The History of the
Building
3300-02: “two-and-one-half, story Victorian double;
stone facade, large gables with arcuated attic window at roofline of 3300 and
smaller gable at roofline of 3302. Each has elaborately-milled porch
latticework, turned posts and balustrades; porches wrap around to front (3300)
and from the front to the side (3302)”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
of 3302 Baring Street
1866, Jul. 18: Title for 3300-3306 Baring St. transferred to Mary
S. Bancroft by Samuel Hutchinson
Samuel Hutchinson purchased a large
block of land from Charles Ingersoll, et al. April 30, 1856.
1870: not
included in the either round of the census
1871 Directory: Harris Y. Lauderbach, school at 108 S. 10th St.
h: 3302 Baring
The 1870 directory lists him at 1704
Park. He and his wife, Francis, were both 45 years old. Daughter, Clara, was 20.
She was a soprano who appeared at performances at the Academy of Music. Son
Charles, 20, taught at his father’s school. They also had a two-year-old,
Francis, who became an artist and teacher in Santa Clara, California.
In 1868, H. Y. Lauderbach left his
job as principal of the Northwest Public Grammar School to start a private
academy.
(Inquirer,
Sept., 1875)
1872 Directory: Charles J. Lauderbach
H. Y. Lauderbach, select Classical, Scientific
& Commercial Academy, Assembly Buildings at 108 S. 10th St.
The 1877 directory
lists H. Y. Lauderbach living at 3201 Arch St.
1877: Death of Catherine Campbell, 81 years old, widow of Captain
Malcolm Campbell, mother-in-law of Charles L. Pascal. The Pascal family
previous lived at 315 N. 35th St. By
September, 1878, when Charles Pascal died, they were living at 3705 Walnut St.,
a “first-class” boarding house.
1880:
Enoch S. Farson 66 Manufacturer
of Refrigerators; born in
Lavinia Farson 56 Born
in N.J.
Lavinia Davis 21 Daughter
Henry Farson 24
Anna Farson 21 Daughter-in-law
Enoch S. Farson,
Jr. 21 Refrigerator
(?) manufacturer
Mattie Farson 19
Annie Farson 15
Mary Hackett 93 Mother[-in-law];
born in N.J.
Caroline Hunt 73 Sister
Sarah Cox 37 Servant; born in Ireland
Mary Grooms 18 Servant;
born in N.J.
Elizabeth Trusty 45 Servant;
born in N.J.
Enoch Spruance Farson and Lavinia
Hackett were married in Philadelphia in 1842. The 1866 Directory lists Enoch S.
Farson, refrigerator manufacturer, 220 Dock St. His company, E. S. Farson & Co.
(Enoch S. Farson & Henry A. Brown), was next door at 222 Dock St. The 1861
Directory lists the company as selling “house furnishing goods.” In 1861, Farson probably lived at
Lavinia Farson married M H. Davis in
Philadelphia, February 13, 1877. They were married by Magistrate Thorp (Inquirer, Sept. 25, 1877)
In 1887, Enoch Farson and his son
Enoch Jr. were both listed at 3606 Powelton Ave.
“Mr. [Robert Evans] Hannum [Jr.] married at Marcus Hook,
Pennsylvania, June 27, 1866, Mary E. Farson, born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, in 1845, daughter of Enoch S. Farson, a sea captain, later in the
refrigerating business in Philadelphia, and his wife, Lavinia (Hackett) Farson,
both deceased.”
(A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania,
and Its People. John Woolf Jordan, Lewis. 1914, p 600)
1884, Jan. 8: Title transferred to Lydia J. Rushton by Mary S.
Bancroft
1887 Directory: Willie Rushton, assistant
cashier for Farmers’ & Merchants’ National Bank, h 3302 Baring
The bank was at
1890 Directory:
Willie Rushton
1890, May 19: Title transferred to James B. Reilly by Lydia J.
Rushton
1894, Jun. 2: Title transferred to Anna L. Summer by James B.
Reilly
1894, Nov. 3: Title transferred to Virginia E. Ireland by Anna L.
Summer
1900:
Joseph Cochran 33 Clergyman,
born Jan., 1867 in
Helen V. Cochran 29 Born in
Jerold S. Cochran
4 Born Mar. 1896 in
Hamilton Cochran 1 Born
in Sept., 1898
Mary Scudder 51 Mother-in-law; born Nov. 1848 in N.J.;
widowed, 1 child
Ellen McYeary 23 Servant;
born in
Joseph Wilson Cochran, Jr.:
“Clergyman. Ordained Presbyterian
ministry. 1894; pastor of
(The International who's who: who's who in
the world. 1911, pp 291-2.)
“Rev. Joseph Wilson Cochran is a
native of Peoria, a son of Hon. J. W. Cochran formerly Judge of the Circuit
Court, was brought up in connection with this Church, received his early
education in the Peoria Schools, his collegiate at Macalester College, Minn.,
his theological training at McCormick Theological Seminary, was for several
years pastor of a leading Church in Madison, Wisconsin, and is now pastor of
the Northminster Church, Philadelphia, Pa.”
(Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary ...
December Sixth and Seventh, A.D. 1903. By Presbyterian Church (
Helen Vanderveer Scuddy Cochran was
born in Madras, India. Her father and grandfather were Presbyterian medical
missionaries in India and Ceylon. She died April 11, 1914
at the age of 45. They were living in Swarthmore.
1906 Blue Book: Emlen Hewes & daughter
1910:
George B. Wells 57 Merchant
of hats; born in
Helen L Wells 67 Married
45 years, four children, three surviving
Annie D. Wells 27
In 1880,
they lived with his parents and siblings at 924 Moore St. Before 1910, they
lived at 3313 Powelton Ave. In 1920-1930, they
lived at 3305 Baring. St. George died in 1936 when
they were living at 312 N. 33rd St. Helen
and the girls were still living there in 1940.
George B. Wells, Hats at 1301 Market
Street (see photo from http://libwww.library.phila.gov/HIP/HIPSearchItem.cfm?ItemID=pdct00189)
He was the Grand Marshal for the
Mason’s Washington Sesquicentennial anniversary, 1902
also: “Bro. George B. Wells,
P.G.H.P. and present Grand Secretary of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of
Pennsylvania”
http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/the_builder_1916_november.htm
1916
Hellen Loller Wells was the daughter
of Joshua and Sarah (Dole) Loller. She was born and
raised in
“Wells Edith May b.a. 02 m.a.
06 3302 Baring st. Philadelphia
(Smith
College Bulletin Alumnae Register 1908-1909)
“Wells Edith May B.A. 3302 Baring
st. Philadelphia Pa. M.A. 06; student (sociology, economics)
Smith 04-06; resident Light house
settlement Phila. 02-04; general sec. S.C.A.C.W. 04-06, traveling student sec.
Y. W. C. A. for N. E. 06-09, sec. Student volunteer movement New York 09-10,
sec. Y. W. C. A. Peking, China 10” (Catalog of Officers, Graduates and
Nongraduates of Smith College Northampton, Mass. 1875-1910 Alumnae Association
of
“Edith May Wells, cr. Y. W. C. A.,
Tientsin
(Fifty
years of association work among young women, 1866-1916: a history of Young
Women's Christian Associations in the United States of America. Elizabeth
Wilson. 1916)
1912, Dec. 10: Marriage license issued to Eva L. Ayres of 3302
Baring St. and Dr. Willard B. G. Terry of 3718 Baring
St.
Also: Marriage license issued to Nancy Ayres of
3302 Baring St. and Budd E. Van Sweringen of Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Eva and
Nancy Ayres lived at 3234 Powelton Ave. (221 M.
33rd St.) with their mother in 1910.
1917, Nov. 2: Title transferred to Charles H. White by Virginia E.
Ireland
In 1910, Charles H. White was widowed
and living at 3225 Haverford Ave. with two of his four children, Lewis H. (age
32) and Anna E. (22). His wife, Margaret, died in 1906. He remarried about
1915.
1920:
Charley H. White 67 Lumber
merchant; owner with a mortgage
May S. White 33 Wife
1930:
Charles H White 77 Wholesale
lumber dealer; married at age 61owner, house valued at $8,500
Sally M White 43 Wife;
married at age 28
1940:
Sarah May White 53 Owner,
house valued at-$8,200; widow; 8 years of school
1947, Jun. 24: Title transferred to Edna B. Hutchings by Sarah Mae
White
1948, Aug. 31: Title transferred to Henry F. Horst by Edna B.
Hutchings
1950 Directory: Harold E.
Hutchings
1950:
Harold E. Hutchings 43 Proprietor of a printing shop
Edna Hutchings 40 Partner in print shop
Herman Hutchings 9
John Hutchings 7
James Hutchings 4
Harold Earl Hutchings
registered for the draft in 1942. He lived at 3734 Powelton Ave. His print shop
was at 3732 Powelton Ave. In 1910, when he was three years-old with his mother
at his grandparents’ house, 4028 Aspen St. His mother was 31 years-old and had
been married for 4 years. She was a dressmaker. His grandfather was an engineer
for the railroad. His father was born in England but was not living with them.
In 1920, she stated she was widowed.
1952, Jan. 30: Title
transferred to S. Francis Riley by Henry F. Horst
1965: The William A.
Jackson Dental Auxiliary held and “afternoon with the arts held at the home of
Mrs. Santonio Riley, 3302 Baring St.” (Phila. Tribune, June 1)
1970: “Dr. S.
Francis Riley [see photo above], 3302 Baring St., was honored for his 50 years
of dental practice by the Philadelphia County Dental Society.” (Phila. Tribune, June 13)
In 1930, Santonio Francis Riley lived at 1045 South St. He was
African American, born in Arkansas about 1896 and was single. In 1940, he and
his wife, Eva, were living at 2453 N. 17th St. She was born in N.
Carolina.