gtp in pa, 1880-86

The Architecture of George T. Pearson, part I

Works in PA, 1880-86

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LOCATION DATE TYPE/CLIENT ADDRESS/EXT? CITES NOTES

Philadelphia, Germantown 1880 Unitarian Church, Parish house
Greene & Chelten

dem.
M. J. Lewis reports: minutes of the board of trustees (in the current church), May 3, 1880, p. 64. Furness's exterior was described as "objectionable." Bd turned to that of GTP. one of two GTPs taken as FFs

Philadelphia, Germantown 1880-81 rectory for St. Michael's PE Church
244 East High St.

ext.

eye

GTP?
Hotchkin, AMG, 1889, p. 155: "a lot adjoining the church lot was secured by the vestry and an attractive and comfortable rectory built thereon during 1880-1, and occupied by the present rector since April 1881."

Philadelphia, Germantown c. 1881-83
dwelling, "Red Gate" for Frederick J. Kimball

(1844-1903)
pres of NWRR from 1886-95

3201 West School House Lane

alt.

Wells & Hope portfolio. c. 1889

PRERBG 05/02/1887

Building, 10/08/1887
referenced, depicted in Apr. 1884 in Lippincott's Mag., ergo, designed
betw 1881 land purchase and 1883.

Philadelphia, Germantown c. 1881-82?
dwelling for Mrs. Selena Willing

1885 atlas: Mrs. S. W. Willing

51 East Penn St.

ext.
Building, 8 Oct. 1887.
owner mentions that it was in Blue Book for 1882

1885 CD: Selena widow Charles, 10 E Penn

Philadelphia, Germantown alts., early 1880s? alts. for F. S. Kimball 149 West Walnut Ln. eye, 'hood, patronage 1885-1906 atlases: F. S. Kimball = father of F. J. Kimball

Philadelphia, Germantown alts. c. 1881 alts. to dwelling for Elizabeth Pearsall Smith (1825-1914), dau of John J. Smith
45 East Penn St.

ext.
eye, assoc. w/ Willing
1885, 1906 atlas: EPS, present footprint.

photo in vestibule shows alts before Willing house built?

Philadelphia, Center City 1882 dwelling for J. Dundas Lippincott
507 South Broad St.

ext.
now Unity Mission

AABN 04/22/1882

AABN
06/17/1882

Philadelphia, Germantown alts. to two dwellings for Galloway C. Morris.
6200-6204 Morton, at NWC East Tulpehocken St. (double)

ext.

AABN 05/13/1882

dwelling alterations
$4000

?
trust this date?

Philadelphia, Germantown 1882 alts. alts to dwelling for Thomas S. Harvey
20 West Tulpehocken St.,

ext
AABN 05/13/1882, listed as res,
stone and brick, 40x74, on Tulpehocken St, $12,000 (but present house = addn to earlier Gothic cottage).
1900 census: Thomas S. Harvey, stockbroker, at 20 Tulpehocken

Pennsylvania, Fernwood 1882 cottage for William B. Bullock
630 Church Lane, corner of Redwood Av.

ext.
AABN 10/28/1882

Pennsylvania, Fernwood 1882 cottage for J. D. Mitchell
620 Church Lane, corner of Redwood Av.

alt.
AABN 10/28/1882

Philadelphia, Germantown 1883-84 Sunday School building for Market Square Presbyterian Church
5505-17 Germantown Ave., at Market Square

ext.
now Impacting Your World Christian Center
Gtn Tel: 19 Mar. 1884, reports on plans & specs, 52 x 86, $12-15K.

Philadelphia, Germantown 1883-84 office for Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Germantown
5521 Germantown Ave.

dem. 1959

Gtn Tel: 7 Nov. 1883, "soon to be erected," "Architect Pearson."

Building, 10/08/1887

Hotchkin AMG

King's Views, p. 54
"Style totally unlike anything we have in Gtn."

Philadelphia, Chestnut Hill 1883-84 dwelling for William H. Potter
Stenton & Gravers La,

dem.

Wells & Hope portfolio, c. 1889

Hotchkin, AMG.
insured June 1884.

