3623 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.
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
1895, Aug. 27: Title
transferred to Elizabeth T. Kellner and Charlotte Kellner by Benjamin D.
Gardiner, etc.
Gardiner was a lawyer with his
office in the Girard Trust Building. He was a partner in Comly
and Gardiner. He received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1885.
1900:
Charles M[cD.] Harvey 41
Publisher; born in Washington [DC],
father born in Washington; renting
Margaret Harvey 36 Married 12 years, 2 children, one surviving
Fredrick W.
Harvey 7
Hellen Harvey 66 Mother; widowed, 2 children; born in NY
Mary Mc Haugh 29 Servant; parents born in Ireland
1902 Directory:
Harvey Charles McD., editor
The 1899 directory lists him as the
manger at 209 S. 6th St. and living at 432 N. Preston St. The 1908 directory
lists him as a journalist living at 3627 Spring Garden St. The 1914 directory
lists him as President of the Confectioners’ Journal Publishing Co. and living
at 4213 Pine St. In died Oct. 24, 1924.
In 1914, Frederick Harvey became
engaged to Jane Mayhew Bell of Washington, D.C.
1910:
Elizabeth T.
Kellner 54 Widowed, 3 children; parents born in Germany
Charlotte
Kellner 50 Sister; never married; parents born in Germany
Previously, they lived at 3619
Spring Garden St. with their father, Dr. Gottlieb Kellner and their
brother, George. Dr. Kellner was the editor of the German Demokrat
and prominent in the German-American community. (see his
obituary there.)
1920:
Elizabeth F.
Kellner 63 Owner, with a mortgage; parents born in Germany
George A.
Kellner 68 Assistant Chief Clerk for steam railroad; widowed; born in
Germany, immigrated in 1852, naturalized citizen in 1858
Charlotte H.
Kellner 61 Parents born in Germany
1934: Probate of will
of George A. Kellner at $12,000 to sisters Elizabeth F. and Charlotte H.
Kellner (Inquirer, May 19)
Elizabeth Fredericks Kellner died
Jan. 18, 1938. She was living in Drexel Hill. She was 81 years old. Charlotte
Hess Kellner died in Drexel Hill Dec. 9, 1944 age 84.
1938, July 11: Title
transferred to Morris Lastick by Charlotte Kellner
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