3208 Baring Street

 

The History of the Building

 

3208-10: “two-and-one-half story; Second Empire-style double with stone facade over brick construction; most of original wood porch details; first floor bay windows intact; some aluminum siding. 3208 wood cornice and part of wall below damaged…original slate shingles….”

(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, 1985)

 

Previous Residents of 3208 Baring Street

1870:

Samuel Dunsmoor       45        Clothing manufacturer

Martha E.                    45

John McIlvain              30        Lumber merchant; only in 1st enumeration

Sally McIlvain             26        Only in 1st enumeration

Mary Scull                   60

Amelia Robinson         23

Samuel L. Smedley      37        Surveyor; real estate: $45,000; property: $15,000

Herman Schastman     26        Civil engineer

 John Gardiner             23        Assistant surveyor

William Harlan            abt 20  [Only in 2nd enumeration in Nov. 1870]

Elle Huntsberger         15        Domestic servant

John L Kirk                 31        Printer; only in 1st enumeration

William Harland          18        Assistant surveyor; only in 1st enumeration

(1st Enumeration: p 33; 2nd Enumeration: p 27)

* There is a younger, 25, Samuel Dunsmoor in enumeration 1: 4th Precint p 160.

IRS 1866: Samuel Dunsmoor , Haverford above 30th, 3rd house; piano and watch

                        John McIlvain, 3701 Lancaster, wholesale dealer

 

1880:

Martha Williams          62        Never married

Annie Byesly               32        Cousin; never married

Catharine Smiley         40        Servant; born in Ireland; never married

(ED 483, 21-22)

 

1910:

John H. Tinker                        75        Married; father born in Mass., mother in N.J.

Elizabeth Tinker         66        Married 50 years, 7 children, 6 surviving

Samuel B. Tinker         48        General carpenter; widowed

Annie E. Turner          41        Daughter; widowed, 3 children

Dorothie Tinker          38        School teacher; single

Elmer Tinker               32        Railroad machinist; single

John E. Tinker             19        Grandson; stone cutter at marble yard

Edward S. White         64        Nephew; widowed; born in Mass.

Frank Hilsker              33        Boarder; locomotive fireman; single

Gertrude L. Tinker      22        Granddaughter; public school teacher

(ED 488, 9B-10A)

            They were from Altoona and lived there though 1900.  John H. died in 1912.  Elizabeth died in 1933.

 

1950 Directory: Wilbur S. Moore

            He was also listed at 3205 Baring St.

 

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