DVOC Main Page > History > Founders of the DVOC > William Lloyd Baily

Facts about William Lloyd Baily

• Personal Life
  • Born December 26, 1862 (from various sources) (DVOC obituary lists it as 1861, headstone lists it as 1861)
    • Father - Joshua L Baily
    • Mother - Theodate Lang
    • Third of 5 children
    • Father was a textile/dry goods merchant doing business as Joshua L Baily & Company. There is a textile company by that name today in the New York City area.
      • 
  • Student at Haverford College
    • Entered Sophomore Class 1880
    • President, Cricket Club. Won following prizes in cricket: First Prize for Bowling, 1883; First Prize for Fielding, 1883; First Prize for Highest Score (56), 1883.
    • Permanent Class Secretary
    • Graduated 1883
  • Student, Academy of Fine Arts, 1886
  • Studied Architecture in Europe, 1889
  • Applied for a passport on January 19, 1889. Passport application describes him as - Stature 5' 7 1/2", Forehead: High, Eyes: Brown, Nose: Straight, Mouth: Medium, Chin: Round, Hair: Dark Brown, Complexion, Fair, Face: Oval
  • Was married on April 27, 1893 to Sarah S. Boyd in Delaware County, PA
    • Son - William L, Jr born 1895
      • In 1942 he registered for the draft and was employed by Joshua L. Baily and Company, 40 Worth Street, N.Y.C.
    • Son - Livingston B. born 1899
    • Daughter - Sara B. born 1903
  • Retired in 1930
  • On March 18. 1937 he arrived back in New York City from England aboard the "Georgic"
  • Died April 6, 1947 at his home in Haverford, Pa

• Professional Life
• Worked as a draughtsman at Cope and Stewardson (see map)
• Professor of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 1889-90
• Worked at Wilson Brothers and Company in 1899

• Partner at Baily & Truscott with Arthur Truscott (1890-1904)
  • Offices at 138 South 4th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. (see map) and later at 421 Chestnut St., Philadelphia PA
    • 
    • 
  • Involved with many significant projects including
    • The Beasley Building at 1125-31 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (see map)
    • Residence at 527 Montgomery Avenue, Haverford PA 19041 (see map)
    • In 1895 hired by Cyrus K. Curtis to design a new residence in Cheltenham Township which was named "Lyndon". The "Music Room" was built in 1903 and is still in use as "Curtis Hall" on the grounds of Curtis Arboretum, Wyncote, Pa
• Partner at Baily & Bassett - with George Grier Bassett (1889-1930)
  • Offices at 421 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. (see map)
  • Involved with many significant projects including
    • Several buildings on the campus of Haverford College
      • an infirmary in 1912
      • the Science (Sharpless) Hall in 1917
      • Chemical Building
      • Library Extensions and Stack Room
    • BETTWS-Y-COED at Bryn Mawr College in 1913
• In 1900 he received a government appointment as Inspector of Birds and Mammals at the Port of Philadelphia.
• One of the earliest in America (1895) to take photographs of birds in their "natural haunts"
• Lecturer on Ornithology in schools, colleges, etc., in eastern states
• Red Cross and Liberty Loan Worker, 1917-18

Memberships / Organizations

• • Merion Cricket Club
  • American Institute of Architects
  • Pennsylvania State Association of Architects
  • T-Square Club of Philadelphia
  • Academy of Natural Science
  • American Ornithological Union
  • Pennsylvania Audubon Society, Treasurer
  • Whittier Centre, Board of Managers
• In the last two years of his life he compiled a list of 207 species recorded at Haverford College since the time of his graduation.
• Click Here for the obituary of William Lloyd Baily as published in Cassina Volume XXXVII (1949)
• Click Here for a biography of William Lloyd Baily on the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings website

Interesting Links

Click Here for the Origins of the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club by William Lloyd Baily

Click Here for William Loyd Baily, Sr by William Lloyd Baily that appeared in Cassinia XXIII (1919). William Loyd Baily, Sr. was William Lloyd Baily's uncle

Click Here for a letter from William Lloyd Baily to J. Fletcher Street dated 1/20/1940 in which he speaks of the origins of DVOC

Pictures

20th Anniversary Souvenir Brochure Part 1, Part 2 DVOC Day at Catoxin 1900 DVOC Outing to Grover's Mill 1901 An Ornithological Marathon February 22, 1909	From the DVOC's 20th Anniversary Souvenir Brochure
From the DVOC's 20th Anniversary Souvenir Brochure	From the DVOC's 20th Anniversary Souvenir Brochure

Interesting Specimens Collected by William Lloyd Baily
(There are 91 specimens collected by Baily in the collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA)

Residences

• 1n 1860, two years before the birth of William Lloyd Baily, the family was living in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA
• Unable to locate the family in the 1870 US census
• In the 1880 US census William Lloyd Baily, age 18, was listed with his parents and other family members at 1624 Arch Street in Philadelphia. William was listed as being "at school".
• In the 1886 Philadelphia City Directory Wiliam Lloyd Baily is listed as living at 1624 Arch Street in Philadelphia.
• In the 1887 Philadelphia City Directory Wiliam Lloyd Baily is listed as living at 1624 Arch Street in Philadelphia.
• In the 1888 Philadelphia City Directory Wiliam Lloyd Baily is listed as living at 1624 Arch Street in Philadelphia.
• In the 1889 Philadelphia City Directory Wiliam Lloyd Baily is listed as living at 1624 Arch Street in Philadelphia.
• In the 1892 Philadelphia City Directory Wiliam Lloyd Baily is listed as living at 1624 Arch Street in Philadelphia.
• In the 1894 Philadelphia City Directory Wiliam Lloyd Baily is listed as living at 1624 Arch Street in Philadelphia.
• 1n the 1900 US census we find Wiliam Lloyd Baily, age 38, living with his father (widowed) on Lancaster Avenue (no specific address), in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA. With William is his wife, two sons. There is also a waitress, a nurse, a cook, and a gardener living at the address.
• In the 1904 Philadelphia City Directory Wiliam Lloyd Baily is listed as living in Ardmore, PA
• In the 1910 US census we find Wiliam Lloyd Baily, age 48, living with his father (widowed) on Lancaster Avenue (no specific address), in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA. With William is his wife, two sons and a daughter. There is also three servants, a nurse and a coachman living at the address.
• In the 1920 US census the William Lloyd Baily family (William, his wife, their three children, and four servants) were living on East Lancaster Avenue in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County PA. The house number "220" is crossed out and the added entry is probably "Frm" (farm). Based on entries on the same page the residence was probably near the intersection with South Church Road.
• In the 1930 US census the William Lloyd Baily family (William, his wife, one child) were living on Lancaster Ave in Lower Merion Township. No street address is listed. Based on entries on the same page the residence was probably near the intersection with Wynnewood Road.
• In 1937, on a ship's passenger list, William Lloyd Baily is listed as residing at 220 East Lancaster Ave, Ardmore PA
  • 
    
• In the 1940 US Census the Wm. L Baily family (William and his wife) were living on Lancaster Avenue in Haverford, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA. Unable to determine street address from listing.

1926 Map of Wynnewood, Montgomery County, showing the estate of William L. Baily -" Langmere". The estate is long gone but it was located along Lancaster Avenue US Route 30 just south of the intersection with Church Road. (see map)
The top of this map is oriented to ENE and not to North as is common.

Final Resting Place

William Lloyd Baily is buried in section C142 of the South-Western Friends Meeting Cemetery, 236 Powell Lane, Upper Darby, PA 19082
Click Here for detail of cemetery.