3417 Hamilton Street
3417-3419 Hamilton St. in 1989
The
History of the Building
The
northern edge of this property was part of the northern boundary of the
Bingham-Baring estate.
On
January 6, 1859, Robert
Steen bought the NE corner of Hamilton St. and 35th: 211 feet
along
“three-story
Italianate double, stuccoed, with central shallow
pitched gable. Blind center windows. Nineteenth century porch intact”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the national register of Historic
Places, 1985)
c1955
Renovation: Converted to three apartments based on plan by D. McCelland. 1st floor: pantry converted to full
bath; first several steps on back stairway removed and stairway walled off. 2nd
floor: North facing room with bay converted to kitchen, back stairway covered
over to make storage area. 3rd floor: North facing room converted to
kitchen.
After
1967 reconverted to single family.
Previous Residents
of 3417 Hamilton Street
1860:
Owen Hughes 40 Hides & tallow; personal property:
$6,000
Eliza M. Hughes 31
William Hughes 11
Fanny M. Hughes 7
Mary Hughes 5
Isaac B. Hughes 1
William Davis 61 Alderman
Mary A. Davis 60 Born in NY
Mer Lunden 17 Servant
1861 &
1862 Directories: Owen Hughes, dealer in hides and tallow
The 1863 directory lists
him at the southwest corner of 33rd and Race streets (3300 Race St.). His descendants still lived there as
late as 1938.
1867 Directory: John
McIlvain, lumber at 38th & Lancaster
1865 Directory lists
John McIlvain, lumber
merchant, NW corner Baring & 33rd, 3301
Baring St. In 1870, he lived at 3305 Baring St.
1870:
Abram Detwiler* 43 Flour
merchant; real estate valued at $50,000, personal property worth $20,000
Elizabeth
Detwiler 43 Personal property of $10,000
E.
Mary Detwiler 11 Daughter; born in Virginia
Cathy
(Katuro) Detwiler 8 Daughter;
born in Virginia
Mattie
Detwiler 6 Son;
born in Virginia
Kate
Detwiler 4 Daughter, born in Virginia
Mary
Sweeny 20 Born in Ireland
*
The first enumeration in 1870 lists him as Alexander.
The
1866 Directory lists him as “Detweiler, Abram H., com[mercial]
mer[chant], 218 N. Broad, h 229 N 11th.
During the Civil War, Abram
Detweiler (born 1827) was a private in Co. C. of the 175 Pennsylvania Infantry.
He served from Oct. 1862 to Aug., 1863. (In the 1890
Census Veterans Schedules, he is listed as living in Spring City, Chester Co.,
Pa.)
1871 Directory: Abraham H. Detwiler
1873 Directory: Abraham H. Detwiler of I.
& A. H. Detwiler & Co.(Isaac & Abraham H.
Detwiler & Wilson Welsh), flour, 3042 Market St.
1878 Directory: Abraham H. Detwiler of
Detwiler & Welsh (Abraham H. Detwiler & Wilson Welsh) flour, 3042
Market St.
1880:
Anna
M. Hall 40 Widowed (or divorced)
Edwin
Hall 11 Son
William
F. Hall 9 Son
Clarence
Hall 6 Son
Anna was the widow of Edwin Hall,
Senior, who would have been 50 years old. In 1870, they lived at 1625 Race St.
1883: Dudley
Chase is listed in the List of Clergy for the Living Church
1887
Directory: Mary [Sellers] Bancroft, widow of Edward
In 1870,
she was age 50 and already widowed. She was living at
3300 Baring St. In
1880, she lived at 125 N. 33rd St. with
her daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth and Stephen
Parrish, (ages 27 and 29) and their son, Frederick [Maxfield] (age 9).
For an introduction to the Sellers family, see the Powelton Post, March, 2009.
1889: Mary S. Bancroft was one of the founders of the
West Philadelphia Hospital for Women in 1889. For a brief history of the
hospital, see the Powelton
History Blog, April 5, 2013.
