The
History of the Building
3614-16: “three-story,
Victorian double, brick with stone facade, flat roof with elaborate wood
cornice; Victorian wood
porch; incised stone lintels”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1875, Nov. 11: Title for 3614-16 Baring St. & 3621 Pearl St.
transferred to Hiram K. Witner by Mary G. W. Maxwell
Hiram K. Witner lived at
1917 Spring Garden St. The 1880 census lists him as 44 years old living with
his wife, Mary A. E. Witner (41), and their son William R. (15). Also living
with them was Hiram’s brother-in-law, Frank P. Rosengarten. The 1880 census
does not list an occupation. The 1870 census lists him as a commercial trader
with real estate valued at $6,000 and an equal amount of personal property. The
1872 directory lists him as a trader in fish at the Spruce St. Wharf. The 1882
directory lists him as the secretary at 134 S. 4th St. In 1880, this
was the meeting place of the Sons of Temperance.
1880, Mar. 2: Title transferred to James Moore by Hiram K. Witner
1880:
George
Morris 52 Merchant; parents born in Del.
Mary Morris 51 Parents born in N.J.
William Morris 29 Son;
lawyer
Robert Morris 44 Brother;
marines
Edward G. Keen 29 Son-in-law;
merchant
Elizabeth M. Keen
24 Daughter
Clara N. Keen
2 Granddaughter
George M. Keen 4 months Grandson
Catharine
Ella Daley 18 Servant; born in
In 1870, Edward Keen lived at 3324 Spring Garden St. with his parents, Jason
and Cornelia Keen.
1881 Directory: George Morris of Morris & Lewis (George
Morris, Edmund Lewis, William E. Sommers, A. S. Golden, R. H. Jump, &
William T. Du Hadway), woolens at 339 Market
William Morris, lawyer at 32 S. 3rd
Edward G. Keen, commercial merchant at 202
Walnut
The 1882 directory lists all of them
at 304 N. 35th St. In 1900, they lived at
487 Chester Ave., although Edward Keen was deceased.
1882 Directory: Frank Auza, machinist
1884 Directory: Frank J. Auza
Frank P. Auza
Paul J. Auza
Francisco J. Auza was a wealthy
sugar planter from Santiago, Cuba. He was born in 1862 in St. Jago, Cuba. He
immigrated to the U.S. in 1878 and was naturalized as a citizen in 1884.
1889, Jul. 7: Title transferred to Francisco J. Auza by James
Moore
1890 Directory: Frank J. Auza
Paul J. Auza
Sebastian M. Auza
Sabastian
Auza was born in 1870 in Santiago, Cuba. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1880 and
was naturalized as a citizen. He entered the University of Pennsylvania with
the Class of 1892, but may not have graduated. In 1898, he married Georgia
Chatham.
1895, Sept. 26: Death of Maria Auza, 23 years old, of 3616 Baring
St. She was born in Cuba and never married. She was the daughter of Francisco
J. and Dolores Auza. Requium High Mass at St. Agatha's Church. Burial at
Cathedral cemetery.
1898 Directory: Francisco J. Auza
J. Pablo Auza
Pedro M. Auza, clerk
Sebastian M. Auza, student
1899: Arthur Girard Cranch. Freshman: Arts and Sciences. (Catalogue of the U. of P. 1899.)
1899 Directory: Lillie Everett boarding
John H. Bowen, U.S.N.
The 1898 directory lists Lillian T.
Everett, widow of Josiah, living at 438 N. 33rd St. In 1891, Mrs. Lillian
T. Everett is listed as a stenographer in the directory for Williamsport, Pa.
1900 Directory: Lillian T. Everett, widow of Josiah
Edward F. Everett, student
Girard A. Graham, student
The 1900 census lists Lillian
Everett and her son, Edward F. Everett, living at 721 N. 40th St.
She was 40 years old and running an apartment house. He was 16 and a clerk for
the railroad. They still lived there in 1910. She was listed as divorced. He
was listed as a doctor of dentistry.
1900: This
address was not covered in this census.
1901: Miss Anna Gannon. Member:
“GANNON, Anna, author; b. Phila.,
June 6, 1876; d. Thomas G.; studied Girls' High School and Acad. Notre Dame,
Phila., 1892; visited Europe, 1896, 1898, and 1899. Contributor to mags.,
periodicals and the press generally. Her poem, "A Dream of Shakespeare's
Women," is in the repertoire of Julia Marlowe, who first recited it.
Author: The Song of Stradella, and Other Songs, 1899 L5. Address: 3616 Baring
St., Philadelphia.” (Who’s Who in
America, 1901.)
Her The Song of Stradella and other Songs was published by J. P.
Lippincott in 1898.
1907 Directory: Louise A. Sadler apartments
Kendall C. Sadler, Jr.
1910:
Louise A. Sadler 49 Manages apartment house; married 26
years with 2 children; born in Del., father born in Del., mother in Pa.
