The
History of the Building
1866,
Oct. 9: Transfer of
1869,
Apr. 9: Transfer
1869,
Apr. 23: Transfer from Robert Glendenning, Jr. trustee to Abraham J. McGarry.
1870,
Feb. 21: Transfer from Abraham J. McGarry and wife to John Doyle, a two-story
mansion house with mansard roof.
1870,
July 7: Transfer from John Doyle to Samuel R. Skillern.
1971,
Sept. 30: Transfer from Samuel R. Skillern to John
Doyle
1872,
Jan. 10: Transfer from John Doyle to Charles J. McIlvain.
1881,
Dec. 31: Transfer from Charles J. McIlvain to John H. McIlvain.
1883,
June 4: Transfer from John H. and Sarah H. McIlvain (husband and wife)to Elijah
Lathbury.
1884,
Apr. 8: Transfer from Elijah and Frances Lathbury (husband and wife)to James
Somers Smith.
1885,
Apr. 2: Transfer from James Somers and Anna M. Smith (husband and wife) to
Frances M. Lathbury.
1896,
May 16: Transfer from Elijah and Frances M. Lathbury (husband and wife) to
William H. English, trustee for H. M. Leonard, Mrs. Rose M. Byrne, Luke G.
Byrne and Mrs. Effie M. Watterson.
1901,
Jan. 12: Transfer from William H. English, trustee, to George W. Fowle.
The
sale price was $15,300 which included a mortgage of $8,000. (Phila. Inquirer, April 5, 1901)
1902,
Feb. 13: Transfer from George W. and Elizabeth Fowle
(husband and wife), Jane Allison, Attorney in Fact, to William S. Underdown.
1903,
June 8: Transfer from Eliza Lathbury by Sheriff to Fidelity Trust Co., trustees
under deed for John Rhea Burton (Sherriff sale).
1906,
Jan. 30: Transfer from Fidelity Trust Co., trustees, to Thomas S. Gates.
In
1912, Thomas S. Gates was Vice President of the Pennsylvania Co. for the
Insurance of Lives and became president of the Philadelphia Trust Co. He was
president of the
1922,
July 7: Transfer from Thomas S. and Emma Gibson Gates (husband and wife) to
Thomas B. Ward.
1923,
Dec. 21: Transfer from Thomas B. Ward, widower, to Frank C. and Elsie T.
Hornbeck (husband and wife).
1931,
Nov. 9: Transfer from Frank C. and Elsie T. Hornbeck by Sheriff to The Greater
Combine B. & L. Ass’n.
1936,
Dec. 21: Transfer from The Combine B. & L. Ass’n
by Sheriff to The
1942,
Feb. 21: Transfer from The
1960,
Sept. 23: Transfer from Henry E. Lopez (deceased) to Lillian Lamb Lopez.
1969,
Sept. 18: Transfer from Fidelity Bank, Executor Lillian Lamb Lopez to Laura M.
Preston, Collin J. Messner, etc.
1971,
Sept. 26: Transfer from Laura M. Preston, Collin J. Messner, etc. to Family of
Peace.
1973,
Nov. 15: Transfer from A Family of Peace (a non-profit) to Robert and Laura
Bair.
1975,
Apr. 30: Transfer from Robert and Laura Bair to James R. and Virginia M.
Hackney.
1985,
June 7: Transfer from James R. and Virginia M. Hackney to William A. Jackson
and June W. Crawford.
2001,
Aug.: Transfer from June W. Crawford to Nicholas and Robin Dominick.
“Second Empire-style, two-and-one-half story
double; first-floor arcuated doorways, projecting bays, and wood porch posts
with unifying bracketed cornice and bracketed wood cornice below mansard; 3405
has slate shingles; 3407, asphalt. Each house has paired dormer windows.”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from
the application submitted to the national register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
of 3407 Baring Street
1870:
Samuel R. Skillern 36 Physician;
born in
Penn G. Skillern
14 Born in S. Carolina; in school
Jessie Almond 23 Domestic
servant; only in 1st enumeration
Ann Farrell 45 Domestic servant; born in
Margaret Caldwell abt 40 Only in 2nd enumeration
They
apparently only lived here for a year or two.
For most of the 1860s, they lived at 3419
Hamilton St. They
lived at 3519 Hamilton St. for a few years
before moving to 3416 Baring St. Later, they lived at 3509 Baring St.
Elizabeth
Penn-Gaskill Skillern, wife of Dr. Samuel R. Skillern died Nov. 23, 1866 at Pulaski, Tenn. Services were held at St. Andrews Church.
“P[enn]- G[askill] SKILLERN.
