The
History of the Building
3620-22: “two-and-one-half
story, Second Empire-style double house, cruciform plan, with side porches and entrances
in cross arms. First-floor projecting~ bays; double-bracket cornice;
asphalt-shingled mansard with two dormers; stone facade over brick”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
3620-3626
Baring were built by John Shedwick and his sons. In 1870, they lived at 3624 Baring St.
Previous Residents
1868, May 8:
Title for 3620-3626 Baring St. transferred to John Shedwick
by William N. West
1870:
George Hammel 35 Wholesale
liquor merchant; his mother was born abroad; property: $2,500
Cordelia M.
Hammel 25
Blanch Hammel 2
George Hammel 3
mons., born in June, 1870
Henrietta Young 19 Domestic
servant; born in
Clara 16 Domestic servant; born in
1876, Apr. 19: Title transferred to James C. Shedwick
by John Shedwick
1876, Dec. 27: Title transferred to M.T. Ogelsby
by James C. Shedwick
1880:
W. Porter Ogelsby 35 Plumber
Margaret T. Ogelsby
32 Father
born in
Edith A. Ogelsby 7
W. Porter Ogelsby 5
Mabel M. Ogelsby 3
Hannah Dorsey 30 Servant;
black; born in
Caroline Jones 15 Servant; black; born
in
Jonah Ogelsby 89 Father;
father born in Del.
Washington Porter Ogelsby was the son of Jonah Ogelsby
and Phoebe Miller. In
1860, they lived in Harrisburg. The 1871 directory lists Washington P. Oglesby,
plumber, living at 33 N. 12th St.
The 1867 directory lists him as a gasfitter living at 1620 Mt.
Vernon. On August 8, 1862, he enlisted
in Company B, Pennsylvania 127th Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to Full
Hospital Steward on 26 Aug 1863 and mustered out on 29 May 1863 at Harrisburg,
PA.
W. P. Ogelsby
donated funds for a memorial window in the Northminster Presbyterian Church at 3500 Baring St.
It was dedicated to the memory of his mother, Phebe Miller Ogelsby. It is the second window from the front on the east
side of the church. The quotation is “What doth the Lord require of me, but to
do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.” Phebe Ogelsby died
in Philadelphia in 1860.
1881 Directory: Jonathan Ogelsby
Washington P. Ogelsby,
plumber, business address: 1017 Walnut
1887 Directory:
1890 Census Veterans Schedule: Washington P. Ogelsby, hospital
steward, Aug., 1862 to Aug., 1864.
“Washington Porter Oglesby was promoted
from the ranks of Company ‘B,' and made hospital-steward of the regiment. He
was intelligent, applied himself assiduously to his hospital duties, and made a
most excellent officer — popular alike with the patients in the hospital, as
well as with his medical superiors. He was warmly commended for the intelligent
and assiduous manner in which he performed his official duties.” (History of the 127th regiment, Pennsylvania
volunteers…)
Washington P. Oglesby, 127 HQ,
Hospital Steward, Promoted from Private of Company B on August 26, 1862 -
mustered out with company on May 29, 1863.
Washington P. Oglesby, Reg. 201 Co.
B, Private, Promoted to Hospital Steward on August 29, 1864.
1894: William Porter Ogelsby. Freshman,
Science and Technology. (Catalogue of U. of P.)
1897: Edith Augusta Ogelsby earned a
Certificate of Proficiency from the University of Pennsylvania
1900:
W. Porter Ogelsby 56 Plumbing and gas fitting; owner with a mortgage
Margaret F. Ogelsby 52 Married 29 years, 3 children
Edith A. Ogelsby 27
William P. Ogelsby 25 Plumbing and gas fitting
Mabel M. Ogelsby 23
Catherine McCullough 25 Servant
In 1910, William lived with his wife
and two children in Nether Providence, Delaware Co., Pa.
1901: Marriage of Edith A. Ogelsby and
Joseph M. Peale of 3607 Hamilton St.
1901, April 17: Marriage of Mabel Miller Ogelsby
to Clarence Bisopham Collier.
Philadelphia
Inquirer, April 18, 1901:
“One of the prettiest after Easter
weddings took place last evening in the Northminster Presbyterian Church,
Thirty-fifth and Baring streets, when Miss Mabel Miller Ogelsby,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Porter Ogelsby, was
married to Mr. Clarence Bispham Collier by the Rev. Joseph Cochran, pastor of
the church. The bride was gowned in
white net applique with lace and carried orchids and lilies of the valley. Mrs. Joseph M. Peale, who was matron of honor,
wore white silk muslin trimmed with chiffon.
