3622 Pearl Street
The
History of the Building
3620-22: “three-story
brick carriage house; corbelled brick detail. First-floor circa 1950 Colonial Revival
alterations including pent and one-story addition to west”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
The
1878 Scott Atlas does not show a building at this location. 3622 and 3624 first
appear in the 1886 Baist Atlas.
1883, May 3: Title for 3622-24 Pearl St.
transferred to Max Riebenack by Charles F. Hall
Charles F. Hall was a 38-year-old
real estate agent. In 1880, he lived with his mother and brother in the home of
his brother-in-law, Alfred Chapman, at 3610 Baring St.
Max Riebenack lived at 3701 Powelton Ave. He was an
accountant for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
1888, June 27: Title for 3622-24 Pearl St.
transferred to Thomas Scattergood by Max Riebenack
The Scattergood family lived at 3515 Powelton Ave.
Previous Residents
1887
Directory: Hawkins Thomas H., Coachman
1893 Directory [Fall 1892]: Edward J.
Sexton, coachman
Edward J. and Margaret Sexton with their children John
and Gertrude Sexton
1897, Feb. 9:
Death of Annie Nugent, 14 years old, of 3622 Pearl St. Burial at Holy Cross
Cemetery.
1900:
Edward J. Sexton 37 Coachman;
parents born in Ireland; renting
Margaret Sexton 35 Married 15
years, 2 children; born in Ireland, immigrated at age 22
John Sexton 12
Gertrude Sexton 7
Edward Sexton 1
In
1880, they lived at 32 Lober St. [N-S St. between 38th & Sloan]. Edward
Sexton and Margaret Nugent were married in Philadelphia in 1886.
1910:
Edward J. Sexton 48 Stable
hostler; married at age 23; parents born in Ireland; renting
Margaret Sexton 47 Married at
age 23, 3 children; born in Ireland, immigrated at age 22
Gertrude Sexton 17
Edward Sexton 9
1913, June 25: Death of Edward John Sexton, 47
years old, son of John Edward Sexton and Nora Murphy. A High Mass was said at
St. Agatha's church.
Alice
Sexton, née Atkins
1920:
John Sexton 31 Private
chauffeur; born in Philadelphia, parents born in Ireland
Alice Sexton 33 Born
in Chester Co., parents born in Downingtown
Dorothy Sexton 11
Alice Sexton 6
John Sexton, Jr. 3
Margaret Sexton 10 months
Alberta Atkins 18 Sister-in-law;
stenographer for doctors
John
Sexton married Alice Atkins in 1907. John died January 13, 1926 and his
brother, Edward, had married Alice. They were living with her children on
Cayuga St., near Roosevelt Blvd. and Broad St. He was an “automobile
machinist.”
Photos
of the Sexton family from the McGarvey Family Tree, Ancestry.com.
1947, Apr. 10: Title for 3622-24 Pearl St. transferred to Guy H.
Achenbach by descendants of Mrs. Maria Scattergood
1950 Directory: Achenbach Guy H.
1953, Jun. 3: Title for 3622-24 Pearl St. transferred to
Associated Libraries, Inc. by Guy H. Achenbach