Philadelphia,
Mt. Airy 1883-84 Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church
7111 Germantown Ave.

dem.
Hotchkin, AMG, p. 357 replaced by larger stone church

Philadelphia, Germantown c. 1883? dwelling
63xx McCallum St., SW corner of Duval (across from 6341)

ext.
eye

Bryn Mawr, PA 1884-86 dwelling, "Cartref," for President, Bryn Mawr College
229 North. Merion Ave.

ext.
E. T. Cooperman, "Bryn Mawr College Building Inventory," Feb. 2002 "Cartref"

Philadelphia, Germantown 1885
(t. c. plaque) dwelling 5344 Magnolia St. eye .

Philadelphia, Germantown c. 1885?
dwelling for Charles F. Gummey

1900 CD: lawyer

231 East High St.

ext.

drawings at GHS (10 sheets)

later BG, 04/10/1895, but eye

1899 Atlas: Eliz G. Gummey

1895 CD: JM Gummey & Sons real estate

1895 CD: h High n Morton (also there CFM Jr. & George S. Nearby: Mary h 122 High; Charles H h 200 High; Jas McF & Henry R h E Walnut La c Chew)

Philadelphia, Germantown c. 1885 ? cottage for William H. Scott
5329 Wayne Av.,
corner West Penn St.

ext.
eye, connection to doc'd client. larger Scott house on Schoolhouse Lane; this for relation?

Philadelphia, Germantown c. 1885
4957 McKean St., corner Clapier

ext. (barely)
eye

Philadelphia, Germantown c. 1885? dwelling for George T. Pearson?
5222 (5224?) Greene St.

ext.
eye
on 1885 atlas, C.Hacker; in 1889, Charles Hacker=approx 4666 Greene=GTP's addr in 1890.

1906 atlas: 5224 Greene= Gordon W. Kitchen

Philadelphia, Germantown c. 1885
dwelling for Edward J. Moore,
banker.

now Unitarian Universalist House
224 West Tulpehocken St. PHMC:db 1885-1902 [?]
1895 CD: Edward J. h 5015 Wayne

1899 atlas: EJM here

1900 CD: E J Moore & Co.

Philadelphia, Germantown 1885-86 dwelling for William H. Scott, of Allen, Lane & Scott, printers
168 Schoolhouse Lane, East corner Wayne [c. 5457 Wayne]

dem.

Wells & Hope portfolio. c. 1889;

Sheldon

Building, 10/08/1887 PRERBG 07/06/1910.

alts to 1910 by GTP

ill. in Germanopolis, 1908.

Ashbourne, PA c. 1885, GTP; major alts. 1891-92, GTP dwelling for J. B. Stetson
Old York Road, , west side, near Cheltenham Rd.

dem.

Wells & Hope portfolio,. c. 1889

Hotchkin, Old York
Rd.

see also alts., PRERBG 04/29/1891
(alterations and/or additions)

Ashbourne, PA c. 1885-86, major alts. dwelling for H. H. Roelofs
Old York Road, west side.

dem.

Wells & Hope portfolio, c. 1889:

Hotchkin, Old York Rd.
attrib to GTP (by appearance, and fact that he was
Stetson's son-in-law, JC)

Philadelphia,
Germantown c. 1885
<>
1889?
two dwellings for Edward Isaiah Hacker Howell (mechanical engineer)

1890 CD: h 4636 Germantown Av
1900 CD: h 5218 Germantown Av
1900 census: 5218

5215-17 Greene St.

ext.
(old nos. 46xx-4659 Greene.)

signed blueprints at HSP

? PRERBG 06/11/1888 for Hocker, Charles
1885 atlas, 2 wooden buildings w/ diff footprints, site owned by Estate of Isaiah Hacker.
1889: footprint of 4, 2 for Charles Hacker, 1 for Eliz. Hacker, 1 for Rebecca Howell.
1899 atlas: N pair for Rebecca Howell, S pair for Chas. Hacker

1906 atlas: 4 hses w/ central lot and back lot owned by Chas Hacker.

Philadelphia, West 1885-86 Home of the Merciful Saviour
44th-45th & Baltimore

ext.

Westcott scrapbooks, 7:71, Aug. 1885.
B&D 06/1888

PRERBG
06/11/1888
"new building, connected by cloister to Home of Merciful Saviour for Crippled Children"
PRERBG 05/11/1892 (addtl bldg)

Ground is gift of Clarence H. Clark.

