3728 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:
Nathan Stretch 43 Home
builder; real estate: $2,000, personal property: $1,300
Annie Stretch 41 Born in England
Mary Stretch 18
Louisa Stretch 16
Mary Alburger 33 Servant
The
1870 directory (from the fall 1869) lists him as a living at 3734 Haverford
Ave. The 1869 directory lists him as a builder living at 2100 Spring Garden St.
1880:
John S. Bird 58 Agent to Indians
Eliza Bird 50 Born
in England
Walter C. Bird 31 Painter
Wm. F. Michael 31 Brother-in-law;
clerk
Anna Michael 29 Daughter
Harry Michael 6 Grandson
Emma Dunwood 21 Servant
1900:
John S. Bird 77 Clerk; parents born in NJ; owner, free of
a mortgage
Ella Michael 49 Daughter; mother born in England
Wm. F. Michael 51 Son-in-law;
manufacturer; born in England, lived in U.S. for 32 years
Harry B. W. Michael 25 Grandson; salesman
Nora Cahill 25 Servant; born in Ireland
1903, Oct. 1: Death of John S. Bird of 3728 Spring Garden St.
The
house was inherited by his daughter, Ella L. Michael
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