3619 Spring Garden Street
3611-3631 were
built on the former estate
of Charles Truitt.
1894, Oct. 18: Title for 3611-3631 Spring
Garden St. transferred to Benjamin D. Gardiner by Elizabeth T. Truitt
Gardiner paid $24,000 for the lot.
He then secured a mortgage for $60,500. (Inquirer, Oct. 20, 1894)
1895, Nov. 29: Title for 3613-3621 and 3627-3631
Spring Garden transferred to Frederick A. Poth by Benjamin D. Gardiner
“Frederick A. Poth, the brewer, has
purchased eight properties [3611-3631] on the north side of Spring Garden
street, from Benjamin D. Gardiner, for $55,250.” (Inquirer, Dec. 19, 1895)
At the same time, he also purchased 3625 Spring Garden St. from Gardiner.
3611-3631: “spectacular Willis Hale-style
Pompeiian brick row; symmetrical composition of. raised end and central gables,
with mansarded section on each side. Turned wood
posts support pediments that mark each pairs of doors; elongated keystone in
second story. handsome terra cotta panels and figures around alternate units.--- Significant.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
History of the Building
1898 Directory:
Kellner Gottlieb, editor, , 614 Chestnut St.
1898, May. 14: Death
of Dr. Gottlieb Kellner, 78 years old, of 3619 Spring Garden St.
The 1895 directory lists him at 610
N. 23rd St. His office was at 614 Chestnut St. His wife, Regina G. Kellner died
May 10, 1895. She was 74 years old.
"DEATH OF DR. KELLNER. The
Editor of the German Demokrat Passes Away. Dr.
Gottlieb Kellner, cheif editor of the Philadelphia Demokrat, who died suddenly last evening at his residence,
3619 Spring Garden street, was born in 1819 in Cassel, Germany. He graduated
from the Universities of Marburg and Heidelberg in 1845 and afterwards became
lecturer at the Universities of Gottingen. At the outbreak of the German
revolution in Germany in 1848 he returned to his native city and took and
active part in politics. He was one of the foremost agitators in the democratic
movement in Hessia (Germany) and editor of the famous
'Hornlisse,' a political paper which soon gained a
wide circulation in West Central Germany. This paper was finally surprised by
the Hessian Government and Dr. Kellner was tried and sentenced to lifelong
imprisonment. With the aid of his wife he made good his escape to Belgium and
from there to the United States.
"After a
short stay in New York he came to Philadelphia, where he met the late Dr. Ed
Morwitz and became chief editor of the Philadelphia Demokrat,
a position which he ever since held. Dr. Kellner was prominently connected with
almost every event of importance to the German-American
element, not only in this city, but also in a great part of the United States.
He was particularly active in founding many German clubs and societies and
developing the same.
"He
cooperated effectively with a number of prominent German-Americans in forming
historical and educational societies, who aims were to bring together the
foreign-born citizens and to make the better acquainted with and fond of
American institutions. He was president of the National Association of
German-American Journalists and also of the Lokal
Branch of that association. He was, furthermore, a prominent member of the Maennerchor, the Philadelphia Turngemeinde,
Deutche Geselischaft, and
many other societies." (Inquirer, May 16, 1898)
1900:
Elizabeth
Kellner 43 Parents born in Germany; owner [sic.]
Charlotte H.
Kellner 39 Sister; parents born in Germany
George A.
Kellner 48 Brother; clerk; widowed; born in Germany, immigrated in 1852,
naturalized citizen
Minnie A. Hofer 22 Servant;
born in Germany, immigrated in 1877
In 1910, Elizabeth and Charlotte
lived at 3623
Spring Garden St. which they bought in 1895.
1910:
Thomas M. Coane 64 Proprietor of liquor store; renting
Adele G. Coane 57 Married 36 years, 2 children
Edwin Coane 33 Broker, business bonds
Joseph G. Coane 28 Proprietor of cigar store
Annie Montgomery 39 Servant
1920:
Thomas M. Coane 75 Manager of wholesale liquors; renting
Adele G. Coane 71 Father born in NJ
Joseph G. Coane 42 Automobile sales agent
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