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Historic Resource File c I I / / •; 4 PL4 C3MI S S 'I S0UTHTIARK Southwark, called Wiccaco by the Swedes who settled it, is the oldest part of Philadelphia. Originally an independent borough lying just below the southern boundary of the city proper, Southwark was named for its English counterpart which was similarly placed south of the City of London. Appropriately enough, this part of Philadelphia contains many of the City's oldest houses. On the west side of Front Street between South and Christian Streets, for example, thirty-eight houses have been certified as worthy of preservation by the Philadelphia Historical Commission, Of these, at least twenty-one were built before 1775, and several more before 1800. Similarly, in one block of Kenilworth Street-- that between Front and Second Streets---sixteen houses still standing were built by 1765. One of these, No. lO+ Kenilworth, waiJ owned and occupied in the 1750s by Samuel Harding, the master woodcarver whose handiwork graces the interior of Independence Hall. Another house on this same street, No. 110, was built by John Palmer, bricklayer, the builder of St. Paul's Church, 217 South Third Street. Among the most interesting of Southwark's architectural treasures are the little two-and-a-half story houses at the Pemberton Street entrance to Workman Place. The letters "G M" and the figures t11748t1 written with bricks in the gable walls facing Pemberton Street indicate the date of the buildings and their original owner, George Mifflin the grandfather of Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania, 1790-1799. The Place itself was named for a later owner, John Workman, lumber merchant, who purchased the property from the Mifflins and built the three houses on Front Street, Nos. 742, 744, and 746, in 181. Workman Place is now owned by the Octavia Hill Association. Throughout the eighteenth century, Philadelphia was the major seaport of the continental British colonies. Many of the mariners and sea captains whose ships carried local wares across the Atlantic and up and down the coast lived in Southwark. Southwark was also the home of the riggers, shipwrights, ropemakers, sailmakers, and watermen who kept the ships afloat and the goods moving. The first of the United States naval yards in Philadelphia was in Southwark, at the foot of Federal Street. Here were outfitted and repaired the great wooden frigates, among them the Constitution, that defended American commerce against French privateers, Barbary pirates and, during the War of 1812, against the British Navy. Incidentally, one of the naval heroes of that war, Captain Stephen Decatur, was a resident of Southwark. His house still stands at 609 South Front Street. Two more buildings deserve special mention. One is Bishop and Sparks' Shot Tower, built in 1808 and still to be seen at the northwest corner of Front and Carpenter Streets. The other, of course, is the lovely little church, Gloria Dci, at 929 South Water Street, built by the Swedish Lutheran congregation and dedicated to the glory of God in 1700. SOUTHWARK - 2 All of these houses are old, some have been altered to make them conform to a later fashion in domestic architecture, others have been mutilated in various ways, but the majority remain substantially as they were. Without doubt, the whole group constitutes a record of Philadelphia's growth which is of major importance to the City, and to the Nation. Margaret B. Tinkcom, Historian April 20, 1961 Philadelphia Historical Commission October 1964. Report The present plans for the Delaware Expressway between Lombard and Washington Avenue will destroy 157 certified buildings. Seventy-three of which were built before 1800. Most of the structures are typical example of plain dwellings occupied by the merchants, mariners and ship artisans in the 18th and early 19th century. A surprising number were still owned by their descendants well into the 20th century. PFA CHRISTIAN STREET, East of Front . North side 1832-1925 William Shriver (victueller) & descendants n.c. 1745-89 John Church (cooper) & descendanLJohn Church / (goldsmith) 1789-1834 Thomas Davis (wharf builder) descendants Ann John Breisford & Sarah Bickham & Thorns. Bickham 1834-96 Philip Cope (oak cooper) & descendants n.0 same as 23 to 1883, PC 5732 (1842) 1745-75 Thomas Stewart (or Steward) shipwright / 1775-89 Francis Tuze (coulker) 1789-1817 Thomas Davis (wharf builder) 1817-1852 John Breisford & heirs 1852-90 John Slusmon (rigger) & heirs 35 1801-19 Roger Crane (mariner) 1819-46 John Robinson (rigger) 37 1801-79 Christopher Myrtetus (taylor) & descendants, 2 stys (no record.