3410 Baring Street
3408-10: “Second
Empire-style, two-and-one-half story double - built by same developer as 3400-02
and 3404-06; porch, full- height windows, and slate shingles in excellent
condition.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
The
History
1866, June
14: Transfer of lots 3400, 3402, 3404, 3406, 3408 and 3410 Baring from Richard
Smethurst to William Sellers and John Sellers Jr.
The 1858 Directory lists Richard
Smethurst, conveyancer & accountant, 144 S 4th St.
1873, Jan. 24: Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co.
survey #9874 for 3408 and 3410 Baring St. Insured value of $5,000 each payable
to Thomas D. Crispin.
It notes that the kitchen (room #2)
has “a cooking range, iron sink, hot and cold water.” (Historical Society of Pennsylvania)
1874,
September: Deed transferred from Thomas D. Crispen to Harriet Maria Claxton.
1875
Directory (Fall, 1874): R. Bethell Rev. Claxton
The 1874
directory listed him living at 3401 Walnut St.
1879,
May 5: Death of Robert Bethell Claxton, Jr, 34 years old, of 3410 Baring St,
son of the Rev. Bethell Claxton, D.D.
Funeral services at St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Church. He was a married banker;
born in Wilkes Barre, Pa. Burial at
Woodlands Cemetery.
1880:
Bethell
Claxton 65 Clergyman
Harriet Claxton 51 Born
in N.Y., father in
Elsie Mc Knight 77 Mother[-in-law];
born in N.Y.
Howard A.
Pardee 21 Nephew; physician; born in N.Y.
Kate Haggerty 40 Servant;
single; parents born in
Sarah Kearny 19 Servant; born in Ireland
Lettitia Mc Cabe 50
Nurse; born in
“Pardee, Howard A., 3410 Baring Street,
Univ. of New York, 1880.”
(The Philadelphia Medical
Register and Directory. By William Biddle Atkinson. 1884)
“[elected] 1891 - Pardee, Howard, 3410 baring”
(List of Members. Proceedings
of the Pathological Society of Philadelphia.1891)
1880, Sept
24: Death of Elsie C. McKnight, 78 years old, of 3410 Baring St. Burial at Rochester, N.Y.
1880,
Sept. 27: Death of Louisa Claxton, of 3410 Baring St., 83 years old, daughter
of John Claxton and sister of Robert Bethel Claxton. She was single.
1882, May
25: Death of Rev. R. Bethell Claxton, D.D., 69 years old, of 3410 Baring St.
“ROBERT BETHELL
CLAXTON, son of John Claxton, a native of Bermuda who settled in Philadelphia,
was born in that city, Nov 6, 1814; his mother was Mary, daughter of Daniel
Newman, a Revolutionary surgeon. During his youth he was employed as a clerk in
[his father’s] book store in Philadelphia, but gave up business in 1834 to
devote himself to study for the ministry, and was admitted to college at the
beginning of the Sophomore year. He spent two years in the (Protestant
Episcopal) Theological Seminary of Virginia, and was ordained Deacon by Bishop
H. U. Onderdonk, in Philadelphia, July
19, 1840, and advanced to the priesthood on Dec. 6 of the same year. Meantime,
on Sept 4, he entered on the rectorship of St Stephen's Church, Wilkesbarre, Pa. He was married, Aug 31, 1841, to Caroline
P., daughter of B. Howard Rand, Esq, of Philadelphia, who died in February,
1843. On the 2d of June, 1844, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon
David Scott, of Wilkesbarre. In May, 1846, largely
for the sake of his wife's health, he resigned his charge and removed to West
Chester, Pa
“In March, 1848,
he accepted a call to Christ Church, Madison, Ind., where he remained until
May, 1853, when he became rector of St Paul's Church, Cleveland, O. From
Cleveland he went in December, 1859, to St Luke's Church, Rochester, N. Y.,
where he spent nearly six years. In October, 1865, he returned to his native
City, as Professor of Homiletics and the Pastoral Care in the West Philadelphia
Divinity School. He had a strong preference, however, for pastoral work, in
which he was markedly successful, and in December, 1873, accepted the
rectorship of St Andrew's Church in West Philadelphia, laying down his professorship
in the following July. In this pastorate he continued until his death, which
occurred in West Philadelphia, May 24, 1882, in his 68th year, for upwards of a
month previous he had suffered from an affection of the heart, and while absent
on a brief vacation, contracted a severe cold, resulting in pneumonia, which
caused his death.
His second wife died in January,
1867, and in July, 1874, he was married to Harriet M., daughter of William
McKnight, of Rochester, N Y , who survives him, with two daughters by his
second marriage.
“He received the
degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1849 from Kenyon College.”
(Obituary Record, Graduates
of Yale College Deceased during the Academical Year ending in June, 1882. p
89.)
“Rev. Dr. Robert
R. Bethell Claxton died yesterday morning of an affliction of the heart, at his
residence, No. 3410 Baring street, after an illness of three or four weeks, and
in the sixty-ninth year of his age. He was born in this city, and was the son
of John Claxton, a prominent bookseller.
He entered the bookstore of his father as a clerk in early life, and
after a few years he became a student at Yale College…. In 1861, he returned to this city, and
became the Jay Cooke professor of homiletics in the Divinity School retaining
that position until 1873, when he resigned and took charge of St. Andrew’s
Church, West Philadelphia. The church
was very prosperous under his administration and is now taking steps for the
erection of a larger edifice to accommodate the growing congregation. Dr. Claxton was a man of great learning, and
was highly esteemed and loved by his people.
