 38th. In the IRS
records for 1866, he is listed at 1314 Callowhill.
In
1873, the Sellers Brothers Wire Works
and Soap Stone Packing factory was at the NW corner of Sloan and Powelton
(between Sloan and State Sts.) built beginning in 1868. They manufactured iron
railings, wire works, and soap stone packaging. They employed “75 hands (40
men, 20 boys, and 15 girls.)” They did
wire weaving which was invented by his father. The Sellers family were very
prominent in the neighborhood since 1860.
1889 Directory:
Samuel Sellers (F. T. Sellers & Co.)
1890 Directory: Samuel Sellers
Frederic T. Sellers, builder
Alfred Buckman, clerk
1890: “Albert W. Dilks, architect, 1001 Chestnut
street… [has plans for] alterations to the residences, 315-17 North
thirty-fifth street…” (Phila. Builders’ Guide, Feb. 21)
1893-‘94
Directories: Rev. Tilghman F. German
1895: Anna R. Sellers was Corresponding
Secretary for the Reading Room for Boys, 3422 Lancaster Ave.
1896 Directory: Frederick F. Sellers,
carpenter
Samuel
Sellers, coal
1900:
Samuel Sellers 73 “Capitalist”
Mary C. Sellers 73
Frederic T. Sellers 34 Carpenter
Anna R. Sellers 32 Daughter-in-law
Boarders:
Anna W. McVaugh 68 Widowed
Anna B. Bunting 68 Single
Anna W. Bernard 61 Single
Frank V. Warren 24 Single, civil engineer
Kate Haney 40 Single, a servant
1905, Oct. 19: Marriage of Mary Hicks Baker to
Francis V. Warren. married at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Arch St.
She lived with her family across the
street at 302 N. 35th St. In 1910, they
were living at 312 N. 37th St.
1902 Directory: Julius Lichtenstein, salesman
1905 Directory: Frederick T. Sellers,
superintendent
Frank V. Warren treasurer at 712 Stephen
Girard Building
1905, Oct. 19: Marriage of Mary Hicks Baker of 302 N. 35th St. and Francis V. Warren. They
moved to 312 N. 37th St. They were married at Arch
St. Friends Meeting.
1906 Blue Book: Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Sellers
Samuel
Sellers died April 13, 1915. Mary Cadwalader Sellers died Feb. 26, 1919.
1907, Dec. 8: Death of Ann Bartram Bunting, 76,
daughter of the late Josiah and Martha B. Bunting. She was one of the managers of the Darby
Friends' Home for Children. Funeral services at her late residence 315 N. 35th
St. Internment at Darby Friends’ Grounds
1908 Directory: William Taylor
Anna
B. Bunting
1909 Directory: Anna B. Bunting
William J. Hicks
36 Commercial traveler
Elizabeth W. Hicks 29 Married 6 years, 3 children, 2 surviving
Elizabeth M. Hicks 3
William Morris Hicks 1 month
Bessie Gibson 55 Boarder
Ella Davis 35 Boarder; public school teacher
William J. Hicks and
Elizabeth Wetherill Levick were married June 3, 1903. She was the daughter of
Samuel J. Levick, Jr. and Annie E. Bullock. She was born when they lived at 3411 Baring St. In 1930, the Hicks family were living
in Lansdowne where he was a manager for a wholesale plumbing company.
1911 Directory:
William J. Hicks, salesman
1916 Directory: Emily
D. Wright, kindergarten
The 1912 directory
lists her as a teacher and living at 3206 Chestnut St. The 1913 directory lists
her at the Froebellian School for Woman and living at 108 N. 19th
St.
“The Kindergarten Inn, 315 N. 35th St., Philadelphia, Pa.,
was organized by the Alumnae Association of the Froebellian Training School of
Philadelphia and was formerly known by this name. It is now maintained by Miss
Emily D. Wright and an advisory council of about thirty women. The school is
run on the plan of the famous Pestalozzi-Froebel Haus in Berlin.”
