3722 Spring Garden Street
The
History of the Building
3720-22, 3724-26,
3728-30: “three, two-and-one-half story. mansarded double by same developer;
crazy quilt schist façade, brick sidewalls. Porch-fronted, most porch columns
altered. Full-height first-floor windows; 2/2 double-hung segmental sash at
second floor; bracketed cornice below imbricated slate-shingled mansard.”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1870, Apr. 15: Title transferred to George
W. Fetter by Robert Dempster
Robert
Dempster lived at 722 Shirley. He was a retired plasterer who was born in
England about 1802. In July 1870, he claimed $4,000 in real estate and $300 in
personal property. He did not claim any real estate in 1860.
1870 Census, 2nd Enumeration, Nov.:
Joseph Ebans 33
Isabella Ebans 31
Isabella Ebans 11
Mary Ebans 9
Joseph Ebans 3
Mary Rupton 18
1873 Directory: Hancock Albert, oil, 123 Walnut St.
Hancock Charles W., druggist
They
were brothers. Charles also lived at 3427 Spring Garden St.
1874 Directory: Hancock Albert, builder
1880:
George W. Fetter 53 Teacher
Mary A. Fetter 44
Clara A. Burr 35 Boarder;
teacher; parents born in Indiana
Kate Markley 20 Servant;
born in Indiana, parents in Germany
1889, Apr. 3: Death of Mary A. Fetter, 53 years old, of 3722
Spring Garden St. She was buried at the
Woodlands Cemetery
1894: Marriage license issued to Salome Rhine and George W. Fetter
of 3722 Spring Garden St.
1900:
George W. Fetter 73 Teacher;
owner, free of a mortgage
Salome R. Fetter 30 Married 6
years, no children
Catharine Cooke 43 Servant;
single; born in Ireland
1909, June 5: Death of George W. Fetter, 82 years old, of 3722
Spring Garden St.
1910:
Salome Fetter 41 Widowed,
no children; father born in England; owner, free of a mortgage
Salome Rhine 80 Mother;
widowed, 10 children, 5 surviving
Katharine Cook 45 Servant;
single; born in Ireland, immigrated in 1890
1912: Marriage license issued to Salome R. Fetter of 3722 Spring
Garden St. and Thomas Shallcross
1920:
Thomas Shallcross 79 Real Estate
Assist. For City; mother born in NJ
Salome R. Shallcross 45
Salome Rhine 90
Rachel Craig 25 Servant;
born in England, immigrated in 1910, naturalized in 1918
Thomas
Shallcross died Mar. 16, 1941 at Byberry Hospital. He had been married three
times.
1930:
Salome Shallcross 60 Widowed;
owner, house valued at $7,000
Rachel Craig 48 Lodger;
single; born in Irish Free State, immigrated in 1910
1940:
Salome Shallcross 60 Widowed; 8
years of education; owner, house valued at $3,000
Rachel Craig 58 Partner;
housekeeper in a private home, earned $200 for 52 weeks work in 1939; single; 8
years of education; born in N. Ireland; lived here in 1935
1941, Jan. 4: Death of Salome R. F. Shallcross, 71 years old, of
3722 Spring Garden St.
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