The History of the Building
The
northern edge of this property was part of the northern boundary of the
Bingham-Baring estate.
In
January 6, 1859, Robert
Steen bought the NE corner of
“three-story
Italianate double, stuccoed, with central shallow
pitched gable. Blind center windows. Nineteenth century porch intact”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
national register of Historic Places, 1985)
c1955
Renovation: Converted to three apartments based on plan by D. McCelland. 1st
floor: pantry converted to full bath; first several steps on back stairway
removed and stairway walled off. 2nd floor: North facing room with bay
converted to kitchen, back stairway covered over to make storage area. 3rd floor: North facing room
converted to kitchen.
After
1967 reconverted to single family.
Previous Residents
of 3417 Hamilton Street
1860:
Owen Hughes 40 Hides
& tallow; personal property: $6,000
Eliza M. Hughes 31
William Hughes 11
Fanny M. Hughes 7
Mary Hughes 5
Isaac B. Hughes 1
William Davis 61 Alderman
Mary A. Davis 60 Born in NY
Mer Lunden 17 Servant
(Precinct 7, pg. 89)
1861 &
1862 Directories: Owen Hughes, dealer in hides and tallow
The 1863 directory lists
him at the southwest corner of 33rd and Race streets (3300 Race
St.).
1870:
Abram Detweiler* 43 Flour merchant; real estate valued at $50,000, personal
property worth $20,000
Elizabeth
Detweiler 43 Personal property of $10,000
E.
Mary Detweiler 11 Daughter; born in Virginia
Cathy
(Katuro) Detweiler 8 Daughter;
born in Virginia
Mattie
Detweiler
6 Son; born in Virginia
Kate
Detweiler 4 Daughter,
born in Virginia
Mary
Sweeny 20 Born in
*
The first enumeration in 1870 lists him as Alexander.
(ED77,
27; 2nd Enum. p 23)
The
1866 Directory lists him as “Detweiler, Abram H., com[mercial] mer[chant], 218
N. Broad, h 229 N 11th.
During
the Civil War, Abram Detweiler (born 1827) was a private in Co. C. of the 175
Pennsylvania Infantry. He served from
Oct., 1862 to Aug., 1863. (In the 1890
Census Veterans Schedules, he is listed as living in Spring City, Chester Co.,
Pa.)
1880:
Anna
M. Hall 40 Widowed (or divorced)
Edwin
Hall 11 Son
William
F. Hall 9 Son
Clarence
Hall 6 Son
(ED 483 P 29)
Anna was the widow of Edwin Hall,
Senior, who would have been 50 years old. In 1870, they lived at
1883: Dudley
Chase is listed in the List of Clergy for the
1887
Directory: Mary [Sellers] Bancroft, widow of Edward
In 1870,
she was age 50 and already widowed. She was
living at 3300 Baring St. In 1880,
she lived at 125 N. 33rd
St. with her daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth and Stephen Parrish, (ages
27 and 29) and their son, Frederick [Maxfield] (age
9).
For an introduction to the Sellers family, see the Powelton
Post, March, 2009.
1895
City Directory (compiled in Fall, 1894): Mary
Bancroft, widow of Edward.
Mary
Sellers Bancroft died Dec. 15, 1894.
1899: Louis
P. Hamilton is listed in the Journal of
Am. Chem. Soc. as "proposed for membership"
1898 Blue Book: William W. Allen
1900:
Matilda
Ward 60
William
W. Allen 64 Boarder; an insurance agent
Annie E. Allen 63 Boarder;
married for 16 years: one child.
Allan F. Fuller 50 Boarder;
never married; Superintendent, Water Bureau
Sarah
E. Jones 49 Boarder; never married; school teacher
Margaret
Bryant 5 Black, born in
(ED 1465 P 130)
By
1906, William Allen had moved next door to 3419
Hamilton St.
1910:
Irvin
Shupp 59
“Own income”
Susan
M. Shupp 62
They had
4 children, 3 surviving
Mary
A. Shupp 24 Daughter
Dorothy
L. Shupp 17 Daughter
Ernestine
Hunter 25 Servant; black; born in
(ED 488 Pp. 4b-5a)
In 1880 they lived on
The 1881 Directory lists “Shupp
Irvin (Charles Shupp & Co.) h Woodside.” The company is listed as
selling china at 837 Market.
1913, Philadelphia
Inquirer:
“Medical Monopoly Coming, Says Woman.
“Osteopathic Physician Declares That
Legislation Tends to Aid One School of Medicine.
“Declaring that the prime object of the
American Medical Association is a medical Monopoly with a National Department
of Health and the representative in the President's Cabinet, Dr. Minerva
Harrington, of 3417 Hamilton street, and graduate of
Johns Hopkins University, addressed the students of the Philadelphia College of
Osteopathy last night.
“As a member of the State Committee of the
National League for Medical Freedom, an organization with 200,000 members in
the country, Dr. Harrington expressed the views of the league as strongly
opposed to compulsory medical laws, in that they benefited certain mode of medical
practice to the exclusion of all others.
“’
The league seeks through publicity to unmask any legislation that endeavors to
put into power one system of healing and by the use of government money,
prestige and machinery to enforce its theories and opinions upon citizens who
believe in other forms of healing.
“’ The American Medical Association is the
official organ of the regular school of physicians. At one time it was
ultra-exclusive. Now it has a large membership and has perfected an organization
among State and county medical societies for the purpose of attaining political
influence. It aspires to establish and control a National Department of Health.
Its first step along this line was the quarantining of contagious diseases; the
second was compulsory vaccination.
“’ The whole trend of compulsory medicine
as administered at present shows that presently we shall be forced to submit,
whether we believe or not, to administration of serum which now happens to be a
fad. In the army and navy compulsory vaccination and inoculation with
anti-typhoid serum are both in vogue.’”
(Phila.
Inquirer, Jan. 25,
1913)
1919-1920: Penn
catalogue lists Glenn Orren Smith as a student. He was from
1920:
Helen
C. Reherd 37 Widowed
Helen A. Reherd 26 Daughter;
Telephone operator
Vernon L. Ward 25 Lodger;
born in
Irma K. Ward 24 Lodger;
born in
Margaret Mc Aneney 41 Lodger;
stenographer in a department store; born in
Nellie Mc Aneney 38 Lodger;
stenographer in a department store; born in
Florence Garmany 40 Lodger;
a trained nurse for a family
(ED 682 Pg. 1a)
1918, July 9: W. Austin Obdyke was appointed
trustee for estate of Robert Steen by order of
1920, Dec. 30: Property sold to Helen C. Reherd.
1930:
Helen
C. Reherd 47
Henry
E. Jefferson 77 Lodger; never married
(ED
396 Pg 2a)
1940 Directory: Mrs. Helen C. Rehard.
1948: Sold
by Helen C. Reherd Hickey and J. Garrett Hickey to Arthur J. Martin for $6,000.
1950 Directory: A.J.
Martin
M. Rommel on third floor
1955, Aug 24: Sold to Robert T. Scotland for $11,200. Listed on deed as three apartments.
1967, Oct. 5: Sold by Robert T. Scotland and Lorna M. Scotland to Maurice
Stewart Cameron and Sabra H. Cameron
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