3312 Hamilton Street
The
History of the Building
“Colonial Revival; style four-story brick
apartment building, wood Tuscan porch columns; pressed metal door surrounding projecting
bays and cornice; all with Colonial Revival motifs”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1908, Jan. 2: Title transferred to Robert
Hamilton by Edward Brill, & wife
1909 Directory: Hamilton Apartments
It also lists many residents.
1914: Edith
Dudley Sheldon, religious director of Philadelphia Y.W.C.A. (1800 Arch) b. 4/12/1877. Grad. Smith Coll, Drexel Inst.
Taught at Berean Manual and Industrial Sch. 1904-05; instructor in cookery
Drexel 1905-06.
(Woman’s Who’s Who of
America 1914, pg.738.)
1915,
Dec. 29: “Mrs. Therese Buchheim Hering,
widow of the late Dr. Constantine Hering, died
yesterday in the Hamilton Apartments, 3312 Hamilton street, West Philadelphia,
in her 95th year. She was a native of Germany, and came to this
country in 1845, where she has lived since. Mrs. Hering
is survived by three daughters and four sons, one of the latter being W. E. Hering, president of the Globe Ticket Company.” (Phila. Inquirer, Dec. 30, 1915)
1917:
Harold
Kent Schoff, Manufacturer of Machinery with Stow Flexible Shaft Co. 26th
and Callowhill Sts. Member of Delta Upsilon
Fraternity, Cornell chapter, Class of 1908. (Catalogue of Delta Upsilon 1917
pg. 80)
He grew up
in his parents’ home at 3418 Baring St.
1917:
Sheldon,
Edith Dudley BA 1900; member of Smith College Alumnae Association; Alumnae Register 1917, pg 200
1920:
Millard Grimes 39 Janitor
for apartment house; black, born in
Anna Grimes 30 Janitor for apartment house; black, born
in
_ Next Hh.
Winthrop D Sheldon* 80 Born in N.H., father in N.H., mother in
Me.
Elizabeth M Sheldon 74 Born in
_ Next Hh.
Isabella R Keys 77 Widowed; parents born in Ireland
Gertrude W Keys 55 Daughter; single
Ella R Keys** 38 Daughter; teacher in a high school;
single
Bessie B Keys 35 Daughter; secretary for architectural
firm; single
Gertrude T Edwards 22
Granddaughter; editor for
publishing co.; born in
_ Next Hh.
Abram W Trimble 51 Lumber salesman; father born in Md.
Marie Trimble 45 Wife;
buyer for ladies suits
Frances Trimble 20
Elizabeth Trimble 19
_ Next Hh.
Elise Bruno 55 Widowed; born in Germany, immigrated
1878, naturalized 1889
Hedwig Bruno 26 Daughter
_ Next Hh.
Katie L Rhodes 58 Widowed
Annie L Rhodes 56
Sister; widowed
_ Next Hh.
Edward C Hessenbuch 31 Insurance salesman; [son of Charles &
Clara Hessenbuch who lived at 3417 Spring Garden in
1900)
Helen B Hessenbuch 26 Born
in N.Y.
_ Next Hh.
John L Campbell 51 Reporter,
Bradstreet Corp.
Eliza A Campbell 48
Mary Allen 50
Sister-in-law
_ Next Hh.
Marion Graham 54 Single;
father born in Scotland
Bertha S Graham 48
Sister; single; father born in
*Prof. Winthrop D. Sheldon, LL.D. 1868 (Yale B.A. 1861)
(Alumni directory.
1920 pg. 545.)
In 1898, Winthrop Dudley Sheldon was vice president of
**Ella Reed Keys was in the class of 1921
(Women’s Undergraduate
Yearbook, 1920. pg. 27)
1950
Directory: Glenn, Dorothy
2009: current owner: Hamilton Street Apartment, current use:
apartment building.
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