(Protestant Episcopal Church)
chapel datestone, 1886

Philadelphia, Germantown 1886-89 chapel for Wakefield Presbyterian Church
Germantown Av below Fisher’s La.

ext. (ch.), but parish buildings at rear deteriorating.

PRERBG
01/24/1887

B&D, 02/1887:
“[GTP] has under way a stone chapel for the Wakefield Presbyterian Church,, to cost $15,000;”

Trustees Minutes, Vol. 1, Presbyterian Hist. Soc.,
3 May 1886: Pearson drew up specifications,
9 April 1888: Report of Building committee states that Pearson drew up the plans
White & Scott book – the Wakefield Presbyterian Church was organized in May 1874 (Francis B. Reeves as ruling elder), a frame building put up in 1874, a “noble church edifice”[J. H. Windrim] erected in 1883, and a “second beautiful chapel” [GTP] completed in 1887.

Philadelphia, Germantown 1886 dwelling for Elizabeth Kay
227 E. High St.

ext
PRERBG 05/10/1886
1899 Atlas,: Eliz Kay

1900 census

Philadelphia, Germantown c. 1886-87
dwelling for William A. Church

treasurer, Penna. RR.

5335 Knox St., corner W. Penn St.

ext.

eye

per JMD:
Germantown Guide, 10 Sept 1887:
"STRIKING IMPROVEMENTS
The transformation of old dwellings has become a modern art, and the skill of a good mechanic does wonders. Recently the cottage of Mr. Church, at Knox and Penn streets, was suddenly converted into a magnificent resident, in fact a castle in its way, and so attractive and indicative of comfort within that it is an object of pleasure to every appreciative passer-by. George W. Baxter did the work for Mr. Church "
once owned by Phila mayor Robert E. Lamberton (1886-1941)

Philadelphia, Germantown 1886-87
dwelling for Calvin Pardee

(1841-1923)
coal.

239 West Walnut Ln.

ext.
2dy: GTP cited in bio by grandson: Foulke Calvin Pardee (1979)
son of Ario Pardee, founder of Hazleton, coal baron, built railroads to Phila

