The
History of the Building
This house was built about 1867. However, it was
completely renovated and “modernized” later.
“two-and-one-half
story ,Second Empire style double, stucco over brick
construction; originally slate-shingled mansard, now asphalt. Each house has
first-floor projecting bay and dormers. Original T-shaped plan. Recessed
section of 3304 filled in circa 1905 with three-story gabled bay. Pent over
entrance added and 'rectangular second-floor projecting bay above original
first-floor bay. Circa 1980 wood shingles on new bay. 1905 addition also has
casement window with pent and dentillated cornice”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the national register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
of 3304 Hamilton St.
1856, Apr. 18: Title
for 3305 Baring St. and 3306 & 3304 Hamilton St. transferred to John H.
McIlvain by H. B. Baring
1866, Nov. 26: Title
transferred to Thornton Pike by John H. McIlvain
Thornton
Pike was the son of Henry and Mary Pike. He died in Yardley, Bucks Co. in 1885. The property was
inherited by his wife and then his daughter Caroline Pike Suplee
(see below). On
her death it was inherited by her children including Thornton P. Suplee.
They sold the house in 1943.
1868 Directory:
Henry Pike
1870:
Henry Pike 74 Ret. merchant; born in N.J.; real
estate: $6,000, personal: $7,500
Mary Pike 74
Lydia Pike 40
Rebecca Handy 42 Domestic
servant; black; born in
2nd
enumeration only:
Samuel
Hutchinson 60-64
William Biddle 30-34
Hester Scott 45-44 Colored
Samuel Hutchinson (1802-1873) was
married to Rachel McIlvain (1806-1864), the daughter of Hugh McIlvain.
“Samuel
[H.] Hutchinson: A Conveyancer, real estate agent and later broker in the area of Mantua Village, although now might be
considered the border of Powelton. In 1850 his office was on
1880:
Henry Pike 84 Gentleman; born in N.J., parents born in
Lydia Pike 54 Daughter
1885 Directory: Henry Pike
1891 Directory: Charles J. Suplee,
salesman
The 1880 Census and the 1887
Directory list him at 1529 Wallace St., his parents’ house. His father, Thomas B. Suplee was a broker and banker. He was a partner in Webster & Suplee, bankers. The 1887 Directory lists him at 1529 Wallace St. In 1890, he was
listed at 3315 Hamilton St.
In 1887, Charles J. Suplee married Caroline Pike, the granddaughter of Henry
and Mary Pike. Caroline
inherited the house on the death of her mother in 1897 (see below).
1894, Feb. 27:
Death of Elizabeth P. Suplee, infant daughter of
Charles P. Suplee and Caroline Pike Suplee and granddaughter of Thomas B. and Emily J. Suplee. (Friends’
Intelligencer, March 10, 1894)
1895 Directory:
Charles J. Suplee of Suplee
& Van Leer (Charles J. Suplee & William M.
Van Leer), cotton merchants at 341 Chestnut St.
1898 Blue Book: Mr. and Mrs.
Charles J. Suplee. Receiving day Monday
1897: Death of Elizabeth
J. Pike, 77 years old,, widow of Thornton Pike and
daughter of the late George Middleton Pike and Esther Tyng Justice of at the
home of her son-in-law, Charles J. Suplee, 3304
Hamilton St.. She was a member of the Monthly Meeting at Green St.,
Philadelphia.
1900:
Charles J. Suplee 39 Cotton
merchant; owns with a mortgage
Caroline T. Suplee 39 Married 13 years, six children, 5
surviving
Thornton P. Suplee 12
Helen M. Suplee 10
Rudolph J. Suplee 8
Marjorie Suplee 3
Emily J. Suplee 5 months
Phoebe H. Haley 66 Servant -
nurse; born in N.J.; widowed
1910:
Charles J. Suplee 49 Cotton broker; owner free of a mortgage
Caroline P. Suplee
49 Married
23 years, 5 children
Thornton P. Suplee
22 Manager
[rest not legible]
Helen M. Suplee 20
Rudolph J. Suplee 19
Marjorie Suplee 13
Emily J. Suplee 10
Margarett P. Barnes 56 Cousin; single;
born in N.J.
Margarett B. Wilson 19 Cousin, single;
father born in
Hattie Hines 31 Servant;
black; born in
1911, June 3: Marriage of Helen Marroi Suplee to Harold McGeorge in Yardley, Pa.
She died in Bala
Cynwyd, Pa., May 21, 1825.
They had three children.
1916 Directory: Charles J. Suplee,
broker
Rudolph J. Suplee,
salesman
1918, April 1: Marriage of Marjorie Ellenwood Suplee
to Lt. Charles Howard Wetzel of Wayne, Pa.
1920:
Charles J. Suplee 59 [Occupation obscured]; owner, free of a
mortgage
Caroline Suplee 59
Rudolph Suplee 29 [Occupation
obscured]
Emily Suplee 20 Secretary for a physician
1930:
Charles J. Suplee
69 Commercial broker; married at age 26; owner, house valued at
$2,000
Caroline P. Suplee
69 Married
at age 26
Rudolph J. Suplee
39 Manager
of a daily newspaper; married at age 37
Florence M. Suplee
28 Daughter-in-law;
clerk in a bank; married at age 26
Constance Suplee
1 yrs., 6 months Granddaughter
1943, May 13: Title transferred to Brooks H. Cassidy and Emma M.,
his wife by Mr. & Mrs. Thornton P. Suplee and
others
1950 Directory: Brooks H. Cassidy
1955, Aug. 23: Title transferred to John S. Lake by Brooks H.
Cassidy and Emma M., his wife
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