3205 Baring Street

 

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 3205 Baring Street

 

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 Ireland

 

1876 Directory: Theodore M. Wiltsberger

 

1878 Directory: Augusto D. Torres, student

 

1880:

Ann Pancoast              84        Widowed; born in Del., father in Pa., mother in Del.

Mary S. Pancoast         58        Daughter

Carroll Williams           22        Boarder; male; lawyer

Charles Miller              23        Boarder; law student

Horace Phillips            20        Boarder; clerk; born in Del.

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 918 Spring Garden St. in 1870.

            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 22 N 7th St.

 

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 Del.; owned with a mortgage

Elizabeth Pancoast      74        Sister; single

Mary A. Pancoast        21        Niece

 

1903: H. K. Pancoast (Dr.), Lecturer (Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania.)

 

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 N. Ireland; owner, house valued at $7,500

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 449 N. 4th St.

 

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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