“He acquired education at Hastings,
Rugby and Phillips Andover academies…”
(University
of Pennsylvania; its history, influence, equipment and characteristics...; Joshua L. Chamberlain.
1872: the G.M. Hopkins Atlas shows
the owner as C. McIlvain
1873 Directory: Kate Burghauser, teacher
Samuel Hutchinson, real estate at 3501 Lancaster Ave.
1873, Feb. 3: Death of Samuel H.
Hutchinson, 70 years old, of 3407 Baring St. He was a member of West
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting
He
was a conveyancer with his office at 35th and Lancaster Ave. He was married to Rachel McIlvain
(1806-1864), the daughter of Hugh McIlvain.
In Nov. 1870, he lived at 3304 Hamilton St.
1880:
Charles McIlvain 37 Gentleman
Mary McIlvain 31
Hattie McIlvain 12
Charles McIlvain
8
Anna McIlvain 3
Bridget Burk 25 Servant;
born in
Annie Werntz 57 Widowed
Annie Mulvey 19 Servant; born in Connecticut (?),
parents born in
In
1895, Hattie McIlvain bought 3613 Hamilton St. It was probably an
investment because she sold it two years later.
In 1925, she lived in Ardmore.
Charles J. McIlvain died March 31, 1895 when he
was living at 3305 Baring St., his parents’ old
home.
In
1900 and 1910, Annic C. Mulville
was a servant at 3507 Baring St.
1883 Directory: Elijah Lathbury of
E. Lathbury & Co., commercial merchants at corner of Vine and Broad Sts.
In 1880, he and his family lived at 3513 Hamilton St.
1888, Oct. 2: Marriage of Mary Hannah Lathbury to Francis Shoemaker Walton
who lived at 3412 Baring St. in 1880.
1895 Directory: Elijah Lathbury (E.
Lathbury & Co., flour, 1406 Vine St.)
1900:
Rebecca
T. Mattson 35 School teacher;
single; born in
Delia
Corish 22 Servant; born in
1904: Anna Bingham
Orbison
(D.A.R. Membership Directory. 1904. Pg.
693)
1908: Lydia A. Orbison Fink (Mrs.
E. P.)
(Directory
of the chapters, officers and members. Daughters of the American
Revolution. Published 1908)
1910:
Albina [Griffith] Smith 60 Widow;
5 children, 4 surviving
John S. Griffith 83 Father; 1870: clerk in shipping office
Ida Griffith 55 Sister;
occupation not readable
Theresa Henner 77 Boarder; widow, 3 children 2 surviving
Emma Henner 34 Boarder;
works in law office
Alice Wiltberger 70 Boarder
Emma Gessler 55 Boarder;
widow, 4 children, 1 surviving
Cora R. Hitchman
32 Boarder; teacher in a public school
Albina Bradley 64 Boarder
Harriett Bradley 50 Boarder
Henry E. Pretty 47 Boarder
John Siddons Griffith was widowed
before 1860. In 1870, the Griffiths
lived at 3207 Baring St. and in 1880, they were at
3700 Hamilton St. In 1900,
they lived at 3602 Spring Garden St.
Alice
J. Wiltberger was the daughter of Theodore and Sarah Wiltberger. She was
born about 1843 in West Philadelphia. In 1900, she
(like the Griffiths) lived at 3602 Spring Garden
St. She
died in March 1920 while living at 3420 Race St.
Henry
E. Pretty lived at 3705 Spring Garden St. with his widowed mother in 1900. He was the son of Edwin Pretty and Albina
Weaver and was born in 1863 in Philadelphia.
His father was born in England.
His mother’s parents were born in Ireland.
1911, May 2: Death of Josiah
Siddons Griffith; the son of Isaac H. Griffith and Letitia Siddons; burial at
Laurel Hill Cemetery from Calvary Episcopal Church
1914:
Cora Robertson Hutchison. Partial student. (
1916,
Nov. 17: Death of Lynda M. Pomroy. Funeral from her
late residence, 3407 Baring St.
1919
Want Ad: “Camp site for Camp Fire Girls, within radius of 50 miles, near water,
about 5 feet deep, for summer. M.
Brown., 3407 baring street.” (Phila. Inquirer, March 6)
1920:
Albina
Smith 69 Widowed; Lodging house keeper
Ida
L. Griffith 60 Sister; stenographer; single
Henry
E Pretty 51 Lodger; magazine journalist; single
Anne
H. Hall 72 Lodger; single; born in
Margaret
Wharton 52 Lodger; private nurse; widowed
Leoyar Wharton 20 Lodger;
stenographer, welfare Asia
Sarah
A. Wright 41 Lodger; born in Mass.
1930:
Frank
C. Hornbeck 43 Automobile
sales and repair; parents born in N.Y.; owner, house valued at $10,000
Elsie
Hornbeck 45 Born in
N.J.