(Handbook
of Private Schools. Porter Sargent. Contributor Porter Sargent. Edition:
87. 1915, p 193)
“The kindergarten idea originated in
Bad Blankenburg, Thuringia, in 1827 with Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852). It
reflected pioneering pedagogy and philosophy of early childhood education,
based on behavioral studies in child development and aiming to socialize
children with teachers playing passive, protective maternal roles rather than
being controlling and directive. Froebel opened a school for teachers in Liebenstein in 1849. Teaching tools were colored forms and
shapes give as ‘gifts’ that children manipulated to develop cognitive reasoning
and cooperative skills. He emphasized physical exercise and nondenominational
spirituality. Children aged four to six were to be socialized with
self-control, cleanliness, politeness and obedience.”
(Germany and the Americas: culture, politics,
and history. Thomas Adam. 2005. p 606-7.)
1917 Directory: Jane D. Rippien, chief
probation officer, Municipal Court, 578 City Hall
1919 Directory: Rev. Charles W. Harvey
The
directories for 1912-1918 list him living at 214 N. 34th
St.
1920:
Charles W.
Harvey 49 Church pastor; born in England, immigrated in 1896, became a
citizen in 1906
Leslie Harvey 34 Born in Massachusetts
John C. Harvey
4
Charles Woodroffe Harvey was born in Wivenhoe, Essex, England, July 17, 1870.
His parents were John and Margaret Harvey. Margaet’s
father was a minister in the Swedenborg church. She died in 1871. In the 1881
census of England, Charles was living with his grandfather, Thomas Harvey, a
retired ship builder. Charles was listed as a “scholar.” A family genealogy (http://www.webrarian.co.uk/harvey/gwyharvey.html) states “he grew up to become an architect and later moved to the USA
and became a pastor of the Swedenborgian church.” He arrived in New York March 21,1896 from
Southampton. He listed his occupation as clerk. He graduated from Harvard in 1899, then went on to
get a Master of Arts degree in 1902. (The 1900 census lists him living in
Boston and in law school.) The picture at the left was taken about this time.
He became a naturalized citizen
in Brookline, Mass., Oct. 24, 1906. About this time he
was a a lecturer in homiletics as
the New Church College in Newtonville, Mass. In 1910, he was a clergyman living
in Brookline, Mass. with his cousin, Florence Gowder (50), who was single. In May, 1911, he was installed as pastor of the First New
Jerusalem Society, 22nd and Chestnut streets in Philadelphia. In the
city directories for 1912-1918, he was listed living at 214
N. 34th St. That was the home of George Burnham, Jr. which
suggests the Burnhams sponsored his move to Philadelphia. (Between those dates,
the Burnham family lived in Berwyn.)
Charles Harvey died in Philadelphia in 1952 and was buried in Annisquam, Gloucester Co., Mass. His writings include a pamphlet entitled The
Problem of Suicide published by the Swedenborg Press.
In a report of the alumnae secretary
of his class at Harvard in 1914, he wrote “In 1911, I received a call to the pastorate of our New Church,
(Swedenborgian) Society of Philadelphia, and removed here at Easter of that
year. I was appointed Vice-President of our Pennsylvania Association, shortly
after, and represent the State on the General Council of our Church in America,
also on the executive committee of our Board of Publication in New York. I have
written : Sunday School Manual, "Primer of
Doctrine." Member: Union League Club, Philadelphia; Harvard Club,
Philadelphia.”
Leslie Clark Carter married Charles
Harvey in 1910 in Newtonville, Mass. She was born in
Forest Hills, Mass. in 1885, died in 1970 at age 84 and was buried in Annisquam, Gloucester Co., Mass.
John Carter Helmsley Harvey was born
in Philadelphia in 1915. He had a long career in the theatre as a lighting and
scenery designer. He worked on the sets of most of the well-known American
musicals of the 1940s and 1950s. He formed a gay partnership with C. David Hocker (1911-1978) in 1940. They lived in New York. He died
in 1997 in Annisquam, Gloucester Co., Mass.
Dorothea Ward Harvey was born about
1922.
1920, Dec. 17: Purchased by Charles R. and Leslie O.
Harvey from the estate of Robert Steen
1930:
Charles W.
Harvey 59 Clergyman; married at age 40; owner, house valued at $8,000;
born in England, father born in England, mother in Scotland
Leslie
Harvey 45 Married at age 26; born in Mass.