1890 CD: h Walnut Ln. n Greene
1900 CD: h 239 W Walnut Lane

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LOCATION	DATE	TYPE/CLIENT	ADDRESS/EXT?	CITES	NOTES
Philadelphia, Germantown	1880	Unitarian Church, Parish house	Greene & Chelten dem.	M. J. Lewis reports: minutes of the board of trustees (in the current church), May 3, 1880, p. 64. Furness's exterior was described as "objectionable." Bd turned to that of GTP.	one of two GTPs taken as FFs
Philadelphia, Germantown	1880-81	rectory for St. Michael's PE Church	244 East High St. ext.	eye GTP?	Hotchkin, AMG, 1889, p. 155: "a lot adjoining the church lot was secured by the vestry and an attractive and comfortable rectory built thereon during 1880-1, and occupied by the present rector since April 1881."
Philadelphia, Germantown	c. 1881-83	dwelling, "Red Gate" for Frederick J. Kimball (1844-1903) pres of NWRR from 1886-95	3201 West School House Lane alt.	Wells & Hope portfolio. c. 1889 PRERBG 05/02/1887 Building, 10/08/1887	referenced, depicted in Apr. 1884 in Lippincott's Mag., ergo, designed betw 1881 land purchase and 1883.
Philadelphia, Germantown	c. 1881-82?	dwelling for Mrs. Selena Willing 1885 atlas: Mrs. S. W. Willing	51 East Penn St. ext.	Building, 8 Oct. 1887.	owner mentions that it was in Blue Book for 1882 1885 CD: Selena widow Charles, 10 E Penn
Philadelphia, Germantown	alts., early 1880s?	alts. for F. S. Kimball	149 West Walnut Ln.	eye, 'hood, patronage	1885-1906 atlases: F. S. Kimball = father of F. J. Kimball
Philadelphia, Germantown	alts. c. 1881	alts. to dwelling for Elizabeth Pearsall Smith (1825-1914), dau of John J. Smith	45 East Penn St. ext.	eye, assoc. w/ Willing	1885, 1906 atlas: EPS, present footprint. photo in vestibule shows alts before Willing house built?
Philadelphia, Center City	1882	dwelling for J. Dundas Lippincott	507 South Broad St. ext. now Unity Mission	AABN 04/22/1882 AABN 06/17/1882
Philadelphia, Germantown		alts. to two dwellings for Galloway C. Morris.	6200-6204 Morton, at NWC East Tulpehocken St. (double) ext.	AABN 05/13/1882 dwelling alterations $4000 ?	trust this date?
Philadelphia, Germantown	1882 alts.	alts to dwelling for Thomas S. Harvey	20 West Tulpehocken St., ext	AABN 05/13/1882, listed as res, stone and brick, 40x74, on Tulpehocken St, $12,000 (but present house = addn to earlier Gothic cottage).	1900 census: Thomas S. Harvey, stockbroker, at 20 Tulpehocken
Pennsylvania, Fernwood	1882	cottage for William B. Bullock	630 Church Lane, corner of Redwood Av. ext.	AABN 10/28/1882
Pennsylvania, Fernwood	1882	cottage for J. D. Mitchell	620 Church Lane, corner of Redwood Av. alt.	AABN 10/28/1882
Philadelphia, Germantown	1883-84	Sunday School building for Market Square Presbyterian Church	5505-17 Germantown Ave., at Market Square ext. now Impacting Your World Christian Center	Gtn Tel: 19 Mar. 1884, reports on plans & specs, 52 x 86, $12-15K.
Philadelphia, Germantown	1883-84	office for Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Germantown	5521 Germantown Ave. dem. 1959	Gtn Tel: 7 Nov. 1883, "soon to be erected," "Architect Pearson." Building, 10/08/1887 Hotchkin AMG King's Views, p. 54	"Style totally unlike anything we have in Gtn."
Philadelphia, Chestnut Hill	1883-84	dwelling for William H. Potter	Stenton & Gravers La, dem.	Wells & Hope portfolio, c. 1889 Hotchkin, AMG.	insured June 1884.
Philadelphia, Mt. Airy	1883-84	Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church	7111 Germantown Ave. dem.	Hotchkin, AMG, p. 357	replaced by larger stone church
Philadelphia, Germantown	c. 1883?	dwelling	63xx McCallum St., SW corner of Duval (across from 6341) ext.	eye
Bryn Mawr, PA	1884-86	dwelling, "Cartref," for President, Bryn Mawr College	229 North. Merion Ave. ext.	E. T. Cooperman, "Bryn Mawr College Building Inventory," Feb. 2002	"Cartref"
Philadelphia, Germantown	1885 (t. c. plaque)	dwelling	5344 Magnolia St.	eye	.
Philadelphia, Germantown	c. 1885?	dwelling for Charles F. Gummey 1900 CD: lawyer	231 East High St. ext.	drawings at GHS (10 sheets) later BG, 04/10/1895, but eye	1899 Atlas: Eliz G. Gummey 1895 CD: JM Gummey & Sons real estate 1895 CD: h High n Morton (also there CFM Jr. & George S. Nearby: Mary h 122 High; Charles H h 200 High; Jas McF & Henry R h E Walnut La c Chew)