Mr. Edmund Claxton, of the firm of E. Claxton & Co., booksellers, is
a brother of Dr. Claxton, and Rev. J. W. Claxon, D.D., formerly of this city,
is his nephew.” (Phila. Inquirer, May
25, 1882)
1885 Directory:
Emily Pardee, widow of Augustus
She was the daughter of Elsie McKnight
and Harriet Claxton’s sister. Her
husband died in 1879.
1889 Directory: Howard Pardee,
physician
1889: Marriage of Mary Elizabeth
Judd to Howard Ashley Pardee in New York City
c1892:
“DEE, Howard Ashley,
4th Medical Division, 1883, H- M. D., University of the City of New-York, 1880;
Attending Physician, University Dispensary, Diseases of Women, 1883-84;
Visiting Physician, Philadelphia (Penn.) Home for Incurables, 1885-87;
Registrar, Philadelphia Hospital, Obstetrical Division, 1886-87. Residence
since leaving the hospital,
and
(An Account of Bellevue Hospital; Catalogue
of the Medical and Surgical Staff from 1736 to 1894. Society of the Alumni
of Bellevue Hospital New York. 1893. Robert J. Carlisle. M. D.)
1890
Directory:
Harriet Claxton, widow
Emily Pardee, widow
Howard A. Pardee,
Physician
1896, May 9: Death of Emily
(McKnight) Pardee of 3410 Baring St., widow of Augustus Pardee
1900:
Rachel
Claxton 50 Single; born in N.Y.
Maggie
Devine 30 Servant; single; born in Ireland,
immigrated in 1888
Lizzie
Devine 23 Servant; single; born in Ireland,
immigrated in 1894
Howard C.
Pardee 41 Physician; born in N.Y.; renting
Mary B.
Pardee 42 Married 11 years, 3 children; born in
N.Y.
Emily McK. Pardee 8
Katherine Pardee 10
Howard Pardee 4
1901: H.A. Pardee
(Transactions of the Philadelphia Obstetrical
Society.)
1906 Blue Book: Rev. R. Bethell Claxton
1909,
September: Deed transferred from Howard A. Pardee (last will and testament of)
Harriet Mclanton to Robert & Fannie Bringhurst.
In 1910,
Howard Pardee lived in Manhattan, New York NY.
The 1906 Blue Book lists Arlo,
Calvin, Howard and Miss Olive Pardee living at 239 W. Walnut Lane, Germantown.
1910:
Robert R. Bringhurst 43 Undertaker
Fannie Bringhurst 38 Married 19 years, 3 children
George Kendrick Bringhurst 17
Dorothy H. Bringhurst 15
Francis Bringhurst 12 Daughter
Robert R. Bringhurst 61 Cousin; married once for 38 years;
undertaker; born in Indiana
Anna Leonard 26 Servant; born in
1915, Sep. 28: Title transferred to Rebecca R. Trout by Robert and
Fannie H. Bringhurst
1919, Oct. 29: Marriage of Francis Bringhurst
to Raymond Langworthy Watrous
In 1920, they lived in Abington, Pa.
1920:
Robert R. Bringhurst 53 Undertaker; owner with a mortgage
Fannie H. Bringhurst 48 Parents born in England
Dorothy H. Bringhurst 24
Annie E. Nutter 35 Servant; black; single; born in Md.
1929, Oct. 25: Title transferred to Sidney E. Swainson
and Fernyce [?] A. Richards by Rebecca R. Trout
1929, Nov. 25: Title transferred to Edith E. Woodworth by Sidney
E. Swainson and Fernyce [?]
A. Richards
1930:
Sidney Ballard 31 Physician
(surgeon); married at age 26; born in Montana; renting for $70 per month
Isabelle
Ballard 28 Married at age 23; born in Illinois,
parents born in Iowa
Barbara Ballard 3 months
--2nd
household
Louis M. Rice 55 No
occupation; married at age 21; born in Ohio; renting for $65 per month
Anna H. Rice 55 Married at age 21; parents born in Ireland
--3rd
household
Minnie A. Thomas 46 Teacher
in Philadelphia school; single; born in N.J., parents born in Germany; rent:
$65 per month
--4th
household
George J. Adams 50 Salesman
at clothing store [Jacob Reed’s Sons]; married at age 30; born in N.Y.; rent:
$95.50
Mary B. Adams 42 Librarian
at a library; married at age 20; born in N.Y.
George J. Adams,
Jr. 22 Salesman
at a china store; born in N.Y.
In 1940, George and Mary Adams lived
across the street at 3417 Baring St.
1940:
L. Margaret
Johnson 42 College teacher, earned $2,175 in 1939; born in Minnesota; 4
years college; renting for $35 per month
Ruth Blanchard 41 Partner;
college teacher, earned $2,800 in 1939; born in Iowa; 5 years college
1941, Aug. 4: Title transferred to Fidelity Philadelphia Trust
Co., Trustee for Rosalie Brown Dolan by Edith E. Woodworth
1942, Jan. 10: Title transferred to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence J.
Watson by Fidelity Philadelphia Trust Co., Trustee for Rosalie Brown Dolan
1944, Jul. 21: Title transferred to Michael Amarnick
and Ceceliam his wife by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence J.
Watson
1950 Directory: Pauline Horvath
Dorothy Jenkins, RN
Roger Moore
1968 Directory: T. A. Allaway (1st
floor)
R. Ayyangar (2nd
floor)
L. Beighle
C. Berguido, 3rd
(2nd floor)
J. D. Hogg, Jr. (Apt. 1)
C. Ristau (3rd
floor)