1895
Directory (Fall, 1894): Mary Bancroft, widow of Edward.
1894, Dec. 15: Death of Mary Sellers Bancroft,
77 years old, widow of Edward Bancroft and daughter of the late John Sellers of
Upper Darby. She was a member of the Monthly Meeting of Friends of
Philadelphia. Funeral from her late residence, of 3417 Hamilton St.
1895, March 31: Ad: “For Rent… 3417 Hamilton,
13 rooms, $60 [per month]” (Inquirer)
1899: Louis
P. Hamilton is listed in the Journal of
Am. Chem. Soc. as "proposed for membership"
1899, April 14: Ad under heading “Spring
Resorts”: “Wynburne Inn. Five minutes’ drive from
Devon Station, P.R.R.; will open in May under entirely new management. Apply to
Miss Ward at the Inn… or 3417 Hamilton St.”
(Inquirer)
1898 Blue Book: William W. Allen
1900:
Matilda
Ward 60 Boardinghouse house
keeper; mother born in N.J.
William
W. Allen 64 Boarder; an insurance agent
Annie E. Allen 63
Boarder; married for 16 years: one
child.
Allan J. Fuller 50 Boarder; never married; Superintendent, Water Bureau
Sarah
E. Jones 49 Boarder; never married; school teacher
Margaret
Bryant 5 Black,
born in Virginia
William
W. Allen and Annie E. Oakford were married in Philadelphia in 1885. They moved
next door to 3419 Hamilton St. and Annie died
there in 1902.
In 1910, Sarah E. Jones was living
at 3703 Powelton Ave.
Alan Jenckes was the son of Pliny B.
Fuller and Louise L. Shugart. The 1890 directory lists him living at 3313
Spring Garden St.
1908, March 27: Permit issued to A. C. Vauclain for an open veranda on 3417 Hamilton St. for the
Robert Steen Estate. Cost: $80. (Inquirer,
Mar. 27)
1910:
Irvin
Shupp 59
“Own income”
Susan
M. Shupp 62
They had 4 children, 3 surviving
Mary
A. Shupp 24 Daughter
Dorothy
L. Shupp 17 Daughter
Ernestine
Hunter 25 Servant; black; born in Virginia
In 1880 they lived on West Fairmont
Park. He was listed as a merchant. They had a son Irvin Jr., age 1. In 1910,
Irvin, Jr. and his family were living a block away at 3511
Hamilton.
The 1881 Directory lists “Shupp Irvin (Charles Shupp &
Co.) h Woodside.” The company is listed as selling china at 837 Market.
1913, Philadelphia
Inquirer:
“Medical Monopoly Coming, Says Woman.
“Osteopathic Physician Declares That
Legislation Tends to Aid One School of Medicine.
“Declaring that the prime object of the
American Medical Association is a medical Monopoly with a National Department
of Health and the representative in the President's Cabinet, Dr. Minerva Harrington,
of 3417 Hamilton street, and graduate of Johns Hopkins University, addressed
the students of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy
last night.
“As a member of the State Committee of the
National League for Medical Freedom, an organization with 200,000 members in
the country, Dr. Harrington expressed the views of the league as strongly
opposed to compulsory medical laws, in that they benefited certain mode of
medical practice to the exclusion of all others.
“’
The league seeks through publicity to unmask any legislation that endeavors to
put into power one system of healing and by the use of
government money, prestige and machinery to enforce its theories and opinions
upon citizens who believe in other forms of healing.
“’ The American Medical Association is the
official organ of the regular school of physicians. At one time it was ultra-exclusive.
Now it has a large membership and has perfected an organization among State and
county medical societies for the purpose of attaining political influence. It
aspires to establish and control a National Department of Health. Its first
step along this line was the quarantining of contagious diseases; the second
was compulsory vaccination.