John C. Harvey 18
Dorothea W
Harvey 8
1940:
Charles W. Harvey 69 Minister, no income in 1939; born in
England; owner, house valued at $6,200; 4 years of college
Leslie C. Harvey
54 Born in Massachusetts; 4 years of
college
John C. W. Harvey 24 Stage director for opera company, no
income in 1939; 4 years of college
Dorthea W. Harvey 18 Four years of high school
1943, June: Sold by Howard W. McFall to Wilbur S. Moore for
$4,200.
Wilbur Spicer Moore was born in Lewes,
Delaware in 1891. His father was a light housekeeper. In the 1940 census, he
was listed as a practical nurse at a small nursing home at 4024 Parrish St. He
was apparently the proprietor. He had 4 years of high school. In 1942, he
registered for the draft from 3209
Baring St. and was self-employed at the same address.
1946, Sept.: Purchased by Edward A. Hockel, George Hockel and his
wife, Elizabeth Hockel
1950 Directory: George J. Hockel
Carl F. Brandfass, Jr.
1950:
1st
floor:
George J. Hockel 33 Chemist for chemical manufacturer
Elizabeth Hockel 29
Diane Hockel 8
George Hockel 6
Carolyne Hockel 3
2nd
floor:
Lester Kiefer 27 Unemployed, not looking for work; born in MD
Virginia Kiefer 27 Primary
school teacher in public school; born in MD
3rd
floor:
Carl F. Brandfass 29 Unemployed, not looking for work; born
in W. Va.
Martha S. Brandfass 24 Primary school teacher in public school,
worked 4 weeks in 1949 earning $120; born in Wheeling, WV; 4 years of college
Katharine S. Brandfass A few
weeks old
Note: education and income only
available for every fifth person.
George Joseph Hockel
worked for E. I. DuPont. He was the son of John Hockel,
a barber who was born in 1883 in either Germany or Austro-Hungary. He
immigrated in 1906. George was the youngest of four Hockel
children. John died of pneumonia in 1924. After his death, Florence (Flora) married
Otto Roberg. In 1930, George was a student at Girard College. In 1940, he was
living with his mother, Flora (Florence) Dahlstrom, his older brother, and two
young step siblings. They lived at 1704 Seybert St.
He was a 23-year-old laboratory technician for a paint manufacturing company
with four years of high school. George and Elizabeth Jane Davis were married
Oct. 5, 1940 at St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church.
She was living at 857 N. 15th St. According to his draft
registration from 1942, they were apparent moving quite a bit. It lists two
changes of address: from 1139 S. 52 St. to 1111 S. 49th St. to 3316
Spring Garden St.
Lester Kiefer was born in Baltimore
April 6, 1922. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.S. degree
in 1943. He then entered the army serving from until 1946 rising to the rank of
Lieutenant Ph. C.
Carl Frederick Brandfass,
Jr. was born Feb. 16, 1926. He registered for the draft in 1942 from his
parents’ home in Wheeling, West Virginia. He was the son of Capt. Carl F. Brandifass. He was a student at the Mercersburg Academy in
Mercersburg, Pa. where he was apparently doing a post graduate year. He was
6’3” and weighed 195 and played varsity football at Triadelphia High School in
Wheeling. In 1930, he lived in Wheeling with his parents, ages 35 and 33. He
was the second of five children ages 7 and younger. His father was not
employed. They owned their home (worth $15,000) and had two servants. Carl
served in the army for one month in June 1944 and reenlisted in Sept. 1946
serving until Aug. 1947. He died in 2004.
1961: Purchased by Jan and Dorthea Luytjes
They previously lived at 3411 Baring St.
1958: “Jon B. Luytjes has been
instructor in the department of marketing and foreign commerce in the Wharton
School, University of Pennsylvania, in the spring term.” (American Economic Review, June 1958)
2007-08: Dorthea, an alto, sang with
the Civic Chorale of Greater Miami.
1968 Reverse Directory: T. L. Fischer, M.D. (1st
floor)
W. E. O'Grady (3rd floor)
1975: Purchased by Brian and Linda M. Noll
1979: Purchased by John R. Twombly
John R. Twombly, asst. prof.,
Wharton School, Pennsylvania; Jan. 1983-July 1983
2009: John R. Twombly. Clinical
Professor of Accounting and Finance and Associate Director for Academic Affairs
and Student Advising, Undergraduate Programs Education.
1984, Sept.: Purchased by Gordon B. and Caryn L. Heatherston
1993, June 1:
Purchased by Scott Ryder and Douglas Ewbank