The
History of the Building
3704-3718:
“three-story Italianate doubles, with bracketed flat overhanging roof,
stuccoed; side projecting bays… 3718 - porch altered.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
These
houses are not indicated on the 1862 Smedley Atlas the drawings for which were
completed in 1860.
Previous Residents
1862 Directory:
William B. Minster, salesman at 504 Market St.
1863, January 14: 3716 & 3718 were surveyed for insurance by
The Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance
of Houses from Loss by Fire policy #10664. They were owned by William P. Hamm.
He lived at 206 N. 35th St.
1863, Civil War Draft Registration: William B. Minster, 36,
salesman, born in Pennsylvania
1866 Directory:
William B. Minster, salesman at 504 Market St.
The 1867 directory and
1870 census list him and his family at 3700 Baring St.
1867 Directory:
Janet Hardie
1870, 2nd
Enumeration, Nov.
Henry Phillips 37
Catherine Phillips 37
George Phillips 8
Ryland Phillips 4
Howard Phillips 2
Rebecca Maple 40
Cynthia Bair 28
Carolyn Eminger 25
Henry C. Phillips was a
photographer. In 1880 and 1900, they lived at 3210
Baring St.
1873
& 1874 Directories:
Max Riebenack, assistant auditor at 233 S. 4th St.(Pennsylvania Railroad)
The
1875 and 1878 directories list him at 3829 Baring St. The 1880 census lists him
and his family at 3701 Powelton Ave. He then
built the large mansion at 34th and Powelton
where they lived after about 1890. (See his biography at that address.)
1876 Directory: Nathan C. Gove, machinist
Reuben M. Gove, fireman
Wilfred N. Gove, telegraph operator
1878 Directory: George W. Boyd, machinist
Adolph Ganzel, Edward T. Steel & Co.
The
1875 and 1877 directories list him at 323 N. 32nd St.
Adolph Genzer, cloth
1880:
James L. Reed 38 Born in
NY; [no occupation listed]
Grace B. Reed 34 Born in NY
Frederick Reed 15
Grace Reed 7
1881 Directory: Adolph Ganzel
1884 Directory: James L. Reed, paints at 125
N. 4th St.
1887 Directory: Edward B. Harden, mining
engineer, 907 Walnut
1890 Directory: Edward B. Harden at h 3718
Baring.
In
1880, he and his wife Edith lived at 429 N. 33rd
St. In 1900, they were at 3201 Baring St. He
worked for the Geological Survey.
1891 Directory: Edward B Harden, mining
engineer, 907 Walnut
M. A. Rogers, student
1893 Directory: Thomas A. Ashton clerk
1895 &
1896 Directories: Catherine G. Herse
1895 &
1897 Directories: Mary C. Peterson, widow of Wetherell
1896 Blue Book, 1896: Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Perkins.
1900:
Charles E.
Perkins 35 Lawyer; born in Maryland; renting
Caroline V.
Perkins 33 Married 5 years, 1 child; born in N.C.
Mary E. Perkins 2
1902 Directory: Clara Tetlow, widow of Daniel
In 1910, she lived at 3517 Hamilton St. In 1920 and 1930, she was at 3619 Baring St. (See biographical notes there.)
Sarah M. Hergesheimier,
widow of Alfred.
The 1896 and
1901 directories listed her at 116 W Hortter,
Germantown. She died July 18, 1903 when she was living
at 3517 Hamilton St. (Note: there was another
Sarah M. Hergesheimier, wife of James B., in Philadelphia.)
1905 Directory: Lee J. Fort, claim agent
1910:
Lee J. Fort 45 Claims
agent for an insurance co.
Esther M. Fort 36 Married
16 years, 1 child
Albert Lee Fort 8 Son
John J. Mahn 88 Grandfather;
father born in Germany, mother in Md.
Albert W. Terry 72 Father-in-law;
father born in N. J.
Elizabeth Terry 64 Mother-in-law;
married 37 years, 6 children
David J. Terry 28 Brother-in-law;
student,
Willard B. G. Terry 26 Brother-in-law;
student in Hahnemann [?] college
Lee
J. Fort married Esther Mahn Terry in Philadelphia in 1893. In 1900, they lived
at 1505 Morris St. and in 1920, they lived next door at 3720
Baring St.
Willard
Biddle Gilman Terry was born in Princeton, N.J.
1911 Directory: Lee J. Fort, insurance at 415
Walnut St.
1911, Mar. 15: Death of John J. Mahn [Jr.]
He
was the son of John J. Mahn, Sr. and Esther Look. His
father was born in Holland and his mother in Maryland.
1911: David John Terry. Class of 1910. Divinity. (Directory of Living Alumni of Princeton
University.)
In 1920, he and his wife Bertha S.
Terry were living in Ben Avon, Allegheny, Pa. with their two young children:
Elizabeth and Jane. He was working as a social worker with a service
organization.
1912, Dec. 10: Marriage license issued to Eva
L. Ayres of 3302 Baring St. and Dr. Willard B. G.
Terry of 3718 Baring St.
They
moved to 727 S. 60th St. where he had his medical office. In 1910,
she lived with her mother and siblings at 3234
Powelton Ave.
1920:
Marcus Baker 50 Commercial
trader; born in Delaware
Florence Baker 42
James Baker 58 Brother;
insurance agent; single; born in Delaware
In
1910, Marcus and Florence lived at 1523 N. 55th St. They had been
married one year. He was a retail shoe dealer.
1927: L. C. Boyd. (Bell Telephone Subscriber’s List.)
1930:
Lillie Grier 64 Widowed; renting for $60 per month
Anna Boyd 59 Sister; widowed
Louis Boyd 50 Brother; lace cleaner, retail
Vane Jenkins 50 Nephew’
printer in printing house
In 1920, they lived at 5620 Market
St. She was a seamstress and dress maker. She was the widow of John Grier, a
tailor. They had no children.
1940:
Lillie Grier 75 Widowed; 8 years of education; renting for $45 per month
Vane Jenkins 65 Nephew; single; 8 years of education
1950 Telephone Directory: Lewis C Boyd
1950:
Joseph F. Grier 68 Receiving clerk at apartment house,
earned $1,504 in 1949, total household income was $2,080;
12 years of schooling
Mary Grier 61
Thelma Grier 40 Daughter; clerk worker at doctor’s
business bureau; single
Mary Grier 14 Daughter
Note: information of
education and income only available from very fifth person
1958, May 24: “Fannie Mae Pompey,
(Phila.
Tribune)
1968: Sold by
The
Wattles family added bathrooms and turned the kitchen/back shed into one large
room with a passageway for laundry, a powder room and an open entrance into the
cellar.
The Floods turned the front parlor and dining room into
one large room, reopened the old back hearth into a fireplace and
enclosed/landscaped the back yard.