Before 1880,
this was numbered 328 N. 32nd
“three-story
building at corner of North 32nd Street and Baring Street.
Roughcasting over brick construction. Some windows filled in. Corner entrance
with shop front openings and pressed metal cornice. Metal cornice at flat
roofline.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1863 Directory:
Augustus Ashburner, clerk, northwest corner of 32nd and Baring streets
The 1860 and 1861
directories list Theophilus Augustus Ashburner, clerk Chestnut above Till (40th)
streets.
1865 Directory: John
Ashburner, bookkeeper at 16 S. Delaware Ave., home 32nd and Baring Streets.
T. Augustus Ashburner, dry goods at 312
Chestnut St., home 32nd and Baring Streets.
The 1863 directory lists
John at Hamilton above 33rd St. The 1862 directory lists Algernon E. Ashburner
working at 16 S. Delaware Ave. and living at 114 N. 19th St.
1870:
Thomas Ashburner 48 Wholesale dry goods merchant; real estate: $10,000, personal:
$20,000
Elizabeth (Lizzy)
Ashburner 43
William [H.]
(Willie) Ashburner 16
Eliza (Bessy)
Ashburner 15
Kate Ashburner 13
Virginia (Jenny)
Ashburner 13
Freeman Ashburner 8
Helen Ashburner 1 [only
listed in 2nd enumeration]
Cornelia Cochindon 22 [only listed in 2nd
enumeration]
1874 Directory: T. A. Ashburner of Wilson & Bradbury
1874, May 1: William H. Ashburner received confirmation at the
Church of the Redemption
1880:
T. A.
Ashburner 49 Dry goods
Elizabeth
Ashburner 40 Mother born in
William Ashburner
25 “Produce
Comm.”
Bessie Ashburner 20
Katie Ashburner 18
Virginia Ashburner
15
Freeman Ashburner
12
Mammie Ashburner 8
T. Augustus Ashburner was buried at
Laurel Hill as were Elizabeth, Freeman, and possibly others.
Freeman Ashburner was in the 1886
Class at Wm. Penn Charter
In 1891, Virginia Augustus Ashburner
married Edward Warner Davis
In 1910, William Ashburner lived at 3701 Powelton Ave.
1884 Directory: T. A. Ashburner of Wilson & Bradbury
1887: Marriage of Kate H. Ashburner to James Smith
They were married by Rev. Charles W.
Duane in St. Andrews Church (3600 Baring St.) with
a reception at her parents’ house, 3201 Baring. Miss Virginia Ashburner was the
bridesmaid. (Phila. Inquirer, Jan.
27, 1887)
1900:
Edward
Harden 49 Civil engineer; born in
Edith B. Harden 48 Married
20 years, five children, four surviving
Janet B. Harden 18
Robert S. Harden 16
Allan F. Harden 14
Helen A. Harden 11
In 1880, they lived at 429 33rd
St. The 1890 Directory lists him at 3718
Baring St.
1904, May 8: Advertisement:
“A Handsome double-seated surrey with rubber tires; just used a short time;
will sell cheap. Call at 3201 Baring. Also a set of
heavy silver-mounted harness. (Phila.
Inquirer)
1910:
John E. Mckinley 45 Foreman for railroad; married twice;
parents born in N.J.; renting
Mary Mckinley 38 Married 18 years, 2 children; parents
born in Ireland
John A. Mckinley 16
Alva A. Mckinley 14
Amanda Mckinley 69 Widowed, 7 children, all surviving; born
in N.J., father born in Virginia, mother in Penna.
John Ellwood McKinley and Miss Mary
McKinley were married in Philadelphia by Rev. Sterrett
on July 29, 1891. It was his second marriage. In 1900, they lived at 620 N. 33rd
St. (Mantua). In 1920-1950, they lived at 3304 Baring
St.
1960-1966: from the obituary of Isadore Polis, Daily News, Dec. 1, 1987
“Isadore
"Izzy" Polis, a retired salesman and delicatessen owner, died Sunday.
He was 70 and lived in Northeast Philadelphia.
“Raised in South Philadelphia, Polis
was an amateur singer and entertainer and had been the subject of a Larry
McMullen column and was a two-time winner of Daily News Phantom Rider contests.
“From 1950 to 1960 Polis worked in
sales at the Sears South Philadelphia store. In 1960, he and his wife Freda opened ‘Izzy's Food Market and
Delicatessen’ at 32nd and Baring streets in the Powelton Village section of the
city. In 1966 he gave up the food market and went back to Sears until 1967,
when he suffered a heart attack and retired.”
Revised
12/27/2014