3517 Hamilton Street
The
northern edge of this property was part of the northern boundary of the
Bingham-Baring estate.
3517-19: “three-story
Italianate double, stuccoed. 3517 has shallow gabled
roof; 3519 has flat roof. 3517 has circa 1920 bungalow-style stone porch
alteration and colonial front windows added. 3519 has circa 1915 pressed metal
two-story addition; circa 1935 streamlined first floor addition.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the national register of Historic
Places, 1985)
History
1866, May: Deed for 3511-3523 Hamilton St. was transferred from
Evans W. Shippens to James P. Bruner.
In the early 1860s Evans Shippen lived at 35th and Bridge [Spring Garden] St. In
1860, he was a 35-year-old coal dealer and iron founder. In 1870, he and his
family were living in Vernon, Crawford Co., Pa. where he was a farmer.
James P. Bruner was a mill owner who lived at 3509
Spring Garden St.
1868, March 5:
Sale of property: Owners: Samuel P. Ferree, gentleman, and Annie A. (husband
& wife), sold to T. D. Crispenn, bricklayer, and Catherine, (husband &
wife) six contiguous lots [3511-3523 Hamilton St.] for $5,416.67.
Samuel and Annie Ferree lived at 3514 Spring Garden St.
3517-3519
Hamilton St. was built by Thomas D. Crespin. He usually identified himself as a
bricklayer, although he is listed as a builder in the 1881 city directory. From
at least 1856 until the 1870s, he lived in various house near 39th and Powelton
with his wife and seven children. In the 1870 census he declared $25,000 in
real estate and $1,400 in personal property. His younger brothers, James C.
Crispen and Joseph Crispen, were also bricklayers and probably worked with him.
In the late 1860s, Joseph lived at 34th and Filbert Sts.
He did not claim any real estate. Thomas Crispen also built 3509-3511,
3517-3519, and 3521-3523 Hamilton St. and 3400-3402, 3404-3406 and 3408-3410
Baring St. (The name was variously spelled Crespenn or Crispenn.)
1870-1872 Directories: Mary Skellinger,
widow of William H.
1870, Nov.: 2nd enumeration
James Trimble and
family
The 1870 1st enumeration
in June gave the following information:
1870: Ward 10 District 28
James
Trimble 55 Wholesale soda ash dealer; born in
Sarah Trimble 53
Armon
D. Trimble 28 Chemist; born in
John
B. Trimble 26 Wholesale soda ash dealer; born in
Joseph
R. Trimble 25 Clerk in store; born in
James
L. Trimble 23 Clerk in store; born in
Samuel
R. Trimble 12 Clerk in store; born in N. J.
James
Trimble 50 Clerk in store; born in
Jane
Trimble 60 Born in
Sarah
B. Townsend 74 Born in Md.
Achsah
Govens 73 Domestic servant; black; born in
Mary
Fox 24 Domestic servant; born in
In 1880, James B. Trimble was living
at 522 N. 35th St. (Mantua). James L. Trimble was living in Camden,
N.J.
1871
& 1872 Directories:
James L. Trimble, bookkeeper at 147 S. Front St.
Joseph Trimble of Yarnall & Trimble
Joseph R. Trimble bookkeeper at 147 S. Front
St.
1872
& 1873 Directories:
Agnes B. Lawrence widow of John J. Lawrence
1876,
August: Deed transferred from Thomas D. Crispenn to Robert Arthur.
1880,
February: Deed transferred from Thomas D. Crispenn to Mary Coles.
1880:
Harriet P. Cutter 57 Born in N.Y.
Willie P. Cutter 35 Boarding [son?];
laborer; single; born in N.Y., father born in N.J., mother in N.Y.
Emma B. Cutter 28 Daughter;
single; born in N.Y., father born in N.J., mother in N.Y.
George W. Dally 35 Son-in-law;
supervisor manuf. G. P.; born in N.J.
Isabella H. Dally 33 Daughter
Lee H. Dally 4 [Grand]son
Harry Langton 26 Boarder;
railroad clerk; father born in Mass.
Sally H. Langton 25 Boarder
Freddie P. Langton 3 Boarder
Robert M. Langton 1 Boarder
George H. Taylor 34 Boarder;
laborer; born in
Sarah L. Jones 17 Servant;
black; born in Maryland
1881 Directory: Harriet P. Cutter
Alexander S. Cutter
William P. Cutter
George Dally superintendent at N. 30th near
Hamilton
1884 Directory: George Dally, superintendent
1888 Directory: Catherine Allen, widow of John
In 1870, she was already widowed and
living at 3706 Baring St.
1896 Directory: Eugene Ely
In 1900, he and his wife, Mary,
lived at 3602 Spring Garden St. At that
time, he has a 39-year-old civil engineer.
1900:
John S. Latta 37 Machinist; owner with a mortgage [?]
John T. Jones 55 Brother-in-law
Mary A. Jones 49 Sister-in-law;
married 23 years, 4 children, 2 surviving
Carrie W. Jones 19 Niece
John L. Jones 9 Nephew
Margaret D. Latta 35 Sister;
single
In 1880, the Latta
family lived at 3500 Hamilton St. See that
address for other residences.
In 1910, John S. Latta and his
sister Margaret were living at 3902 Chestnut St., which they owned free of a
mortgage. They were both unmarried.
1903,
February: Deed transferred from Mary Coles (single woman) to Clara Tetlow
(widow).
Sale price:
$5,600. (Inquirer, Feb. 26, 1903)
1903, July 18: Death of Sarah M. Hergesheimer, 73 years old;
funeral from her late residence, 3517 Hamilton St. with burial at West Laurel
Hill Cemetery. She was born in Philadelphia. Her father was born in Germany and
her mother in Philadelphia.
