The
History of the Building
Developer;
Hugh McIlvain
3205-3207:
“Italianate-style
three-story double, rough casting over brick. construction; rusticated quoins; porch
removed. First-floor full-height windows; third-floor
paired arcuated windows below large double bracketed wood cornice sheathed in
metal. Flat, overhanging roof.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents of
1866,
November: Deed transferred from Hugh McIlvaine to Thomas P. Sargent.
1967
Directory: Louisa Peterson, widow of William
Reuben W. Peterson, draughtsman
1870:
Thomas Sargent 48 Purchasing
agent for railroad; real estate: $12,000, personal: $17,500
Elizabeth Sargent 42
Hannah Gordal 36 Born
in N.Y.
Maggie Nieman 17 Domestic
servant; born in
1876 Directory: Theodore M. Wiltsberger
1878 Directory: Augusto D. Torres, student
1880:
Ann Pancoast 84 Widowed;
born in Del., father in
Mary S. Pancoast 58 Daughter
Carroll Williams 22 Boarder;
male; lawyer
Charles Miller 23 Boarder;
law student
Horace Phillips 20 Boarder;
clerk; born in
Sally Rodgers 24 Servant
Ann
was the widow of Stephen Pancoast a paper maker who was born about 1795. They also had a
daughter Sarah. (Ward 13, ED 38) They lived at
Carroll
Williams married Eleanor Boyd Palmer in 1890. In 1900 and 1910, they lived at 3306 Race St.
Charles
R. Miller was a graduate of Swarthmore and the University of Pennsylvania Law
School. He
served as Governor of Delaware from 1913-1916. He had married Abigail Morgan Woodnutt in 1884 and they had three children.
1881 Directory: Edward W. Magill, student at
227 S. 6th
Charles
R. Miller, student
Horace
G. Phillips, clerk
Carroll
R. Williams, lawyer at
1882,
May: Deed transferred from Thomas P. & Jane Elizabeth (wife) Sargent to J.
Roberts Foulke.
1883,
March: Deed transferred from Robert J. Foulke to Mary
S. Pancoast.
1887 Directory: Carroll R. Williams (Magill
& Williams)
1895 Directory: Mary S. Pancoast
1897 Directory: Henry K. Pancoast, student
Mary S. Pancaost
In
1900, Henry K. Pancoast lived at a dormitory of the University of Pennsylvania. He was 25 years old
and single. He
was an 1898 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School where he
later became Professor of Roetgenology. He was the son of
Seth Pancoast and Susan George.
1899 Directory: Henry K. Pancoast, Physician
1900:
Mary Pancoast 77 Single;
mother born in
Elizabeth Pancoast 74 Sister; single
Mary A. Pancoast 21 Niece
1903: H. K. Pancoast (Dr.), Lecturer (Catalogue of the
1903, April 7: Marriage of Clara Louise Boggs
to Henry K. Pancoast
1904: Henry K. Pancoast
(List
of Members. Proceedings. Philadelphia
County Medical Society.)
1910:
Robert L. Van Dusen 39 Salesman;
father born in N. Y.; owner with a mortgage
Catherine Van Dusen 42 Married
7 years, no children
Mary Holliday 36 Servant;
white [?]; widowed, 1 child; born in Maryland
Clarence Holliday 11 Black; parents
born in Maryland
Robert
Lee Van Dusen was confirmed at Grace Episcopal
Church, Philadelphia on Good Friday, 1894. In 1900, he lived with his mother,
Margaret (Rodgers) Van Dusen, at 27 S. 16th
St.
1918 Directory: Frank Lyster,
fireman
1920:
Frank Lyster 54 Parents born in Ireland; owned with a mortgage
Mary A. Lyster 51
Harold D. Lyster
26 Clerk for steam railroad
Helen D. Lyster 30 Daughter-in-law
Alan Lyster 18 Contractor for fire alarms
Frank
Lyster and Mariana Copenhaver were married in 1888. He was the son of
William Lyster who immigrated in 1848. In April 1920,
Frank applied for a passport to visit the West Indies as a tourist. In the application
he stated that was orphaned at an early age, he had no surviving siblings and
he was a student at Girard College from 1875-’81. In 1880, he was enumerated there as a
student. The
1898 Philadelphia directory lists him as a patent agent living in N.J. In 1910, Frank
and Mariana lived in West Deptford, Gloucester Co., N.J. The 1910 Philadelphia directory lists
him as secretary and treasurer of Lyster Sheet Metal Inc. The 1917
directory lists him as the president and living at Brogley’s
Hotel (133-5 N. 15th St.). In 1940, Frank was renting at 3416 Race St. He was widowed. He died in 1945.
1923 Directory: Charles Hare, editor
John D. Hare, clerk
1930:
John C. Hare 62 Newspaper editor; married at age 30;
born in
Florence Hare 55 Married
at age 23; born in MD.
John D. Hare 31 Salesman
in bonding [?] house; born in MD.
Florence Hare 24 Insurance
salesman
Frederick Hare 26 Real
estate appraiser
James E Hare 23 Works
for cardboard firm
In
1920, they lived at 5632 Catherine St. He immigrated in 1890 and in 1895 he was
an editor living at
1940:
John Hare 70 Newspaper editor, earned $2,600 in 1939;
born in Eire; 4 years of college; owner, house valued at $2,500
Florence Hare 65 Born in
MD; 4 years of high school
Florence Hare 35 4 years
of high school
James Hare 32 Real estate assessor, earned $400 in 1939; 4 years of high school
1945, May 23: Death of John C. Hare of 3205
Baring St.
“John
C. Hare, Newsman Dies”
“John
C. Hare, veteran Philadelphia newspaperman, who was real estate editor of the Evening
Ledger when it suspended publication in 1947, died yesterday in Misericordia
Hospital. He was 79.
“Born
in Dublin, Ireland, and a graduate of famed Trinity College there, Mr. Hare
became widely known in Philadelphia during a newspaper career that began in
1887, shortly after his arrival in this country. His first position was as
dramatic critic of the old Philadelphia Item, a post he held for five years.
“He
was a reporter for a number of years, successively, on the North American, the
Press, and the Inquirer, until he joined the Public Ledger, first as assistant
real estate editor, then as head of that department. When the Public Ledger
ceased publication in 1934, he assumed the same duties with the Evening
Ledger.” (Inquirer, May 24, 1945)
1950 Directory: Wilbur S. Moore
He
was also listed at 3208 Baring St.
1968 Reverse Directory: Beck Nursing Home
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