Joseph
Hornbeck 16
Beale
Hornbeck 14
Seab Hornbeck 69
Father; laborer, automobiles; born
in N.Y.
Frank
Clyde Hornbeck was born in Ridgeway, Pa. in 1887. He and Elsie D. Turner were married in
Philadelphia in 1912. In 1920, they
lived at 210 S. 17th St. In 1942,
they were living at 4114 Spruce St. and Joseph was at 25 Sunders Ave. Frank died in 1958, Elsie in 1976, and Beale
B. Hornbeck in 1967. They were buried
together at Valley Forge.
Beale B. Hornbeck (1915-1967)
1940:
Henry
Lopez 49 Machinist for electrical manufacturing
company, earned $2,200 in 1939 for 46 weeks of work; born in Texas, lived in
Philadelphia in 1935; renting for $40 per month; 4 years of college
Rosillina Lopez 35 Wife;
four years of high school
Daniel
J. McLaughlin 40 Brother-in-law; carpenter, unemployed
for 10 months, earned $600 in 1939 for 15 weeks of work; 8 years of schooling;
widowed; born in Ireland
James
S. McLaughlin 22 Nephew; apprentice at a shipyard, earned
$120 in 1939 for 52 weeks of work; 2 years of high school
Mrs.
J. E. Hogan -- Lodger; clerk in food industry, earned
$1,320 in 1939; 4 years of high school
In 1930, they lived at 6050 Greenway
Ave.
In 1918, Eleuterio
Lopez married Rose McLaughlin in Philadelphia.
In 1930, all four of them lived at 6050 Greenway Ave. in southwest
Philadelphia.
1942 WW II Draft
Registration: Henry Eleutrio Lopez, age 52, born in
El Paso, Texas. He
worked for Westinghouse Manuf. Co., Lester, Pa.
Telephone: EVR 3835. He was married to Rose Lopez.
1942
WWII Draft Registration: McLaughlin James, He worked for the New York Ship
Building Corp., Camden, N.J. He was born July 29, 1917.
1942,
Nov. 22: Marriage license issued to Ann M. Morris of 1413 N. 29th St. and James
McLaughlin of 3407 Baring St.
1946,
Mar. 14: “Supported by five churches as a way to bring companionship to men and
women ‘in the twilight years,” the Golden Age Club celebrated its first
birthday yesterday at the Northminster Presbyterian Church, 35th and
Baring Sts…. On occasion, Mrs. Susan Reutersward, 89, of 3407 Baring st.,
entertains at the piano. She says her fingers are becoming a little still now,
but she enjoys playing old tunes from memory.” (Inquirer)
1948:
Marriage of Lillian S. Lamb to Henry E. Lopez (3407 Baring St.)
1950 Directory: H.
E. Lopez
1950:
Henry
E. Lopez 57 Machinist for electrical equipment
manufacturer; born in Texas
Lillian
S. Lopez 44 Born in England
3rd
floor:
John
Smit 26 Born in Holland; in 1949, he lived in
Pasadena, California; 5 years of college; $1,500 in non-wage income in 1949
Sally
H. Smit 24 Born in California
Note: information on previous residence
and income only available for every fifth person.
Jan E. G. Smit was born in The
Hague, Holland. He married Sally Ruth Holt in Los Angeles Aug. 29, 1949. Their
marriage was also noted in The Hague, Holland. He was at the University of
Leiden. He was the son of Dr. H. P. Smit. They later lived in Santa Ynez, Santa
Barbara, Calif. He was apparently later involved with the Asian Society and was
apparently associated with the University of Pennsylvania when he lived here.
1965,
Nov. 29: Death of Henry E. Lopez, 74 years old, of 3405 Baring St.
1968
Directory: Rein D., 3rd floor
1969,
Feb. 18: Death of Lillian Lopez née Lamb, 63 years old, of 3405 Baring St.,
widow of Henry E. Lopez.
1975, May: Sold by Robert Bair to Mary Cotton for $27,000
(Inquirer, June 1)
1983, Aug.: Sold by Mary Cotton to James R. Hackney for
$83,000. (Inquirer, Aug. 7)
1985, Dec.: Sold by James K. and Virginia M. Hackney to
June W. Crawford for $96,000 (Inquirer, Dec. 29)
1987: “Baring Street House used for
the movie Clean and Sober” (Photos of the
production activities.)
2001:
Purchased by Anthony N. Dominick and Robin H. Dominick