3621 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)
1894, Nov. 5: “In West Philadelphia, at Thirty-six
and Spring Garden streets, B. D. Gardiner announced twelve [sic.] fine
dwellings….” (Inquirer) The next day they referred to these correctly as
11 dwellings.
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
1900:
William H. Lober 45 Superintendent;
father born in France, mother in NJ
Lillian H. Lober 35 Married
12 years, 2 children; born in NJ, father in PA, mother in NJ
Lillian W. Lober 11 Born
in KN
Mabel L. L.
Lober 10 Born in KN
Kate Fleming 19 Servant; born in Ireland
1910:
Annie Hogan 59 Widowed, 6 children; born in Ireland, immigrated in 1863
Mary Hogan 32 Parents born in Ireland
Annie M. Hogan 30 Packer
for cigar manufacturer; parents born in Ireland
Hanna G. Hogan 22 Bookkeeper
for foundry; parents born in Ireland
John L. Hogan 23 Parents
born in Ireland
1920:
Charles M.
Schempf 59 Manager and buyer for wholesale grocer; father born in
Germany, mother in Alsace-Lorraine speaking French; renting
Elizabeth St.
Schempf 58
Amelia Schempf 13
Madalene Freeman 26 Daughter;
single; office assistant at a private hospital
Thelma Freeman
6
1946: This and
neighboring properties were sold with the dissolution of the Estate of
Frederick A. Poth
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