The 1902 city directory lists her at
3718 Baring St. with Clara Tetlow.
She was the widow of Alfred Hergesheimer..
1910:
Clara Tetlow 44 Widowed, no children; owner with a mortgage
The 1902 city directory lists her at
3718 Baring St. In 1920 and 1930, she lived at 3619 Baring St. (See biographical notes there.)
1918 Directory: Clara Tetlow of Tetlow Manufacturing Co., toilet articles at 51 Mascher
1919, Jan.1: For Sale: “City convs., suburban surroundings, 3517 Hamilton, 3-sty.,
semi-det.… will be sacrificed at $6,000; act quick.” (Inquirer)
1920:
John McDermott 54 Saloon liquor dealer; born in Ireland;
owner with a mortgage
Mary E. McDermott 35 Wife; father born
in Ireland, mother in Pa.
Margaret McCall 39 Servant;
mother born in Ireland
In 1900, they lived at 4239
Lancaster Ave. with their two sons. McDermott was born in Ireland in 1865 and
immigrated in 1882 at about age 18.
1930:
John J. McDermott 65 Born in
Mary E. McDermott 47 Father born in
Ireland, mother in Pa.
Ida Griesemer 62
1932, Sep. 7: Death of John McDermott, 67 years old, husband of
Mary Elizabeth Griffin McDermott. He was born in Ireland. Solemn Requiem Mass
at St. Agatha's Church. Burial at Holy Cross Cemetery.
His estate
was valued at $23,000. (Inquirer, Sept. 16)
1940:
Florence
Carpenter 57 Widow; born in MD; 5 years college; owner, house valued at
$4500
Margaret
Carpenter 28 Daughter; visitor for D.P.W; earned $1,100 in 1939; 4 years
college
Charles E.
Carpenter 21 Son; student at Swarthmore College; both parents born in MD;
2 years college
— 2nd
household
Dr. Philip Marden 26 Physician
at Graduate hospital, worked 72 hours in previous week; born in NH; 5 years
college; renting for $35 per month
Laura Marden 64 Mother;
widowed; born in Canada, English-speaking
From 1920 to the early 1930s,
Florence Carpenter lived at 3511 Hamilton St.
with her husband and children.
As a conscientious objector during
WWII, Charles E. Carpenter agreed to serve as a subject in medical experiments
involving malaria. “During World War II, it was conceived that men doing
alternative service in Civilian Public Service (CPS) might make good subjects
for various medical experiments that scientists and doctors were eager to
pursue in spite of the manpower shortage. Though careful to weed out any
experiments that might be too closely related to war-work, the American Friends
Service Committee (AFSC) and the Brethren Service Committee (BSC) provided
oversight for numerous experiments around the United States. Best publicized
were those related to starvation, where men agreed to be put on a very limited
diet for a number of weeks while they were tested for various things.
(Human Guinea Pigs in CPS Detached
Service, 1943-1946. Compiled by Anne M. Yoder, Archivist Swarthmore College
Peace Collection November 2010.
http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/conscientiousobjection/CPSResources/MEDICAL%20RESEARCH.pdf.
Accessed 9/21/2012)
“Dr. Philip Ayer Marden, emeritus
professor of otorhinolaryngology, died on June 4, at the age of 91.
“Dr. Marden grew up in New Hampshire
and graduated from Dartmouth College. He earned his medical degree from Penn
and became a specialist in otorhinolaryngology, dealing with the diseases of
the ears, nose and throat. He joined the Penn medical school faculty in 1940,
and served as the chairman of the department of otorhinolaryngology from 1959
to 1972. He continued to see patients until 1992. Dr. Marden served as an army
physician during World War II in India.
“He received an award for 50 years
of service from the School of Medicine in 1998.
“Dr. Marden is survived by his
nephew Philip W. Marden; and a grandniece.” (Univ. of Pennsylvania Almanac, July, 2003)
1941,
Sept. 19: In a letter to the Inquirer, Charles Carpenter of 3517 Hamilton St.
wrote:
“There is at least one good reason why
2,000,000 Philadelphians ought to rise up in protest against the present state
of the Schuylkill. The Schuylkill, and I invite you to walk over the Market st. bridge any evening to note the aroma for proof of my
statement, is a dangerous polluted water.
“What else could explain the stench
comparable to that of garbage and sewer refuse? We say we have a city Health
Department functioning for the people’s benefit. A little action directed at Schuylkill
dye manufacturers on the part of this department would do little harm, save,
perhaps, a financial one to these health-endangering industries.”
(“Strictly Politics,” Inquirer)
1942, May 28: “Eager to get into Army uniform
and doubly anxious to do a telling part in winning the war, more than 400 women
from the Philadelphia area, yesterday answered their country’s first call for
enlistments in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps….
“Margaret H. Carpenter, of 3517
Hamilton st., a social worker for the State
Department of Public Assistance, revealed that members of her family were
conscientious objectors. ‘But I feel just as strongly as they, only in a
different way, and I want to get into the heart of things,’ she said.” (Inquirer)
1947, Sep. 11: Marriage license issued to
Margaret Carpenter, 35 years old, of 3517 Hamilton St. and Raymond Jones, 32
years old, of Portsmouth, Va.
Margaret Carpenter Jones died April
10, 1949 in Richmond, Va. Services and internment were at Sandy Springs Quaker
Meeting House, Silver Springs, MD.
1950 Directory: Florence Riggs Carpenter
Mrs. Grace T. Neal
1959, Dec. 20: Death of Florence Riggs
Carpenter, 76 years old, of 3517 Hamilton St., wife of the late Charles E.
Carpenter, Sr., mother of Charles E. Carpenter, Jr. of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
1961, Jan.: “The Funderburgs moved into
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