Timeline for 2100 Block of Arch Street from 1804-1874
From left to right: 2116, 2118, 2120 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA.
Watercolor by Taylor (1861). Image courtesy Winterthur Museum.
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| Date | Owner | Building/Lot/Event | Source |
1804
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Grantor: Michael Weaver Grantee: Thomas Betts
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September 5: Sale of lot (2116 Arch Street) |
Deed book: MR16 p. 335
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| 1812 |
Grantor: James Bowness (deceased) Grantee: Hester Wells (by descent) |
March 12: Transfer of Lot (2120 Arch Street)
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Transfer sheet for lot 1N12183
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1823
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Grantee: Estate of William Powell Grantee: Samuel Walker
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June 11, 1823: Sale of 30 feet by 102 feet (2118 Arch Street) |
Deed book IH8 p.50 |
1824
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Grantor: Samuel Walker Grantee: Ann Harper
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Samuel Walker dies in testate. In March 1825, Orphans Court grants daughter, Ann Harper, "lots of ground, frame houses, and kitchens thereon.” (2118 Arch Street)
| Deed book ACH101 p. 37
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1859
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2100 block of Filbert Street is lined with 3 story masonry dwellings—real estate development line ends right behind lots of homes on Arch Street |
Hexamer and Locher Atlas 1860, Volume 2
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| 1861 | Watercolor sketch by Taylor of three unidentified homes. | Winterthur |
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| 1863 | March 24, 1863: Sketch by David Johnston Kennedy | Castner Collection Vol. 1 p. 9 . The Library Company of Philadelphia. | |
1863
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Grantor: ThomasBetts Grantee: Samuel Bunting Jr
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April 14: Sale of lot of ground 15 feet by 102 feet and frame messuage. (2116 Arch Street)
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Deed book ACH.119 p. 419
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1863
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Grantor: Ann Harper Grantee: Samuel Bunting Junior
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April 25: Sale of lot 30 feet by 102 feet (2118 Arch Street)
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Deed book ACH101 p. 37
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1863
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Grantor: Samuel Bunting Jr. Grantee: Peter B. Levering
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November 26: Sale of 20-foot. Lot. Assembled from lots purchased bySamuel Bunting; 8-foot western portion of 20 foot lot from Ann Harper on April 25 1863. ( ACH 101.312) 12-foot eastern portion of lot from Thomas Betts on June 5, 1863. (Deed book ACH.119 p. 419) (Combines portions of 2116 and 2118 Arch Street) |
Deed book ACH115 p. 535
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| 1865 | Grantor: Peter B. Levering, House Carpenter and Christine, his wife Grantee: Deborah Kessler
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December 8: Sold 4 story brick messuage or tenement 180 feet westward from the west side of 21st street, 20 feet long on Arch, 120 feet deep. On South bounded by land of estate of James Gibbons, on East by ground recently purchased by P Levering from Samuel Bunting, on the west by remaining ground owned by Bunting. Noted as same piece of land which Bunting granted to Levering on November 26, 1863 (Combines 2116 and 2118 Market Streets)
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Deed book LRB105 p.63
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| 1865
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Grantor: Deborah Kressler Grantee: Samuel Bunting, Jr. |
Decmber 12: For $1 sale of brick messuage or tenement on South side of Arch Street (now 2118 Arch Street)
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Deed book: LRB 105 p. 66
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1866
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Grantor: Samuel Bunting Jr. Grantee: J. Percy Robinett |
March 23: Sale of 4-story brick dwelling (2118 Street)
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Transfer Sheet for lot 1N1240
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1866
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Grantor: Samuel Bunting Grantee: Raymond T. Maull |
Dec. 15: Sale of lot and brick dwelling (now 2116 Arch Street)
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Transfer Sheet for lot 1N12187
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1868
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Grantor: John Wells Grantee: William H. Abbot et. al. |
July 13: Sale of lot (2120 Arch Street) |
Transfer Sheet for lot 1N12183
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1868
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Grantor: W.H. Abbott and T. Shipley Grantee: John Carson |
October 12:Sale of lot and frame dwelling (2120 Arch Street) |
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1869
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Grantor: John Carson Grantee: William McGeorge
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August 28: Sale of lot and brick dwelling (2120 Arch Street)
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Transfer Sheet for lot 1N12183
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| 1874 | Houses are gone; replaced by brick dwellings; building distribution and footprints have changed. | G.H. Jones & Company Map of Philadelphia, Vol. 3, 1875. |