304 N. 35th
Street
The History of the Building
302-304 N. 35th St. were designed and built
by Wilson Brothers & Co. They were
torn down about 1960 for the playground of the
Previous Residents
1889 Directory George Morris
George Morris lived at 3616
Baring St. in 1880.
1898 Directory: Thomas Garrigues
In 1890, he lived at 123 N 33rd.
1900 Directory: H. Sherwood Hicks, clerk, h 304 N 35th
Mary A. Hicks, wid[ow] Edwd W., h 304 N 35th
Thomas A. Hicks, sec[retary], 711 Stephen Girard Building, h 304 N 35th
1906 Blue Book: Mrs. Rebecca A. McKinstry
[Her
husband, Andrew McKinstry, was listed at 3321
Hamilton St. in 1890-’91. When he
died December 21, 1894, he was living at 3707
Hamilton St. where his wife and daughter were enumerated in 1900.]
Miss Elizabeth E. McKinstry
Mrs. Thomas Garrigues
1913, Dec. 15: Marriage license issued to Mary T. Janney of 3412
Hamilton St. and Spencer L. Coxe of 304 N. 35th
St.
1907, May 7: Death of James S. Freeland of 304 N. 35th St.
Funeral at his late residence.
In 1900, he lived at 3403
Hamilton St. with his wife, Francis.
1910: Enumerated together with 302 N. 35th
St.
c1922: “Rebecca C. Weingardner (494),
eldest daughter of Abraham A. and Margaret (Williams) Weingardner,
born at Williamsport, Pa., April 7, 1849; married there March 10, 1868, Hugh
Louis Trimble, of that city. He was born at Baltimore, Maryland, August 13, 1845,
and was a son of Samuel and Mary (Flanagan) Trimble. Hugh Louis Trimble and his
wife lived in Williamsport, Pa., until March 19, 1884, when they removed to
Philadelphia, where he is solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
residing at 304 N. 35th St.”
(The Story of the Arndts:
The Life, Antecedents and Descendants of Bernhard Arndt…. John Stover
Arndt. 1922 )
1930 census: Anthony Galzinis [sp?] (ED 398, 17A)
n.d.: Powelton
Post, Jan 1964: “Luella Parker and her daughter Sarah lived at 35th &
Pearl for 24 years.”
Sarah was profiled in the Powelton Post, April, 1961.
Revised
10/23/2011