She carried a Bernhardt bouquet of ferns and lilies of the valley. The bridesmaids were Miss Ethel Moses, of New
York; Miss Emily Ferguson, Miss Helen Stinson, Miss Lillian Hansom, Miss
Elizabeth Collier, a sister of the groom, and Miss Marie Bispham. They wore silk muslin trimmed with lace and
green chiffon and carried bouquets of white splreae
[?]. Mr. William Goodwin was best man, and the ushers were Mr. Bispham Stokes,
Mr. William Doughton, Mr. Samuel Rotan, Mr. Charles
Bispham, Mr. Victor Petrie, Mr. Edward Chase, Mr. Deacon, and Mr. John Bowen.
“A reception followed the ceremony
at the home of the bride’s parents, 3622 Baring street. Later Mr. and Mrs. Collier left for an
extended trip north.”
1902: William
Porter Ogelsby, Jr. (Plumbing) Member of Psi Upsilon.
(General Catalogue of Psi Upsilon)
The 1917 Psi Upsilon
Catalogue lists him as a plumber living at 6835 Wayne Ave. in
1902 Directory:
W. P. Ogelsby of W. P. & W. P., Jr., Ogelsby, plumbers at 1025 Walnut St.
W. P. Ogelsby, Jr.,
plumber
1902, Oct. 21:
Death of William Porter Ogelsby, 59 years old
(address given as 36 W Carpenter)
1904, Sep. 4:
Title transferred to Anderson Givin by M.F. Ogelsby
1907, Feb. 8: Title
transferred to William H. Petzelt by Anderson Givin
1907, April 3, Philadelphia Inquirer: “J. B. R. McClure
& Co., brokers, have sold the property at 3622 Baring street, for Anderson Givis, for a consideration named as nominal.”
1910, Apr. 19:
Title transferred to Walter K. Gallagher by William H. Petzelt
and then immediately to Mary A. Petzelt
1910:
William H. Petzelt 52 Carriage manufacturer; parents born in
Marie H. Petzelt
42 Married 24 years, one child; born in
Helen V. Petzelt
21 Daughter; single
— 2nd household
Walter Griscom 62 Lodger;
widowed; born in N.J., father born in
William
Petzelt was the son of Christopher and Catherine Petzelt.
He married May Henrich in Philadelphia in 1886.
1918 Directory: William H. Petzelt
of Petzelt & [Frederick] Keyser, auto bodies at
229 S. 24th St.
1920:
William H. Petzelt 65 Auto body builder; father born in
Mary A. Petzelt 51 Singer
in a church choir; parents born in Nassau OC (spoke German)
Helen N. Petzelt
31 Piano instrumentalist; mother born in Md.
In
the 1880 census, his mother gave her place of birth as Württemberg.
1922: Marriage license issued to Helen V. Petzelt and John E. Dealy
John
E. Dealy was born in Philadelphia in 1887. In 1918, his draft registration listed him
living at 3619 Fairmont Ave. He was a
stenographer and clerk for Dusel Goadloe
& Co. at 112-114 N. 7th St.
In 1930, they lived at 1014 Ithan St. He was a clerk for a wholesale cigar
company. His parents were born in
Ireland.
1927 Directory: W. H. Petzell
1930:
Mary A. Petzelt 60 Widowed, born in Maryland, parents born
in Georgia; owner, house valued at $35,000
Earl Scotty 40 Lodger; bookkeeper for steam railroad; single
Frank
Erickson 32 Lodger; bookkeeper for steam railroad;
single
Claude Andreeva 40 Lodger; machinist at U.S. Naval Yard;
single
Francis
Peters 22 Lodger; private nurse; single
Mary Powell 25 Lodger; private nurse; single
Ida Meyer 68 Lodger; single; born in Maine
Elizabeth Ausley 50 Lodger; office clerk for department
store; single
Mary Ausley 27
Lodger; stenographer; single
Robert Blackley 30 Lodger; manager of department store;
married at age 29
Louise Blackley 21
Lodger; married at age 20; born in
New York
Alice
Thompson 70 Lodger; widowed; born in New York
1940:
Ward I.
Stackhouse 25 Representative for newspaper, earned $1,750 in 1939renting
for $38 per month
Vivian
Stackhouse 22
— next
household
Mary A. Petzelt 72 Widowed; renting for $20 per month
[sic.]; born in MD.
They all lived in this house in
1935.
At the death of Mary A. Petzelt, the property was inherited by Helen V. Dealy.
1950 Directory: Helen P.
Dealy
Edward T. Gnup – (he
later lived in Fullerton, Cal.)
Liborio A. Grilli
Robert E. Leary
Catherine Stavroff
1950, Feb. 7: Title transferred to John M.
Rodgers by Helen V. Dealy
1950, May 19: Title transferred to Harry Brown
and Bertha, his wife by John M. Rodgers
1951, Mar. 1: Title transferred to Louis
Feldman and Sylvia, his wife by Harry and Bertha Brown
1968 Reverse Directory: A. Lukshus
Mrs. (3rd floor)
E. Murzenski S.
(1st floor)
Payton J. (3rd floor)
Payton R.
S. Taylor G. (2nd floor)
2009: owner: Vaughn J. Cook
purchase date: 10/1986
Revised 5/7/2022