3635 Spring Garden Street
1896, Nov. 17: “Mr. John Avery has broken
ground on the north side of Spring Garden street, east of Thirty-seventh
street, for four high grade dwellings. These houses will be three stories, have
fancy brick fronts and will measure 16x63 feet each.” (Inquirer)
3633-3639: “two-and-one-half story,
Pompeiian brick, porch-fronted, Late Queen Anne house with overhanging
second-story above steel lintel of porch. Second-floor, three-sided bay with
Colonial Revival swags. Central pediment of pressed metal above: central
dormer. All infilled porches”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
History of the Building
1897, June 7: Title
transferred to Mary J. Ruby by John Avery, etc.
1900: Not in
census
1905: Ad: “For sale,
cheap. A suite of office furniture, five pieces, leather covered, doctor
leaving city. Apply Monday, 3635 Spring Garden street.” (Inquirer, Feb.
19)
1906: Ads for rent:
“3635 Spring Garden, 13 rooms, $45.00 [per month] … Robert J. Ruby, 3603
Lancaster ave.”” (Inquirer, Oct. 7)
1907, Dec. 27: Death
of Clark Katharine G., 54 years old, of 3635 Spring Garden St., wife of H.
Chauncey Clark.
1909, Dec. 31: Title transferred to John Ennis by Mary
J. Ruby
Then
immediately transferred to George W. Watt.
1910:
George A.
Kellner 58 Railroad clerk; married twice; born in Germany, immigrated in
1852; renting
Mary P. Kellner 50 Married
twice, recently married. 2 children
Ellen J. Conway 76 Mother-in-law;
widowed, 2 children
George A. Kellner and Mary J. Morrow
married in 1897 at Trinity Episcopal Church, Philadelphia.
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