3417 Spring Garden Street

 

The History of the Building

 

“Two-and-one-half story Victorian half of double; first floor pent eave added and windows altered and infilled; altered mansard.”

(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the national register of Historic Places, 1985)

 

Previous Residents

 

1890 Dir: Hessenbruch Charles E., salesman

            In 1887, he was at 3631 Hamilton St.

 

1900:

Charles Hessenbrook  43        Hardware; born Sept 1856; father born in Germany, mother in Holland

Clara Hessenbrook      36        Married 17 years, 3 children

Bertha Hessenbrook    13

Edward Hessenbrook 11

Kate F. Feemey            33        Servant; born in N.Y., father in Ireland, mother in Canada

Lara Proback               25        Servant; born in Germany

 

1910:

Sophia C. Hessenbruch            46        Widowed, 4 children, 3 surviving; own income; parents born in Germany

Theophilus E. Hessenbruch     26        Mechanical engineer for railroad co.

Edward C. Hessenbruch          28        Salesman, of wholesale hardware

Bertha A. Hessenbruch            23

Katherine Connor                    38        Servant; born in Ireland (English)

            In 1920, Edward lived at 3312 Hamilton.

            The 1913 directory of Reading Pa. lists Theophilus E. Hessenbruch and his wife, Mary (Myers). They later settled in Swarthmore.

 

1904: Charles Hessenbruch; Member Bd. of Directors 24th section, (Annual Report of Board of Pubic Education, Pg 266)

 

1914, Jan. 2: Marriage license issued to Bertha A. Hessenbruch and Frank J. Duffy.

 

1923, May 15: Death of Sophia (Clarenback) Hessenbruch, age 59 of uterine cancer

 

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