3718 Spring Garden Street
The
History of the Building
3716-18:
“three-story double, iron pyrate brick. Victorian porch. Rusticated stone
lintels, smooth stone sills; each house has gable with vergeboard, shingled
face and smal1 window; slate-shingled mansard with front lip; paired
third-floor windows be low gable. --- Contributing.”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
1884, Feb.
4: Title for 3716-18 Spring Garden St. transferred to Edwin Middleton by Louis
M. Simpson & wife
Edwin
Middleton was a contractor. He lived at 1704 Girard Ave.
3716 and 3718 are not shown on the Bromley
Atlas published in 1892.
1893, Jan. 2: Title transferred to Annie J.
O'Calllaghan
The
1890 directory lists Ann J. O’Callaghan as a leather merchant at 458 N. 3rd
St. and living at 1122 Wallace St. She was the wife of Francis O’Callaghan.
They manufactured Morocco leather.
1893, Dec. 8: Title transferred to Margaret, Annie
V., Mary C. Magee & their siblings
They
were designed by architect P. A. Walsh (Builders’ Guide, 3/29/1893)
Previous Residents
1895, Mar. 2: Death of Edwin J. Magee of 3718 Spring
Garden St. Funeral services at St. Agatha's Church, internment at Cathedral
Cemetery.
He was born about 1864 in Wilmington, DE. He was one of
eight children (including his sisters listed below) born to James V. Magee and
Mary Ann Bradley. The 1894 directory lists him living at 406 N. 31st
St.
1900:
Margaret Magee 40 [49] Single; born
in DE, parents in PA; owner with a mortgage
Annie Magee 36 [53] Sister;
single; born in DE, parents in PA
Catharine Magee 34 [51] Sister;
single; born in DE, parents in PA
Mary Magee 26
[43] Sister; single; born in DE, parents
in PA
1910:
Margaret Magee 60 Single;
born in DE, parents in PA; owner with a mortgage
Catharine Magee 57 Sister;
single; born in DE, parents in PA
Mary Magee 50 Sister; single; born in DE, parents in
PA
1912, July 4: Death of Margaret Magee of 3718 Spring Garden St.
Funeral services at St. Agatha's Church, internment in Wilmington, Delaware.
1920:
Mary C. Magee 65 Single;
born in DE; owner, free of a mortgage
Gertrude Ferron 37 Niece;
teacher; single
Eugene Magee 26 Nephew;
lawyer
The title was transferred to Gertrude
Ferron, et al.
1930:
Gertrude Ferron 48 Public
school teacher; single; owner, house valued at $6,000
Mary J. Farron 77 Aunt;
single
In
1933, Gertrude Ferron also owned 4111 Pine St.
1936: contract awarded for alterations and one story 13x10’
addition added. Architect George B. Robinson (Builders’ Guide, Dec. 30)
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