3412 Baring
Street
3412
Baring as it was in the late 1980’s
3412-14:
“Italianate,
three-story double with Circa 1905 Colonial Revival porch and fluted pilasters on
stone pedestals, dentillated cornice and dentillated second-floor lintels.
Third-floor windows are partially divided paired arcuated windows. Overhanging
flat roof; paired large ornate bracketsand smaller simpler ones”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
The History
1865 Directory (compiled fall 1864): Rev. John Moore, Baring
bel 35th
The 1864 directory lists John G.
Moore, teacher, 132 N. 10th St.
His wife, Anna E. (White) Moore, was
the sister of Martha (White) Fullerton who lived at 3307
Hamilton St. The Fullerton’s daughters
studied at the seminary run at this address by their uncle.
1866 Directory: Rev. John Moore, Baring bel 35th
1865, August: “MANTUA FEMALE SEMINARY, Baring ST., BELOW
Thirty-Fifth, West Philadelphia. A Day
and Boarding School for Young Ladies.
The next Term will open September 4th.
For Circulars, apply to Rev. John Moore, Principal.”
(Phila. Inquirer, several dates)
This might have included both 3412
and 3414 Baring St.
1867 Directory: John Moore, teacher, 3412 Baring St.
1870:
Simeon Dillingham 55 Dentist; b 20
May 1805 Philadelphia, d 6 Aug 1881 Philadelphia
Mary Dillingham 50 b
Oct 1819 in NY. d 17
May 1901
Egeston Dillingham 24 Commercial
merchant; born in 1845. [He died in 1878.]
Frank Dillingham 22 Commercial
merchant; 16 Jun 1846 in
Laura Kelton 20 b 7 Aug
1849
Albert Kelton 21 Son-in-law;
midshipman U.S.N.
Annie Dillingham 18 b 25 Dec 1851
Annie Kerwin 22 Servant;
born in
Sharlet Hackett 20 “Colored;”
[only in Nov. enumeration]
Josephine Robinson 25 “Colored;”
[only in Nov. enumeration]
(1st Enumeration: p 3-4; 2nd
Enumeration: p 28)
Mrs.
Dillingham’s maiden name was Mary Elizabeth Raymond.
In
Sept., 1862 to May, 1866, he was listed in the IRS Tax List at 734 Arch
St. This may have been his office.
In
1880, they lived at 4042 Chestnut St.
Albert Kelton was a Lieutenant in the U.S. marine Corps.
Not
present: Admiral Albert Caldwell Dillingham b 3 Jun 1848 Philadelphia, d 26 Dec
1925 in Norfolk, York, VA. Albert C.
Dillingham, Midshipman, 31 July, 1865. Graduated 7 June, 1870. Ensign, 13 July, 1871. Master, 4 June,
1874. Lieutenant, 14 December, 1880. Lieutenant Commander, 3 March, 1899.
(http://www.history.navy.mil/books/callahan/reg-usn-d.htm)
1880:
Coates Walton 58 Hardware
merchant
Mary R. Walton 48 Born in
Washington, D.C.
George S. Walton 23 Art student
Frank
Walton 21 Clerk
Julie Walton 18
Horace Walton 16
Elizabeth Walton 13
Coates Walton, Jr. 16
Juliet Walton 56 Sister
Eliza Brown 35 Servant;
black, born in
Mary E. Johns 18 Servant;
black, born in Delaware
1863: NConrad
& Walton, wholesale hardware (James M. Conrad & Coates Walton), 623
Market
1887 Directory: Bonsall, Elwood (Bonsall Bros.) & treas., 904
Filbert, h 3412 Baring
In 1890, he lived at 219 N. 34th
St. and later he lived at 208 N. 35th
St.
1891 Directory:
Lewis Hernz, clerk
Sanders McSparran of Griest, Pownall &
In
1889, both L. M. Hernz and McSparran
lived at 3603
Baring St. In 1895, McSparren lived
at
Louis
Hernz was a civil engineer who was born in
1900:
Mark Dwight 47 Physician;
born in N.Y.
Anna M. Dwight 46 No children
Eva Smith 15 Boarder;
in school
Lizzi Chambers 29 Servant; black,
born in
Henry Sheldon 23 Servant;
black, born in Virginia
(ED 539, 10B)
1906 Blue Book: George W. Powell
1910:
George W. Powell 56 President,
Philadelphia iron fence co.; born in N.J.; renting
Grace Powell 55 Married
35 years, 3 children, 1 surviving
Anna S. Powell 20 Born
in N.J.
Ellen Graham 39 Servant;
born in Va.; widowed with one child
(ED 488, 1B)
In
1890 City Directory, he is listed as a car builder at 3523 Filbert St.
In 1900, they we living at 411 N. 33rd
St. and he was a manufacturer of fencing.
“The
Wayne Iron Works has been identified with much of the elevation and bridge work
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company during recent years and has installed
above one hundred miles of pipe railings, bridge railings and other forms of
iron fencing during that time.
“The company was incorporated in 1893.
“Its works are located at Wayne, Pa., and the officers of
the company are George W. Powell, president,
and C. M. Wetzel, treasurer.
“As
is obvious, railroad contracts are a specialty of the company, and their large
and rapidly increasing business may be ascribed to quality of product,
reasonable prices, and facilities for handling contracts of the largest size.”
(History
of the engineering, construction and equipment of the Pennsylvania railroad
company's New York terminal and approaches... 1912, p 108)
1910, Dec. 20: Marriage license issued to
Anna S. Powell of 3412 Baring St. and Albert C. Wood of 1317 Spruce St.
1915, May 24: Obituary - “Simons. – On Monday, May 24, 1915,
Margaret Naudain Simons, widow of M. Laird Simons. Relatives and friends are invited to funeral
services... at the residence of her son, Laird H. Simons, 3412 Baring st.”
(Evening Public Ledger. May 26, 1915,
Night Extra, pg 12)
1920:
Laird H. Simons 45 Manufacturer,
“tanner & kids;” born in
Amelia A. Simons 37 Father born in
N.H., mother in R.I
Euretta Simons 5
Laird H. Simons, Jr. 2
Lottie M. Beach 43 Nurse for a
private families; parents born in
Katherine J. Sammon 27 Servant;
born in
(ED 682, 3A)
1921,
December: Deed transferred from Robert Steen (W. Austin Obdyke - Trustee under
Will of Robert Steen dec'd) to Laird H. Simons.
1929,
May: Deed transferred from Laird H. Simons and Amelia A., his wife, to Alice C.
Hart.
1930:
Laird H. Simons 56 Tanner; born
in
Amelia A. Simons 47 Married at age
30; father born in N.H., mother in R.I
Euretta Simons 15
Laird H. Simons, Jr. 12
(ED 396, 22A)
Link
to Google Books "The Story of Philadelphia" (featuring Laird Simons)
Recent Owners
Moriama
Family – late 1960s through late 1980s
Jim Murphy and
Family – late 1980s through 1998
Henry Pemberton
and Laura Marconi – 1998 through 2005
Jonathan Eells
and David Sims – 2005 through Present
revised: 8/29/2011