Philadelphia, Germantown	c. 1885	? cottage for William H. Scott	5329 Wayne Av., corner West Penn St. ext.	eye, connection to doc'd client.	larger Scott house on Schoolhouse Lane; this for relation?
Philadelphia, Germantown	c. 1885		4957 McKean St., corner Clapier ext. (barely)	eye
Philadelphia, Germantown	c. 1885?	dwelling for George T. Pearson?	5222 (5224?) Greene St. ext.	eye	on 1885 atlas, C.Hacker; in 1889, Charles Hacker=approx 4666 Greene=GTP's addr in 1890. 1906 atlas: 5224 Greene= Gordon W. Kitchen
Philadelphia, Germantown	c. 1885	dwelling for Edward J. Moore, banker. now Unitarian Universalist House	224 West Tulpehocken St.	PHMC:db 1885-1902 [?]	1895 CD: Edward J. h 5015 Wayne 1899 atlas: EJM here 1900 CD: E J Moore & Co.
Philadelphia, Germantown	1885-86	dwelling for William H. Scott, of Allen, Lane & Scott, printers	168 Schoolhouse Lane, East corner Wayne [c. 5457 Wayne] dem.	Wells & Hope portfolio. c. 1889; Sheldon Building, 10/08/1887 PRERBG 07/06/1910.	alts to 1910 by GTP ill. in Germanopolis, 1908.
Ashbourne, PA	c. 1885, GTP; major alts. 1891-92, GTP	dwelling for J. B. Stetson	Old York Road, , west side, near Cheltenham Rd. dem.	Wells & Hope portfolio,. c. 1889 Hotchkin, Old York Rd. see also alts., PRERBG 04/29/1891 (alterations and/or additions)
Ashbourne, PA	c. 1885-86, major alts.	dwelling for H. H. Roelofs	Old York Road, west side. dem.	Wells & Hope portfolio, c. 1889: Hotchkin, Old York Rd.	attrib to GTP (by appearance, and fact that he was Stetson's son-in-law, JC)
Philadelphia, Germantown	c. 1885 <> 1889?	two dwellings for Edward Isaiah Hacker Howell (mechanical engineer) 1890 CD: h 4636 Germantown Av 1900 CD: h 5218 Germantown Av 1900 census: 5218	5215-17 Greene St. ext. (old nos. 46xx-4659 Greene.)	signed blueprints at HSP ? PRERBG 06/11/1888 for Hocker, Charles 1885 atlas, 2 wooden buildings w/ diff footprints, site owned by Estate of Isaiah Hacker.	1889: footprint of 4, 2 for Charles Hacker, 1 for Eliz. Hacker, 1 for Rebecca Howell. 1899 atlas: N pair for Rebecca Howell, S pair for Chas. Hacker 1906 atlas: 4 hses w/ central lot and back lot owned by Chas Hacker.
Philadelphia, West	1885-86	Home of the Merciful Saviour	44th-45th & Baltimore ext.	Westcott scrapbooks, 7:71, Aug. 1885. B&D 06/1888 PRERBG 06/11/1888 "new building, connected by cloister to Home of Merciful Saviour for Crippled Children" PRERBG 05/11/1892 (addtl bldg)	Ground is gift of Clarence H. Clark. (Protestant Episcopal Church) chapel datestone, 1886
Philadelphia, Germantown	1886-89	chapel for Wakefield Presbyterian Church	Germantown Av below Fisher’s La. ext. (ch.), but parish buildings at rear deteriorating.	PRERBG 01/24/1887 B&D, 02/1887: “[GTP] has under way a stone chapel for the Wakefield Presbyterian Church,, to cost $15,000;” Trustees Minutes, Vol. 1, Presbyterian Hist. Soc., 3 May 1886: Pearson drew up specifications, 9 April 1888: Report of Building committee states that Pearson drew up the plans	White & Scott book – the Wakefield Presbyterian Church was organized in May 1874 (Francis B. Reeves as ruling elder), a frame building put up in 1874, a “noble church edifice”[J. H. Windrim] erected in 1883, and a “second beautiful chapel” [GTP] completed in 1887.
Philadelphia, Germantown	1886	dwelling for Elizabeth Kay	227 E. High St. ext	PRERBG 05/10/1886	1899 Atlas,: Eliz Kay 1900 census
Philadelphia, Germantown	c. 1886-87	dwelling for William A. Church treasurer, Penna. RR.	5335 Knox St., corner W. Penn St. ext.	eye per JMD: Germantown Guide, 10 Sept 1887: "STRIKING IMPROVEMENTS The transformation of old dwellings has become a modern art, and the skill of a good mechanic does wonders. Recently the cottage of Mr. Church, at Knox and Penn streets, was suddenly converted into a magnificent resident, in fact a castle in its way, and so attractive and indicative of comfort within that it is an object of pleasure to every appreciative passer-by. George W. Baxter did the work for Mr. Church "	once owned by Phila mayor Robert E. Lamberton (1886-1941)
Philadelphia, Germantown	1886-87	dwelling for Calvin Pardee (1841-1923) coal.	239 West Walnut Ln. ext.	2dy: GTP cited in bio by grandson: Foulke Calvin Pardee (1979)	son of Ario Pardee, founder of Hazleton, coal baron, built railroads to Phila 1890 CD: h Walnut Ln. n Greene 1900 CD: h 239 W Walnut Lane