-when raised to 3 stys, probably after 1837) 0 CHRISTIAN STREET, East of Front . South side 3/' 1763-.1817 Samuel Davis (carter) & heirs 1817-24 Samuel Barclay (hatter) 1824-60 William Kelley (Inn keeper) FA 8858 (1835) 18 1783 Aaron Middleton (waterman) 1783-1837 John Turner heirs& 1837-51 William Kelly (shipwright) & heirs, FA 8859 (1837) 20 1762-65 George Rose (baker) from Michael Sisk (plasterer) 1765-67 Hannah Jenkins 1767-1815 Mary Jenkins married Samuel Neave & their daughter Ann Married John Peters (plasterer) 1815-73 Oto Henry Jahraus (baker) PC 815 (1763 NEW) unfinished 1795-1828 Joseph Marsh Jr. (ship carpenter) & heirs 1828-30 Stephen Charles Negus (druggist) 1830-31 George Spangler (blacksmith) 1831-36 Stephen E. Fotterall (merchant) 1836-72 John L. Neill (ship carpenter) heirs .32 1765- Samuel Bowers Mellen 1765-981798-1840 George heirs Lawrence Myres (blacksmith) & heirs 1840-47 William Grant (block maker) MA 5750 (1812)) Rachel Myers, roof 1/3 worn (this must be a second roof) 3,Y 174982 Jonathan Paschall (moulteter) / 1782-1829 Alexander Brown (shipwright) heirs& 1829-1900 William Hines (ship carpenter) & heirs, PC 8713 (? n.d.) to Wm. Hines 171+9-82 Jonathan Paschall (manleter) 1782-90 Michael Boyer (yoeman) 1790-99 John Stills (merchant taylor) 1799-1806 William Williams (mariner) 1806-1+1 John Pierce (rope maker) 181+1-55 James Simpson (shipwright) 1781+ Jonathan Paschall 1784-96 Valentine Warr (yeoman) 1796-1828 Joseph Delavan 1828-68 John Graver Sarah Ray h/w 149/ 1784-96 Valentine Warr / 1796-97 Joseph Leroux (shop keeper) 1797-1800 Robert Christie (cordwainer) 1801-53 Francis Stewart (mariner) tEN STREET, East of Front North side 9 1762-87 Charles Woolfall (blacksmith) 1787-95 Joseph Huddell (lumber merchant) MA 2010 (1791) roof 1/2 worn 1795-1810 John Vanneman (mariner) Bela. County, Pa. n.c. 11 1762-68 Isaac Hall (bricklayer) 1768-75 Joseph Bolton (house carpenter) 1775-1866 Joseph Faning (shipwright) & descendants n.c. 1762-68 Josiah Jenkins (cooper) &c. /7 1787-1827 Matthias Penyard (cooper) & descendants, MA 1783-.(1794) Back bldg. new, front is not, one willow treet. iy 1765-66 Martin Vert (waterman) / 1766-92 Martin Ries (victualler) / 1792-1859 John Vincent (cordwainer) & descendants 1827-44 Joseph Money (corder) then John Tuft (mariner) )i (31) 177+-85 John Smith (gentleman then sawyer) / 1785-1802 John Duche (boat builder) 1802-14 Robt. McCall (mariner) 1824 Thos. Mercer (grocer) MA 4383 /(33) 1793- Walter Lyle (blacksmith) / 1802 John Elliott (gentleman) MA 3430 (1813) 3 1807 John Elliott (gentleman) MA 3431 (1813) C •QUEEN STREET, East of Front South side 2 1803-34 Capt. Simeon Toby (mariner) ç 1834-55 Thomas Shaw (wood corder) 1855-78 John Baptiste Taulane (tavern keeper) 1743-47 John Parham (carpenter) 2 sty frame 1747-64 Andrew Hannis (yeoman) 176+-76 Martin Pendergast 1776-94 John Plankenhorn (biscuit baker) 1794-1803 William Donaldson (mast maker) 1803-63 William Stewart (bricklayer) & descendants same as 14 until 1803 1803-39 Isabella Sheed, 2 sty frame 1839-1919 Catharine Otway & descendants 26/ 1790-1808 Warwick Coates (shipwright) & descendants 7/ 1808-1844 Daniel Schiliricks or Schillings or Shellings descendants 1841+1903 Adeline Berry & descendants 1755-1810 Joseph Bond (shipwright) PC 829 (1763 NEW) / 1810-1940 Israel Israel, Esq. & descendants 30, 1755-61 Joseph Bond / 1761-83 Thomas Casdrop (shipwright) 7 1788-90 Benj. Hutton (shipwright) 1790-1801 Warwick Coates (shipwright) to Israel Israel 1801-1940 Israel Israel & descendants r2 1763-67 James Reynolds (mast maker) / 1767-69 Michael Wolf (wternian) 1769-1836 Andrew Miller (merchant) 1836-48 Paul Beck Jr. to grandaughter, Margaret Eliz. Dupont (w/Alfred Dupont) 1848-1907 Christiahn Frederick Schulte (cabinet maker) /34 same as 32 until 1848 / 1848-56 James Moore (cordwainer) / 1856-1916 Thomas B. Sparks (ship carpenter) & descendants /6 1743-63 Andrew Hannis (yeoman) 1763-67 James Reynolds (mastmaker) 1767-69 Michael Wolfe (waterman) 7 1769-1836 Andrew Miller 1836-48 Paul Beck Jr. & descendants 1848-56 James Moore (cordwainer) 1856-1911 Thomas B. Sparks (ship carpenter) & descendants same as 36 to 1856 1856-1917 Richard Jennings (merchant) to Chas. Workman by will CARINE STREET, Eaist of Front North side 19,(-15) Jessie Williamson David& Flickwir (house carpenters) 1810-13 Capt. George Robinson (mariner) 1813 by descent to 1923, MA 4149 (1821) "neat - kitchen below", 1833 addition piazza & bath house 1810-13 Jessie Williamson David Flickwir (house carpenters) 1813-40 Capt. Samuel York (mariner) & descendants 1810-1923 David Flickwir (carpenter) & descendants 2/(2l) 1810-13 David Flickwir & Jessie Williamson (house / carpenters) 1813-39 Margaretta Jones (widow) & deadendants, MA 4172 (1821) 1790-1837 William Edwards (joiner) & descendants 1837-1899 Samuel Myrtetus (oak cooper) & descendants 29 1791-1832 Rickloff Albertson then William Edwards & descendants / 1832-1923 Walter Swope (carter) & descendants 31 1791-1830 Rickloff Albertson then William Edwards & descendants 1830-1879 Walter Swope (carter) & descendants 1879-1923 Wm. B. Room (stevedore) & descendants 143 1792-1810 Robert Moffett, 2 sty frame (rear) 1810-60 Alex Urguhart & descendants 1860-1902 Benjamin Swope (turner) & descendants 1792-1810 Robert Moffett (waterman) 2 sty frame 1810-60 Alexander Urgi.ihart (gentleman) & descendants 1860-1902 Benj. Swope (turner) & descendants 3 1858-64 John Welsh (awning maker) O 0 CATHARINE STREET, East of Front South side 1859-60 Rudolph K.
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