The History of the Building
1863, January 14: 3716 & 3718 (along with 3704 & 3706)
were surveyed for insurance by The Philadelphia Contributionship for the
Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire.
They were owned by William P. Hamm.
(Detailed descriptions are available on-line from the Contributionship
archives.) He lived at 206 N. 35th
St.
3704-3718: “three-story
Italianate doubles, with bracketed flat overhanging roof, stuccoed; side
projecting bays (3706 shingled second floor addition, Circa 1920)…. 3716 -
Circa 1920 second-floor addition; porch altered.”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1871: Resurveyed
for insurance by The Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance of Houses
from Loss by Fire. It was owned by
Michael Riley.
1869-’72: A
deed transfer was recorded from John Shedwick to Elizabeth M. Pugh (Book 61, p.
244)
1870:
Elijah Pugh 69 Coal Dealer; personal property: $1,500
Eliza Pugh 69 Real
estate: $4,000
Charles E. Pugh 27 Pay master, Pa.
R.R.; personal: $3,000
Elijah Pugh 25 Coal
dealer; personal: $2,000
(ED 77, 115; 2nd
Enum.: 53)
In 1880, they lived at 3501
Baring St.
1880:
Albert Hancock 41 Bookkeeper
Josephine R. Hancock 35
Frank B. Hancock 8
Kate K. Hancock 5
Sallie A. Campbell 33 Sister-in-law; school teacher
Kate A. Rogers 20 Servant;
born in
(ED 489, 2)
1866
IRS: 33rd below
1881 Directory: Albert Hancock, bookkeeper
1890 Blue Book: Miss Sadie E. Billman.
1900:
Harry M League 27 Stenographer; father born in MD; renter
Minnie League 29 Married 2
years, one child
Mary R League 10 months
Ella Wardell 35 Servant
(ED 549, 1a)
In
1880, Harry lived at 3706
Hamilton. In 1920, they lived at 3726
Baring.
1900: Mrs. M. E. League. Presbyterian Hosp. (Cornell & Shober’s directory of trained
nurses.)
1906: Mary B. Niles. Member: (Handbook of
1915: John Young, Jr. age 4. He was sent out to buy curtain
poles, got sidetracked and wandered two miles from home with another four year
old boy. Story ends happily, children found by policeman and returned home-no
curtain poles. (for full story: Oswego
Semi-weekly Palladium, 3/30/1915 pg.2)
1917: John M. Young, Secretary of Parkway Building and Loan
Assoc. (Annual report of Commissioner of Banking, part 2.1918.)
1927 Directory: C. J. Flynn
2009: current owner: Katherine Thompson and Scott Thompson
purchase date: 5/2005