The
History of the Building
1866, Mar. 30: Title for the north side of the
3700 block of Baring St. transferred to J. Henry Askin by Lydia E. Baring
1866: A resolution of the Select and City Councils
of Philadelphia naming J. Henry Askin as a surety of Richard Peltz, Receiver of
Taxes elect, and the City Solicitor includes among the properties to finance
the sureties the “lot or piece of ground whereon is erected the premises
numbered 3701 and 3703 Baring St.”
(Journal Common Council, City of
Philadelphia. For the Year 1866. Vol 2. 1867. Pp. 163-4.)
3701-03:
“three-story, red brick Victorian double with - corbelled brick lintels;
modillioned wood cornice. - Porch alterations; 3701 enclosed and stuccoed.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1868 Directory: Peltz Richard, Receiver
of Taxes, Peltz & Stringfellow, 11 Statehouse Row
The
1867 directory lists him living at 518 Dickerson St.
In
March 1866, Richard Peltz purchased the south side of the 3700 block of
Hamilton St. from Lydia Baring. In October of that year, he sold it to Mary
Peltz who may have been his sister.
1868, July 27: Title transferred to
William Nelson West by J. Henry Askin
J.
Henry Askin was in real estate with an office at 631 Walnut St. He lived in
Delaware Co. He had previously lived at 3509 Baring St.
William
West was a conveyancer. In 1868, he lived on Ludlow St near S. 34th
St. His office was at 623 Walnut St. By 1870, he and his family had moved to 3704 Baring
St.
1870, Oct. 27: Title transferred to
Richard W. Peltz by William Nelson West
1870:
Richard Peltz 38 Tax receiver; real estate: $15,000, personal: $12,000
Anna S. Peltz 27 Real estate: $25,000, personal: $10,000
Samuel Peltz
9
1866 Dir.: Richard Peltz, clerk, S E
6th & Chestnut, h 518 Dickerson
1880:
Richard Peltz 47 Clerk
Anna S. Peltz 42
Samuel Peltz 20 Law student
Richard Peltz and Anna Stewart were
married in 1858.
“Samuel Peltz A. B. [
1889: Samuel Peltz was the auditor for the accounts of
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1894, Mar. 24: Death of Annie S. Peltz, abt. 56
years old, of 3701 Baring St.
1894 New York Times:
“THE QUAKER CITY REBELS: A Veritable Revolution Against Corruption and
Bossism.”
...
“Now the rest of the combine forms
as perfect a working “machine” as ever dictated to a municipal corporation. The
thirty-seven members look to Martin, Porter, and
“Here is the machine which dominates
“Twenty-fourth Ward—Samuel Peltz and
C. Wesley Thomas. Peltz is a Representative in the State Legislature, and
Thomas is a State Senator.”
("Quaker
City Rebels: A Veritable Revolution Against Corruption and Bossism." New
York Times 30 Dec. 1894.)
1881 Directory: Richard Peltz, dep clerk court quarter sessions
Samuel Peltz, student
1884-‘93: Samuel Peltz was Solicitor to the
Commissioners for the Erection of the Public Buildings,
1890: Richard Peltz, Court Quarter Sessions, h 3701 Baring
Samuel Peltz, 223 S 6th,
h 3701 Baring
1900:
Richard
Peltz 67 Clerk of court; widowed; owner free of a
mortgage
Samuel Peltz 39 Lawyer; single
Irene M. Kupp 35 Housekeeper
Samuel Peltz
“SAMUEL PELTZ, Representative from the Twenty-fourth
Philadelphia District, is one of the ablest of the younger members of the
Legislature, and this is his second term at law-making. He has won distinction
as a calm, logical, forceful speaker and an industrious and sagacious worker.
Mr. Peltz was born in Philadelphia on September 9, 1860. His father, Richard
Peltz, is Deputy Clerk of the Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia, an ex-member of
the City Councils and one of the Public Building Commissioners to whom special
tributes of respect were paid by members of the present Legislature in their
fight to abolish that commission. The paternal grandfather of the subject of
this sketch was a member of the House of Representatives in 1830. The grandson
was educated in private schools and the University of Pennsylvania, graduating
from the college department of the latter institution in 1880. He studied law
with the late William Nelson West [3716 Hamilton St.],
City Solicitor of Philadelphia, and Henry J. McCarthy, and was admitted to the
bar in 1882. He has practiced his profession ever since in his native city,
mainly in civil cases, but has been very successful at the criminal bar also.
