3304 Baring Street

 

The History of the Building

 

3304-06: “Circa 1870, two-and-one-half story Second Empire style double with stone facade over brick construction. Original wood porch with shared gabled entry intact. Modillioned wood cornice. Four dormers with segmental windowheads project from mansard; 3304 has original patterned slate; 3306 replaced with asphalt shingles.”

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

 

Previous Residents

 

1872: The Hopkins Atlas shows the owner of 3304 and 3306 as T. D. Crispenn.  In 1870, Thomas Crispen lived at 116 39th St.  He was a brick maker with real estate holdings of $25,000.

 

1878: The Scott Atlas shows the owner as Mary Price.

 

1880:

Joseph W. Price           46        Dry goods

Mary A. Price              46

Robert W. Price           22        Clerk

Josephine Price            17

Emma Henry               29        Sister[-in-law]; single

Melvina Hammond      40        Servant; black; married; born in Md.; can not read or write

(ED 4832, 23)

            In 1870, they lived in the 20th Ward, ED 64.

 

1881 Directory: Joseph W. Price, (Price & Wood)

            Price & Wood (Joseph W. Price & John B. Wood), dry goods, N 8th corner of Filbert

            Robert W. Price, clerk

            The 1887 Directory has a listing for Robert W. Price (salesman, house 1819 Camac St.), but not for Joseph W. Price or for Price & Wood.

 

1884, Jan. 25: Death of Sarah McCauley, 19 years old, of 3304 Baring St. She was born in Ireland and was buried at Holmsburg Cemetery.

 

1890 Directory: Frank H. Taylor (Taylor & Shoemaker)

 

1900: 

Sam Cummings            52        No occupation; born in N.Y., father in England, mother in Pa.; renting

Mary Bardsley              34        Boarder; born in Neb., parents in England

Violet Cummings         14        Daughter; at school

(ED 539, 9)

 

1910:

Geo Frescoln               74        Real estate broker

Mary L. Frescoln         67        Married 45 years, 5 children, 3 surviving

Sarah Frescoln             72        Sister; single

Martha Thompson       64        Servant; born in Ireland (English); widowed, 2 children, neither surviving

(ED 482, 2B)

 

1920:

John E. McKinley        55        Fireman for steam railroad; mother born in N.J.; owner with a mortgage

Mary McKinley            48        Parents born in Ireland

Alma McKinley           24        Clerk for oil refining co.

(ED 682, 9B)

 

1950 Directory: John E. McKinley

 

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