3806 Spring Garden Street
George Wiegand owned and built 3806-3816
Spring Garden St. and 3807-3817 Hamilton St. However, 3806 and 3808 were torn down
and replaced in 2012.
1886: Mechanics’ Liens:
“Geo. Wiegand, owner and cont – Wm J. Kramer &
Co. claimants, 6 bldgs S s
Spring Garden st 50 ft to 134 ft W of 38th
st…. [$]49” (Phila. Builders’ Guide, Aug. 2)
(This refers to 3806-3816 Spring Garden St.)
1886: “Geo. Wiegand, builder… [has] sold 5 nine-room houses on
Thirty-eighth and Spring Garden streets, for $5000 [each].” ((Phila. Builders’
Guide, Dec. 13). This refers to 3806 and 3810-3814 Spring Garden St. and
3815 Hamilton St.
3806-26 on south side: “Three-story,
two-register brick Victorian rowhouse with pressed brick belt course; corbelled
brick and metal cornice. 3806 ‘’L’-shaped end of development; most have
Victorian porches, 3812 later alteration; 3822 has first floor aluminum sided;
3826 has been altered and entire1y stuccoed.---
Contributing. ”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1900:
Joseph Hookey 35
Undertaker; renting
Clara
M. Hookey 35
Married 19 years, 9 children, 5
surviving
Catharine
Hookey 17
Daughter
Marie
R. Hookey 15
Daughter
Thomas
G. Hookey 13
Son
Josephine
R. Hookey 12 Daughter
Mary
McGrath 19
Servant
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