3304 Baring Street
The
History of the Building
1871: Built by Thomas D. Crispenn
3304-06:
“two-and-one-half
story Second Empire style double with stone facade over brick construction.
Original wood porch with shared gabled entry intact. Modillioned wood cornice.
Four dormers with segmental windowheads project from mansard; 3304 has original
patterned slate; 3306 replaced with asphalt shingles.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
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, Sep. 1: Title
transferred to Thomas D. Crispenn by Mary S. Bancroft
1878, Jun. 13: Title transferred to Mary B.
Price by Thomas D. Crispenn
1880:
Joseph W. Price 46 Dry goods
Mary A. Price 46
Robert W. Price 22 Clerk
Josephine Price 17
Emma Henry 29 Sister[-in-law]; single
Melvina Hammond 40 Servant; black;
married; born in
In 1870, they lived in the 20th
Ward, ED 64.
1880, Dec. 9: Title transferred to Benjamin Norris
by Mary B. Price
Then quickly back to Mary B. Price.
1881 Directory: Joseph W. Price, (Price & Wood)
Price & Wood (Joseph W. Price
& John B. Wood), dry goods, N 8th corner of Filbert
Robert W. Price, clerk
The 1887 Directory has a listing for
Robert W. Price (salesman, house 1819 Camac
1883, Nov. 10: Title transferred to Frank H.
Taylor by Mary Ann Price
1884, Jan. 25: Death of Sarah McCauley, 19 years old, of 3304
Baring St. She was born in Ireland and was buried at Holmsburg Cemetery.
1888, Feb. 3: Title transferred to William H.
Nicholson by Frank H. Taylor
1890 Directory: Frank H. Taylor (Taylor & Shoemaker)
1895, Jul. 24: Title transferred to Frank H.
Taylor by William H. Nicholson
1896 Directory: Truitt Elizabeth T., widow of
Charles B.
They had lived at 3609 Spring Garden
St.
1896, Nov. 26: Death of Thomas Shepard, 50
years old, husband of Louisa (Pyle) Shepard of 3304 Baring St. Internment at
Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square, Pa.
Thomas Shepard and Louisa Pyle were
married at the Kennett Square Quaker Meeting in 1884. He was a laborer.
1897, April 4: Offered for sale for $14,500 (Inquirer)
1900:
Sarah
Cummings 52 No occupation;
born in N.Y., father in England, mother in Pa.; renting
Violet Cummings 14 Daughter;
in school
Mary Bardsley 34 Boarder;
born in Neb., parents in England
Sarah Cummings was the widow of
Charles H. Cummings. The 1870 census lists him as a journeyman bricklayer. In
1880, they lived in Upper Darby where he was a farmer. An Inquirer
article in 1881 identified him as a “large grain operator on walnut street.”
1901 Directory: Cummings Sarah E., widow of
Charles H.
Clyde John
Upton Clarence C., clerk
1906, Jun. 11: Title transferred to George
Frescoln by Frank H. Taylor
1910:
George Frescoln 74 Real
estate broker
Mary L. Frescoln 67 Married
45 years, 5 children, 3 surviving
Sarah
Frescoln 72 Sister;
single
Martha Thompson 64 Servant;
born in
1912, Dec. 17: Death of Sarah Frescoln, 75
years old, of 3304 Baring St. She was a member of St Timothy's Episcopal
Church.
1913, Jul. 23: Title transferred to John H.
Calahan, Jr. by George Frescoln
The
immediately back to John H. Calahan, Jr.
1913, July 27: “Three district police surgeons
were appointed by Director Porter and assigned to different stations…. [They
included] Dr. Leonard D. Frescoln, 3304 Baring street.” (Inquirer)
1914, Sep. 15: Title transferred to William J.
Spence by Robert Pearsall
1916, Aug. 22: Title transferred to George
Frescoln by William J. Spence
1917, Sep. 20: Title transferred to Henry A.
Yost by George Frescoln
1917, Oct. 26: Title transferred to Charles
Hart by Henry A. Yost
1919, Apr. 16: Title transferred to John E.
McKinley and Mary, his wife by Charles Hart
1920:
John E. McKinley 55 Fireman for steam
railroad; mother born in N.J.; owner with a mortgage
Mary McKinley 48 Parents
born in
Alva McKinley 24 Clerk for oil refining co.
John Ellwood McKinley and Miss Mary
McKinley were married in Philadelphia by Rev. Sterrett on July 29, 1891. It was his second marriage. In 1900, they lived at 620 N. 33rd
St. (Mantua). In 1910, they lived at 3201 Baring St.
1930:
John E. Mckinley 65 Dispatcher
for steam railroad; married at age 27; parents born in N.J.; owner, house
valued at $8,000
Mary Mckinley 59 Married
at age 19; parents born in Ireland
Alva A. Mckinley 34 Office
clerk for oil co.
1940:
John E. McKinley 76 Owner,
house valued at $6,400; 8 years of school
Mary McKinley 69 Eight
years of school
Alva A. McKinley 44 File
clerk at oil co., earned $1,300 in 1939; 4 years of high school
1943, Feb. 16: Title transferred to John E.
McKinley, Mary McKinley and Alva A. McKinley by John E. McKinley and Mary, his
wife
1946, Apr. 24: Death of Mary McKinley, 82 years
old, of 3304 Baring St. Her parents were born in Scotland.
1947, Jan. 21: Title transferred to Alva A.
McKinley
1950 Directory: John E. McKinley
1953, July 18: Death of John E. McKinley, 89 years old, of 3304 Baring St. He
was a retired shop foreman for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
1968 Directory:
McKinley A. A., 2nd floor