Kendall C[lark]
Sadler [Jr.] 25 Son; machinery salesman; born in Del.,
father born in
Maude Sadler 18 Daughter; born in
Samuel C.
Harrington 37 Brother; clerk for railroad; born in
Del.
George N. Clark 23 Cousin; clergyman
George W. Clark 52 Cousin; sells horses; widowed; born in
—next household
Elizabeth
Longnecker 77 Boarder;
widowed, 6 children, 5 surviving
Ella Longnecker 41 Daughter; clerk for manufacturer
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Florence E. Ware 31 Boarder; bookkeeper in bank; single; born in
Elizabeth Ware 59 Widowed, 4 children, 2 surviving
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Williams W.
Williams 67 Boarder; widowed; newspaper printer;
born in
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Mary Holden 73 Boarder; widowed, 12 children, 8
surviving; born in
Helen Holden 38 Boarder; single; stenographer in
manufacturing; father born in
In 1900, the Sadler family lived at 3809 Baring St. Kendall Sadler, Sr. was a coal
dealer. Kendall C. Sadler, Sr. died at the Medico-Chirugical Hospital of a
brain tumor in January 1916. In 1920, Louise, Kendall, Jr. and Maude were
living at 3408 Race St. where she was again keeping
a boarding house. Kendall C. Sadler, Jr. married Nancy C. Campbell in New York
City, Sept. 17, 1913.
Elizabeth Ware was the widow of Rev.
William George Ware. In 1880, they lived at 762 S. 15th St. Florence
(Fanny) was 5 years old. Rev. Ware died in 1904 at age 54. He was the chaplain
at Episcopal Hospital.
1920:
Ernest
Cooper 40 Traveling salesman; born in
Mathilde Cooper 48 Wife; born in
James H. Cooper 17 Son; inside salesman; born in
Margareta Cooper 15 Daughter; born in
Ernest Arthur
Cooper 5 Son;
born in
— next household
Robert J.
Robinson 23 Clerk in a restaurant; born in
Margaret J.
Robinson 22 Wife;
parents born in
Robert J.
Robinson 7 months
Mary V. McElwee 18 Sister-in-law; clerk in an iron foundry; parents born in
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Ellen G.
Davis 65 Single
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Robert R.
Hindman 33 Carpentry foreman; born in
Martha W. Hindman
32 Wife
Ernest Cooper was born Hull Sutton, Yorkshire,
England, the son of James Cooper and Martha Howard. In 1881, he was two years
old, the youngest of five children. His
father, a lathe maker in a boot factory, was born in Nottinghamshire. His
mother and two oldest siblings were born in Grantham, Lincolnshire. Ernest and
Mathilda Antonia Ben-ayad were married in the summer of 1902 in Leicester. He
was 23 and she was about 32. Mathilde was born in 1870, the daughter of Mohaned
Benayad who was born in Algiers, Algeria. He was a grocer’s assistant in
Leicester in 1881. In 1901, she was working for a bootmaker. In 1930 through at
least 1950, they lived next door at 3614 Baring St.
1927 Directory: E. Cooper
1930:
Esabelle
Stambaugh 40 Registered nurse at a hospital; renting
for $40 per month
— next household
Joseph Smith 70 Supervisor at sugar refinery; married at
age 26; renting for $40 per month
Anna Smith 60 Married at age 25
Albert B. Hurst 32 Lodger; physician in general practice;
married at age 21; born in W. Virginia
— next household
Lenon Hughes 36 Newspaper salesman; married at age 26;
renting for $45 per month
Mary E. Hughes 26 Married at age 18
James H. Mitchell
60 Lodger
— next household
Bernadine Heitman
52 Renting
— next household
Abigail Blackburn
40 Teacher; renting
Adele Horton 40 Lodger; teacher, born in Texas
1940:
Blanche Schofield 58 Two years of high school; renting for $35 per month
James Schofield 59 Painter for automobile co., worked 12 hours in previous week,
earned $280 for 8 weeks of work in 1939; 8 years of schooling
Elizabeth Schofield 21 Factory worker for Kelley & Huber co., worked 40 hours in
previous week; earned $624 for 52 weeks of work in 1939; 4 years of high school
James Schofield and Blanche Woelpper
were married in Philadelphia in 1907. They had a son, Frederic, in addition to
their daughter, Elizabeth. They lived here in 1935. In 1930, they lived at 3744
Fairmont Ave. which they owned. James’s parents were born in England. In 1920,
they lived with her parents, Frederick and Elizabeth Woelpper, at 3832
Fairmont. Frederick was an upholsterer for an automobile manufacturer.
1950 Directory: John J. Fitzgerald
In 1930, John J. and
Mary Fitzgerald lived with their son, John J., Jr., at 2220 N. 17th
St. John, Sr (age 65) and Mary (60) were born in
Peter A. Frank
Hilary Henninger
Elizabeth Kerns
William Morris, lawyer,
office: 32 S 3rd St.
Kent B. Yeager
1999, July: Purchased by Sheldon Schwartz
Revised 5/26/2022