“’ The whole trend of compulsory medicine
as administered at present shows that presently we shall be forced to submit,
whether we believe or not, to administration of serum which now happens to be a
fad. In the army and navy compulsory vaccination and inoculation with
anti-typhoid serum are both in vogue.’” (Jan. 25)
1918, May 19: Ad: “Nicely furnished rooms,
large unfurnished, 12 minutes from City Hall: Hog Island cars pass door. 3417
Hamilton St. Phone: Baring 177.” (Inquirer)
1918, July 9: W. Austin Obdyke
was appointed trustee for estate of Robert Steen by order of Orphans Court.
1919-1920: Penn
catalogue lists Glenn Oren Smith as a student living here. He was from Derry,
Pa.
1920:
Helen
C. Reherd 37 Widowed
Helen A. Reherd 16 Daughter;
Telephone operator
Vernon L. Ward 25 Lodger;
born in Utah, parents in England
Irma K. Ward 24 Lodger;
born in Utah, parents in England
Margaret Mc Aneney 41 Lodger; stenographer in a department
store; born in Wisconsin
Nellie Mc Aneney 38 Lodger;
stenographer in a department store; born in Wisconsin,
Florence Garmany 40 Lodger;
a trained nurse for a family
The 1918 directory lists “Helen C. Reherd
widow of George A.” at 1957 N. Marvine. In 1910, she lived there with her mother Ella G.
White (see 1940 below) and her sister Sarah M. White. She was working as a
waitress for a private family. She was listed as “widowed.” The 1901 directory lists George A. Reherd, dentist, at 931 Spruce St. The 1930 lists a George
A. Reherd, dentist, living in El Paso, Texas with his
wife Ellen who was born in Pennsylvania. In 1910, he was living there with his
mother. When he died in El Paso in 1947, the newspaper said he had lived there
for 44 years.
1920, Dec. 30: Property sold to Helen C. Reherd.
1921 Directory: Helen C. Reherd
widow of George A.
1930:
Helen
C. Reherd 47 Widowed; father born in Maryland; owner,
house valued at $15,000
Henry
E. Jefferson 77 Lodger; never married; born in Maryland,
parents born in England
1940:
Helen
C. Reherd 59 Rooming home housekeeper; owner-value
$5000; widow; 4 years of high school
Ella
G. White 75 Mother; widow; 4 years of high school
Helen
Burns 36 Daughter; waitress; born in Ohio;
divorced; 2 years of high school
Joseph
Battersby 46 Lodger; theater manager; married; 3
years of college
1944: Marriage of Helen C. Reherd
to Joseph G. Hickey. (Phila. Marriage Index)
1948, Oct. 15: Sold by Helen C. Reherd Hickey and
J. Garrett Hickey to Arthur J. Martin for $6,000.
In 1920 and 1930, Joseph G. Hickey
lived with his wife in the 4600 block of Chester Ave., Philadelphia. He was a
physician. In 1930, he was 54 years old.
1942
WWII Draft Registration: Joseph Battersby, Stanley Warner Co., Earle Theatre
Building, 11th & Market Sts. He was born in
Philadelphia.
His WWI Draft registration also
lists him as a theater manager at 1018 Market St. He was living at 5003
Florence Ave. with his father and stepmother. He was the youngest of four. His
birth parents were both born in England. In 1910, his father was a cashier for
a wholesale clothing company. In 1930, he lived In Springfield Township with
his wife, Pauline, and his seven-year-old son, Joseph, Jr. In 1940, Pauline was
living at 2022 Race St. as a lodger and listed as single.
1950 Directory: A.
J. Martin
M. Rommel on third floor
1955, Aug 24: Sold to Robert T. Scotland for $11,200. Listed on deed as
three apartments.
1964, February Powelton Post: “The Choral group will meet this entire month at the
home of ‘Roo and Bob Scotland, 3417 Hamilton St.”
1967, Oct. 5: Sold by Robert T. Scotland and Lorna M. Scotland to Maurice
Stewart Cameron and Sabra H. Cameron
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