The History of the
Building
3300-02: “Circa 1865, two-and-one-half, story
Victorian double; stone facade, large gables with arcuated
attic window at roofline of 3300 and smaller gable at roofline of 3302. Each has
elaborately-milled porch latticework, turned posts and balustrades; porches
wrap around to front (3300) and from the front to the side (3302)”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
of 3302 Baring Street
The 1872 map
shows 3300 and 3302 owned by Mary Bancroft.
In 1870, she lived at 3300.
1877: Death of Catherine Campbell, 81 years old,, widow of Captain Malcolm Campbell, mother-in-law of
Charles L. Pascal. The Pascal family
previous lived at 315 N. 35th
St. By September, 1878, when Charles
Pascal died, they were living at 3705 Walnut St., a “first-class” boarding
house.
1880:
Enoch S. Farson 66 Manufacturer of Refrigerators; born in
Lavinia Farson 56 Born
in N.J.
Lavinia Davis
21 [Step-]Daughter
Henry Farson 24
E. S. Farson 21 Refrigerator (?) manufacturer
Mattie Farson 19
Annie Farson 15
Mary Hackett 93 Mother;
born in N.J.
Caroline Hunt 73 Sister
Anna Farson 21 Daughter-in-law
Sarah Cox 37 Servant; born in
Mary Grooms 18 Servant;
born in N.J.
Elizabeth
Trusty 45 Servant; born in N.J.
The 1866 Directory listed Enoch S. Farson, refrigerator manufacturer,
In 1887, Enoch Farson
and his son Enoch Jr. were both listed at 3606
Powelton Ave.
“Mr. [Robert Evans] Hannum [Jr.]
married at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, June 27, 1866, Mary E. Farson, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1845,
daughter of Enoch S. Farson, a sea captain, later in
the refrigerating business in Philadelphia, and his wife, Lavinia
(Hackett) Farson, both deceased.”
(A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania,
and Its People. John Woolf Jordan, Lewis. 1914, p 600)
1887 Directory: Willie Rushton, assistant
cashier for Farmers’ & Merchants’ National Bank, h 3302 Baring
The bank was at
1890 Directory:
Willie Rushton
1900:
Joseph Cochran 33 Clergyman,
born Jan., 1867 in
Helen V. Cochran 29 Born in
Jerold S.
Cochran 4 Born
Mar. 1896 in
Hamilton
Cochran
1 Born in Sept., 1898
Mary Scudder 51 Mother-in-law; born Nov. 1848 in N.J.;
widowed, 1 child
Ellen McYeary 23 Servant; born in
(Ed 539, 9B)
Joseph Wilson Cochran, Jr.:
“Clergyman.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry. 1894; pastor of
(The International who's who: who's who in
the world. 1911, pp 291-2.)
“Rev. Joseph Wilson Cochran is a
native of Peoria, a son of Hon. J. W. Cochran formerly Judge of the Circuit
Court, was brought up in connection with this Church, received his early
education in the Peoria Schools, his collegiate at Macalester College, Minn.,
his theological training at McCormick Theological Seminary, was for several
years pastor of a leading Church in Madison, Wisconsin, and is now pastor of
the Northminster Church, Philadelphia, Pa.”
(Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary ...
December Sixth and Seventh, A.D. 1903. By Presbyterian Church (
Helen Vanderveer
Scuddy Cochran was born in Madras, India. Her father and grandfather were Presbyterian medical
missionaries in India and Ceylon. She
died April 11, 1914 at the age of 45.
They were living in Swarthmore.
1906 Blue Book: Emlen Hewes & daughter
1910:
George B. Wells 57 Merchant
of hats; born in
Helen L Wells 67 Married
45 years, four children, three surviving
Annie D. Wells 27
(ED 488, 2B)
Before
1910, they lived at 3313
Powelton Ave. In 1920, they lived at 3305
Baring. St.
George B. Wells, Hats at 1301 Market
Street (see
photo from http://libwww.library.phila.gov/HIP/HIPSearchItem.cfm?ItemID=pdct00189)
He was the Grand Marshal for the
Mason’s Washington Sesquicentennial anniversary, 1902
also: “Bro.
George B. Wells, P.G.H.P. and present Grand Secretary of the Grand Royal Arch
Chapter of Pennsylvania”
http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/the_builder_1916_november.htm
1916
Hellen Loller Wells was the daughter of Joshua and Sarah (Dole) Loller. She was born
and raised in
“Wells Edith May b.a.
02 m.a. 06 3302 Baring st.
Philadelphia
(Smith
College Bulletin Alumnae Register 1908-1909)
“Wells Edith May B.A. 3302 Baring st. Philadelphia Pa. M.A. 06; student (sociology,
economics)
Smith 04-06;
resident Light house settlement Phila. 02-04; general sec. S.C.A.C.W.
04-06, traveling student sec. Y. W. C. A. for N. E. 06-09, sec. Student
volunteer movement New York 09-10, sec. Y. W. C. A. Peking, China 10” (Catalog
of Officers, Graduates and Nongraduates of Smith
College Northampton, Mass. 1875-1910 Alumnae Association of
“Edith May Wells, cr. Y. W. C. A.,
Tientsin
(Fifty
years of association work among young women, 1866-1916: a history of Young
Women's Christian Associations in the United States of America. Elizabeth
Wilson. 1916)
1912, Dec. 10: Marriage license issued to Eva L. Ayres of 3302
Baring St. and Dr. Willard B. G. Terry of 3718 Baring
St.
1912, Dec. 10: Marriage license issued to Nancy Ayres of 3302
Baring St. and Budd E. Van Sweringen of Ft. Wayne,
Indiana
1920:
Charley H.
White 67 Lumber merchant; owner with a mortgage
May S. White 33
(ED 682, 9B)
1950 Directory: Harold E.
Hutchings
Revised 4/1/2012