Browse Items (477 total)
- Collection: Members
Kelley, Edward
Description:
Edward Kelley was a master builder of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1848. Kelley served as a Warden of the Carpenters' Company from 1860-1862 and on the Library Committee from 1870-1872. He also served on the Managing Committee…
Member number:
357
Date elected:
1/1/1848
Balderston, Mark
Description:
Mark Balderston was the brother of architect Charles Balderston. He was associated with several building enterprises, including Balderston & Albertson, Mark Balderston & Co., and Balderston & Hutton. Balderston joined the Carpenters…
Member number:
358
Date elected:
1/1/1849
Wilson, William F.
Description:
William F. Wilson was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1849. He resided at 14 Budd street in 1830 and moved to 35 Commerce street prior to 1840. He was a Warden of the Carpenters' Company in 1852-1853.Biography…
Member number:
359
Date elected:
1/1/1849
Shuster, Thomas F.
Description:
Thomas F. Shuster was a master builder of Philadelphia in the 1800s. Born in 1816, he was elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1849, twelve years after his older brother, Henry Shuster. Little is known of his professional work but he served as an…
Member number:
360
Date elected:
1/1/1850
Steel, James G.
Member number:
361
Date elected:
1/1/1850
Stokes, Levi B.
Description:
Levi B. Stokes was a master builder of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company of the same city in 1851. He resided at 497 Vine Street in 1850. Written by Tom Stokes.Biography from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings site, a project of…
Member number:
362
Date elected:
1/1/1851
Shoemaker, Charles M.
Description:
Charles M. Shoemaker was a master builder working in Philadelphia around the middle of the 19th century. Likely the grandson of Thomas Shoemaker, an earlier master builder and President of the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia, Charles Shoemaker…
Member number:
366*
Date elected:
1/1/1851
Eyre, William
Description:
Master carpenter and architect William Eyre appears in the Philadelphia city directories from 1829 to 1884. In 1833-35 and 1868 he is formally noted as an architect. He was also a member of The Carpenters' Company, having attained membership in 1851…
Member number:
364
Birth date:
1/1/1804
Date elected:
1/1/1851
Hays, Robert
Description:
Robert Hays was a master builder of Philadelphia during the mid 1800s and was elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1851. There is scant information on Hays in the Company records besides that his wife was named Mary. Hays first lived…
Member number:
365
Date elected:
1/1/1851
McArthur, John
Description:
Uncle to the more famous John McArthur, Jr., John McArthur was a master builder in Philadelphia. According to the sparse biographical information found, he was born in Oban, Scotland, and emigrated to the United States when he was 30 years old. His…
Member number:
363*
Date elected:
1/1/1851
McIntyre, Charles
Description:
A master builder and member of the Carpenters' Company, Charles McIntyre a builder in the mid 19th century. Little else is known about him other than his work address of 18 Gray's Alley and his home address of 160 South Front Street listed in the…
Member number:
367
Date elected:
1/1/1852
Rubincam, Jonathan
Description:
Jonathan Rubincam was a master builder of Philadelphia during the 19th century. Born in 1781, he was elected to the Carpenters' Company late in life in 1852. In 1850, Rubicam lived on Wallace street below 11th street and by 1854, he moved to 325 Wood…
Member number:
368
Date elected:
1/1/1852
Chandlee, George
Description:
Born in 1801, George Chandlee was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1852. Like many other Carpenter Company members, Chandlee was a member of the Religious Society of Friends. According to Quaker records, Chandlee's family had a…
Member number:
369
Date elected:
1/1/1852
Killgore, John
Member number:
370
Date elected:
1/17/1853
Jones, Jacob
Description:
Jacob Jones was a builder of the mid-19th century in Philadelphia. His known building projects were located in the Kensington neighborhood where he resided. The City Directory of 1850 lists Jones at 156 Queen street. He was elected to the Carpenters'…
Member number:
371
Date elected:
1/17/1853
Brown, George
Description:
George Brown was a master builder of Philadelphia around the middle of the 19th century. Brown built multiple "marble front" residences in the Logan Square neighborhood during the 1850s. He also probably built the Smythe building at 101-105 Arch…
Member number:
374
Date elected:
7/18/1853
Allison, Walter
Description:
Walter Allison was a master builder of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1853. Allison was partnered with George Brown, another member of the Carpenters' Company elected in 1853. Allison worked with Brown on the now demolished Smythe…
Member number:
375
Date elected:
7/18/1853
Jones, John D.
Description:
John D. Jones was a carpenter and contractor who attempted and failed to make the transition to professional architect. He entered the Preston Retreat competition, c.1837, (won by Thomas Ustick Walter) and in 1838 prepared a rendered elevation of a…
Member number:
376
Date elected:
8/10/1853
Phillippi, Henry
Member number:
378
Date elected:
4/25/1854
Kramer, Philip
Description:
Phillip Kramer was a house carpenter in Philadelphia born in the year 1805. Kramer found enough success as a house carpenter for induction into the Carpenters' Company in 1854. He served the Company dutifully as a Warden from 1864-1866, on the…
Member number:
379
Date elected:
7/26/1854
Snow, Edward Knight
Member number:
380
Birth date:
2/24/1816
Date elected:
7/26/1854
Moore, J. Louis
Member number:
381
Date elected:
1/15/1855
Hancock, Joseph M.
Member number:
382
Date elected:
7/25/1855
Denegre, Joseph
Member number:
383
Date elected:
1/1/1856
Ellis, Nathan W.
Member number:
384
Date elected:
7/29/1857
Lott, Thomas C.
Member number:
385
Birth date:
1/1/1810
Date elected:
4/15/1859
Marsh, Thomas
Member number:
386
Date elected:
1/21/1861
Miller, Edward T.
Member number:
387a
Date elected:
7/30/1862
Bye, Samuel K.
Member number:
390
Date elected:
10/17/1864
Betts, John Brooks
Member number:
391*
Birth date:
5/12/1836
Date elected:
10/18/1864
Cramer, David
Member number:
392
Date elected:
10/18/1864
Cramer, William H.
Member number:
393
Date elected:
10/18/1864
Bard, Allen
Member number:
395
Date elected:
4/26/1865
Ketcham, Benjamin
Member number:
398
Date elected:
10/16/1865
Hopkins, Samuel K.
Member number:
399
Date elected:
1/15/1866
Cooper, Joseph B.
Member number:
400
Date elected:
7/16/1866
Yarnall, Hibberd
Member number:
401
Birth date:
2/15/1830
Date elected:
7/16/1866
Little, Thomas
Member number:
402
Date elected:
10/15/1866
Crump, John
Member number:
403
Birth date:
2/6/1827
Date elected:
10/15/1866
Muller, Charles C.
Member number:
404
Date elected:
1/23/1867
Furman, Samuel Ellis
Member number:
405
Date elected:
1/21/1867
Furman, William Henry
Member number:
406
Date elected:
1/21/1867
Marriner, Samuel R.
Member number:
407
Birth date:
1/1/1823
Date elected:
4/15/1867
Buckingham, James
Member number:
408
Date elected:
4/15/1867
Keeney, Theodore M.
Member number:
409
Date elected:
11/6/1867
Albertson, Samuel M.
Member number:
410
Date elected:
10/21/1868
Davis, Thomas
Member number:
411
Date elected:
10/28/1868
Sharp, Richard
Member number:
412
Date elected:
11/4/1868
Rush, Stephen P.
Member number:
413
Date elected:
1/1/1869
Bradin, Oliver
Member number:
414
Date elected:
1/1/1869