110 East Park Road & 112 East Park Road
6 Bedrooms, 2.5 Bathrooms & Unknown Bedrooms & Bathrooms
Built around 1917
Inhabitants
| Names | Years |
|---|---|
| Dr. David Albert Bolard & Egberta Straina Stearns Bolard | at least 1918–1924 |
| Lieutenant John Herbert Rosen & Adalaide Young Clayton Rosen | fl. 1930–1931 |
| Claude Keller DuMars & Georgia Marie Thompson DuMars | fl. 1937–1940 |
| John Sidney Rossiter & Sylvia Katherine Firth Rossiter | fl. 1947–1950 |
| William L. Cornog & Ann Murphy Cornog | fl. 1975–1976 |
| Douglas S. Kline & Margaret T. Kline | 1984–1985 |
| Alan M. Zuckerman & Linda Dix Zuckerman | 1985–1989 |
| Domenic Falcone | 1989 |
| Stephen Giannascoli & Ronnie Giannascoli | 1989–2003 |
| Richard H. Huff & Valerie A. Huff | 2003–2012 |
History
A fairly unusual property, this is the only property I could find in Llanerch that has two houses on the same lot. The lots (originally 240 & 241) have been combined so that 112 East Park (a beautiful yellow Dutch Colonial is considered an integral part to 110 East Park Road).
The home was built around 1917, but definitely after 1913, as the plots on the 1913 atlas are empty where the homes should have been. The first family to live in the home was the Bolard-Stearns family, at least as early as 1919 according to the death certificate of 10-year-old Sylvester Albert Stearns, who died of Pneumonia. Similarly, Sylvester's uncle, David Bolard, listed his residence as 110 Park for his 1918 WWI draft card.
1920 census: Physician David is living with his family.
| Name | Age | Relation to Head of Household |
|---|---|---|
| David Bolard | 32 | Head |
| Egberta Bolard | 26 | Wife |
| John Bolard | 64 | Father |
| Regina C. Stearns | 45 | Mother-in-law |
In 1922, the Bolards were the victims of grand theft auto when their car was stolen in West Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Inquirer, February 12th, 1922, page 15
Egberta died in 1924 of peritonitis, and the home went up for sale in 1924.
1930 census: Car salesman John is living with his family & Marylander maid of African-American descent.
| Name | Age | Relation to Head of Household |
|---|---|---|
| John H. Rosen | 40 | Head |
| Adalaide C. Rosen | 32 | Wife |
| John C. Rosen | 7 | Son |
| Mary A. Rosen | 5 | Daughter |
| Olga M. Rosen | 42 | Sister |
| Madalene Boardley | 25 | Servant |
John died in 1931, and his death certificate does not list a known cause of death ("inquest pending"), and the family presumably moved not too long after. The DuMars family, headed by Claude, a higher-up at the Firestone Rubber Company, moved in as early as 1937 following the departure of the Rosens.
1940 census: Executive Claude is living with his family.
| Name | Age | Relation to Head of Household |
|---|---|---|
| Claude K. DuMars | 47 | Head |
| Marie DuMars | 47 | Wife |
| Robert DuMars | 14 | Son |
| Kathryn Thompson | 76 | Mother-in-law |
1950 census: Publication salesman John is living with his family
| Name | Age | Relation to Head of Household |
|---|---|---|
| John S. Rossiter | 32 | Head |
| Sylvia Rossiter | 28 | Wife |
| John S. Rossiter | 3 | Son |
| David Rossiter | b. April | Son |
The Cornog family lived there at least between 1975 and 1976, including Ann Cornog (née Murphy), a former minor Broadway actress who played Sue in the now-forgotten 1948 musical "The Young and the Fair", authored by N. Richard Nash, who also wrote Rainmaker.
Philadelphia Inquirer, January 21st, 1975, page 20
The home was sold in 1984 to the Klines for $1070,000, and in 1985, the home went on sale again, and was sold by then-owner Douglas Kline to Alan Zuckerman for $117,000. In 1989, the Zuckermans sold to The Falcones for $135,000, and the home went on sale again in 1989, sold by Domenic Falcone to Giannascolli family for $220,000. The Giannascollis sold in 2003 for $435,000 to the Huffs, who then again sold the home in 2012 for $450,000.