The History of the Building
“Circa
1865, three-story, Italianate-style, double, roughcast over brick. First-floor. full-height windows, original wood porch with part of
balustrade missing. Segmental windows below overhanging flat roof with large
wood sinuous brackets”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
national register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents of
1870:
Alfred Paul 43 Doctor of Divinity; born in
Mary Paul 41 Born
in
Henry W. Weed 83 Doctor of
Divinity; born in
Sarah W. Weed 41 Born in
Va.
Annie Paul 23 Born
in
Phoebe Paul 15 Born in
George Paul 12 Born
in
Millie Paul 9 Born
in Va.
Mary Paul 6 Born
in Va.
Rebecca Pulbeston
25 Servant;
born in
(ED 77, 31)
In 1880, they lived at 3609
Baring St.
1880:
Joseph Knight 40 Gentleman
Cornelia
Knight 38 Born in Del.
Lizzie B.
Knight 18 At school
Anna M. Knight 16 At school
Joseph Knight 4
Richard Morrell
49 Boarder; upholsterer; married
Richard
Morrell, Jr 21 Boarder; manufacturing
Eddie Morrell 18 Boarder
Blanche Morrell 16 Boarder
Henry
Johnson 30 Boarder; dry goods merchant; married;
born in N.J.
Clara Johnson 30 Boarder;
married; born in
Emily Burks 50 Boarder; widowed/divorced
Mary Martin 61 Boarder; widowed; has a paralysis
Josephine
Rogers 16 Servant; black; born in
(ED 483, 22)
1882, Feb. 7: Death of Mrs. Mary Ann Ward, 71 years old, of 3311
Baring St. She was born in Philadelphia.
Burial at Woodlands Cemetery. (Phila. Death Index)
1883, Oct. 7: Death of Rebecca Jane Thomson, 48 years old, of
3311 Baring St. She was born in Philadelphia and never married. Burial at Woodlands Cemetery.
(Phila. Death Index)
1887 & 1890 Directories: Pehrson
B. Calvert (P. B. Calvert & Co.)
1890 Census Veterans Schedule: Calvert, Pehrson,
Private, Keystone Battery, PA, May, 1863 - Sept. 1863.
Private, Keystone
1897, Oct.
7: Death of Clara Calvert, 52 years old, of 3311 Baring St. Burial at Woodlands Cemetery. (Phila. Death Index)
1898 Blue Book: P. B. Calvert & daughter
1899, Dec.
27: Death of Frank Sparks Calvert, 21 years old,, son
of Pehrson B. and the late Clara Calvert. Funeral from his late residence, 3311 Baring St. Burial at Woodlands Cemetery. (Phila. Inquirer)
1900, Feb.
6: Marriage of Cora L. Murray of Canal Dover, Ohio to Pehrson
B. Calvert of 3311 Baring St. The
marriage took place in Canal Dover. (Phila. Inquirer)
1900:
Pehrson B. Calvert 54 Fine plate dealer; father born in
Cora L. Calvert 30 Married
less than one year, no children; born in
Louis L. Calvert 28 Son; architect
Alan Calvert 25 Son
Louisa Brown 22 Servant;
born in
(ED 539, 8B)
1906 Blue Book: Mr.
and Mrs. P. B. Calvert
Alan Calvert
1910:
Pehrson B. Calvert 64 Father born in
Cora Calvert 40 Married
10 years, no children; born in
Grace Patterson 36 Servant;
widowed with one child; born in
(ED 488, 6A)
1913, Nov. 24: Death of Pehrson B.
Calvert, 67 years old. Services at his late residence, 3311
Baring St. (Phila. Inquirer)
His estate was valued at $1,382,
equivalent to about $31,000 in 2011 dollars. (Phila. Inquirer, April 15, 1915)
1914, Philadelphia
Inquirer: “Mrs. Madeline C. Bonniwell, wife of
Municipal Court Judge Bonniwell, has taken title from
Cora L. Calvert to the property at 3311 Baring street for $7925.” (April 14,
1914)
1916: Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell elected president of Sons of the American
Revolution, (PA Society); (magazine of the same, v. 11-13. Pg 25).
In 1880, his family lived at 1117 South St. The 1891 Directory lists him as a student
living there. The 1895 Directory lists
him as a lawyer with an office at 502 Walnut St. and living at 2003 South
St. In 1900, he lived with his parents
and siblings at 3803 Spruce St. His
father was a shirt cutter. His parents
had been married 27 years and had 7 children.
In 1910, Eugene and Madeline Bonniwell lived
in Radnor, Delaware Co. They had been
married 16 years.
Eugene C. Bonniwell
Eugene Cleophas
Bonniwell was born 1872 in Philadelphia. He married
Madeleine Helene Cahill in 1900. Lawyer, municipal judge in Pa: 1914-39. Democratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1918, 1926, 1934
(primary); candidate for justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1921.
Catholic. Member, Sons of the
American Revolution; Sons of the Revolution; Sons of Union Veterans; Knights of
Columbus; Moose. He was the son of Evander Berry Bonniwell
and Elizabeth (Doherty) Bonniwell.
(Politicalgraveyard.com)
Judge Bonniwell
was the Democratic “wet” (i.e., anti-prohibition) candidate for governor in
1918. He was also opposed to the
anti-Semitism of such prominent figures as Henry Ford.
“Eugene Cleophas
Bonniwell. B. Sept. 25, 18?2; LL. B. 1893; Ph. B.
hon., Villanova Coll.; pole vault champion, Univ. of Pa., 93; Judge Municipal
court, Phila.; chrmn of Civilian Organization of
Comm. of Public Safety of Pa.; Chancellor, Gen. Nation Soc. Sons of Am.
Revolution; Registrar Order of Lafayette, Deputy Registrar Order of Washington,
etc.; author “Citizenship”; mem, City Business and
Locust Clubs; Motor Truck Assn.; B. P. O. E.; Hist. Soc. of Pa.; Am. Cath.
Hist. Soc.; 690 City Hall and 3311 baring St., Phila., Pa.”
(Univ. of Pennsylvania Alumni Catalogue.
1922)
1917: Eugene Cleophas Bonniwell: listed as graduate LL.B. 1893; judge Municipal
Court, Phila.
(U. of P. General Alumni Catalogue. Pg.
510)
1919: Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell
elected to membership American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia (Records of same, v. 30.).
1920:
Eugene C. Bonniwell 46 Municipal Court judge; father born in Wisc.,
mother in Ireland; owner with a mortgage
Madeline C. Bonniwell 40 Born
in N.Y., father born in N.Y., mother in Ireland
Eugene C. Bonniwell 18
Robert G. Bonniwell 16
John G. Bonniwell 14
Bernard H. Bonniwell 11
Madeline H. Bonniwell 9
Alfred F. Bonnewell 8
Geneva Adams 21 Servant; black; father born in Del., mother
in Va.
(ED 682,
9B-10A)
1920: Eugene Cahill Bonniwell, Jr., (Catalogue of
1930:
Eugene Bonniwell 52 Municipal Court judge; widowed; parents born in Ireland [sic.]; owner, house valued at $10,000.
Eugene Bonniwell,
Jr. 28 Life insurance
Robert Bonniwell 26 Clerk for a stock and brokerage co.
John Bonniwell 24
Bernard Bonniwell 21
Madeline Bonniwell 19
Alfred Bonniwell 17
Eleanore Bonniwell 16
(ED 396, 7A)
1950 Directory: Eugene C. Courtney
Carroll H. Keelor
George Levy
Herbert M. Loy
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