3231 Spring Garden Street
History
of the Building
1902, July 22: Robert Hamilton purchased 3225-3233
Spring Garden St.
1902: “J. A. Bohem will build four houses and a
store and dwelling at the northeast corner of Thirty-third and Spring Garden
streets, for Robert Hamilton, to cost $29,000….” (Inquirer, July 29)
Jacob A. Bohem and his brother,
Anthony O. Bohem, were makers of metal cornices at 3059 N. 15th St.
In 1900, he was 30 years old, living with his wife and 3 young children at 7732
N. 25th St. His father was born in France and his mother in Ohio.
His wife, Elizabeth, was born in Ireland. The 1906 directory lists his business
as “elevators.” The 1910 census lists him as an architect.
3221-33:
“pairs of Pompeiian brick, North Italian Revival houses; second-story pressed
metal bay with shield; first-floor wood columned porches; dentilled, pressed
metal cornice; 3233 has first-floor shopfront with cast iron columns, and side
bays on 33rd Street facade.--- Contributing”
(Inventory
of Buildings in Powelton from
the application submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1906 Blue Book:
Rorer Jonathan T.
1906 Directory:
Rorer Jonathan T., professor
Jonathan T. Rorer, Jr. had a
master’s degree. In 1909, he purchased 333 N.
34th St. He and his wife, Mabel, lived there until at least
1960. In 1912, he taught at William Penn High school. Later, he was a math
teacher at Central High School.
1910: 3225-3233 were
not enumerated in this census
1913, July 1: Titles
for 3225-3231 all transferred to Louis Jones by Robert Hamilton
Note:
3233 had been sold separately in 1908.
1919, Aug. 19:
Purchased by John Newton and Minnie B. Webster after several other transfers of
3225-3233 as a block.
1920:
John N. Webster 56 Meat
salesman; owner with a mortgage; mother born in NJ
Minnie Webster 50 Born
in MD
Helen Webster 23 Typist
for a magazine
Harold J.
Webster 21 Commercial salesman
_2nd
Hh.
Howard Schantz 28 Machinist
for ship [building?]
Meta Schantz 24
In
1910, the Webster family lived at 2324 N. Van Pelt St. Minnie reported 3
children, one deceased. They married about 1893.
1924, Jan. 8: Death of John N. Webster, 61 years
old, of 3231 Spring Garden St. He was a butcher.
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Added 7/11/2022