3708 Spring Garden Street
The
History of the Building
3700-02, 3704-06, 3708: “two doubles and one one-half double built by same developer. Pennsylvania marble front, cut ashlar with tooled surface. Porch-fronted bays on either side of central entrance porch. Handsome pierced wood cornice and mansarded roof with gabled, bracketed dormers. All good condition.”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
The
Scott Atlas published in 1878 shows these lots owned by J. P. Bruner.
Previous Residents
1900:
Charles Dudley 84 Clergyman;
born in CT, father in NH, mother in VT; renting
Mary S. Dudley 79 Married 55
years, two children, one surviving; born in MD, father in MD, mother in VA
Elise Nebeker 53 Daughter;
widowed, no children; parents born in PA
Kate Johnston 34 Servant;
single
1910:
William Harris 54 Physician
with own office; widowed; born in England, immigrated in 1873
Dora Batchelder 48 Lodger; housekeeper
for private family; widowed, 2 children; born in MD
Lulu B. Jacoby 25 Lodger;
own income; widowed, 1 child; father
born in NH, mother in MD
Emily H. Jacoby 3 Lodger
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