3810 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
1885, Oct. 3: Title transferred to George Wiegand by George E.
Goldbeck, et al.
George
Wiegand built 3810-26 on the south side of Spring Garden St.
1886, June 2: Title transferred to Henrietta B. Clarke by George
Wiegand
1887 Directory: Cloke George H., bricklayer
The
1884 directory lists him living at 224 N. 22nd St.
1889 Directory: Cloke George H., bricklayer
Reed Edward, plumber
1890 Directory: Bunting William S., janitor
Hansbury Harry B., De Moral
1892, Nov. 28: Title transferred to John S. Baxter by Henrietta B.
Clarke
1896 Directory: Baxter John S., bottler, 3737 Haverford Ave.
1900 Directory: Baxter John S., bottler, 3737 Haverford Ave.
Baxter William F., bottler
1900:
John S. Baxter 49 Bottler; parents in Ireland; owner, free
of a mortgage
Margaret Baxter 45 Marrier 26
years, 8 children, 6 surviving; parents born in Ireland
William L. Baxter 23 Bottler
John J. Baxter, Jr. 20 Salesman
Thomas A. Baxter 18
Henry A. Baxter 14
Margaret G. Baxter 12
Francis Baxter 7
1905, Sep. 12: Title transferred to John B. Hickey by John S.
Baxter
1908 Directory: Hickey John F., clerk
1910:
John F. Hickey 53 Clerk for
railroad; parents born in Ireland; owner with a mortgage
Emily Hickey 53 Married
25 years, no children; parents born in Ireland
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Revised: 10/27/2022