He was Assistant City Solicitor from 1882 to 1884, and Solicitor of the Public
Buildings Commission for nearly four years, resigning the latter position to be
a candidate for Representative. He served as a delegate in numerous nominating
conventions, particularly those for Judges and City Solicitor. In November,
1892, he was elected Representative by a majority of about 2,700 over his
Democratic opponent, and in 1894 was re-elected by about 5,000 plurality. In
1895 he was chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and a member of the
Judiciary General, Ways and Means and other important Committees. His extensive
legal knowledge and forensic skill were displayed in 1893 in his leadership, on
the side of the Public Buildings Commission, of the discussion off the bill to
abolish that body. Besides being enrolled in several local political clubs,
including the Lincoln and Belmont Clubs of the Twenty -fourth Ward, Mr. Peltz
is a member of the Young Republicans and Union League.” (William Rodearmel. Portraits and sketches of heads of state departments and members of the
legislature of Pennsylvania; 1895. Pg. 231)
1902, June 18: Marriage of Lillie A. Crippen (423 N. 33rd St.) to Samuel Peltz. They were married by
a minister from the Church of the Savior (Protestant Episcopal), 38th and
Chestnut Streets.
1910:
Richard Peltz 77 Widowed;
owner, free of a mortgage
Alice Anthony 48 Niece;
public school teacher
Agnes Curran 30 Servant;
born in Ireland
1918, Jan. 26: Death of Richard Peltz, 85 years
old, of 3701 Baring St. He was the son of Richard Peltz and Sarah Lentz. He was
buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery.
“Richard
Peltz, a former active Republican politician and for several years a member of
the Public Buildings Commission, left an estate valued at $50,000.” (Inquirer,
Feb. 3)
1919, Oct. 16: Title transferred to Walter Ball
and Anna G., his wife by Samuel Peltz
Walter Ball and Anna G. Eisfelter
were married in July 1918. She was living at 3632
Powelton Ave.
1920:
Walter Ball 48 Machinist (?); renting
Anna G. Ball 52
– 2nd
household
William H.
Waker 66 Tailor with own shop; father born in
Ellen V. Waker 66 Born
in
Helen Livingstone
45 Boarder;
teacher
Louise Bell 47 Boarder; clerk; born in
Lida Marsham 38 Boarder;
clerk
1930:
Walter Ball 59 Machinist at Navy Yard; married at age 46; owner, house
valued at $9,000
Anna G. Ball 63 Married at age 50
Ula Echols 35 Lodger; college librarian, unemployed previous 5 months;
widowed
Wilda Suter 36 Lodger; stenographer at publishing house; single
Mary A. Stevensen 45 Lodger;
public school teacher; single
Henry Dedecek 50 Lodger;
college teacher; married at age 30; born in France, immigrated in 1928
Ernstein Dedecek 45 Lodger;
college teacher; married at age 25; born in France, immigrated in 1928
1935, Sept. 21: “Miss Isabel Stambaugh, who is
a World War nurse, was wounded during the German attack at Amiens. Tomorrow
night she will be invested in the Purple Heart Order by Congressman William H.
Wilson at the association’s military ball in the Benjamin Franklin. Miss
Stambaugh lives at 3701 Baring st.” (Inquirer)
She served overseas from May 1917 to
April 1919. In 1950, she lived at 208 N.
34th St.
1937, Mar. 1: Death of Anna G. Ball née
Ecciesia, 73 years old, of 3701 Baring St. She was born July 23, 1866.
1940:
Walter Ball 69 Owner, value $1000; 8 years of school
— next household
Fred Glemeright 62 Newspaper
compositor, earned $2200 in 1939; renting for $25/month
Mary Glemeright 65
— next household
Gertrude Hardeker 56 Widow;
born in NJ; 8 years of school; renting for $35/month
Alice Hardeker 32 Secretary
for attorney; earned $1200 in 1939; 2 years college
— next household
Guy Aldrich 30 Hospital nurse, worked 87 hours in previous week; earned
$1800 in 50 weeks of work in 1939; renting for $37/month; 4 years high school
Cornelius Aldrich 30 Wife;
hospital nurse, worked 56 hours in previous week; earned $600 in 20 weeks of
work in 1939; 4 years high school
The Walter Ball and Hardeker
families lived here in 1935. Walter Ball died Sept. 1, 1959. He was living at
the Hayes Mechanic’s Home.
1944, Aug. 14: Anthony Joseph Droege, radarman
second class of 3701 Baring St. was awarded with the Purple Heart for wounds he
received during action with the enemy in the Bay of Seine, France, in June,
while serving aboard ship. (Inquirer)
1945, Dec. 5: Title transferred to Joseph
Greenberg and Elizabeth, his wife, by Walter Ball
1950 Directory: Harry J. Furman
M. Feely Hopkins
1953, Jan. 29: Death of Anna O'Neil, 69 years
old, wife of Frank O'Neil (deceased) of 3701 Baring St. She worked as a mercury
gauger. She was born in Philadelphia in 1883. High Mass of Requiem at St.
Agatha's church.
She lived with her daughter, Miss
Anna Irwin.