3812 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.
1885, Oct. 3: Title for 3812 Spring Garden St. transferred to
George Wiegand by George E. Goldbeck, et al.
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.
“Brick façade has been painted. All
original porch elements have been removed and replaced; only the porch roof
remains. Pressed brick belt course (rope over Greek key design) at second
story; stylized flower at third story window heads. Corbelled brick ‘brackets’
below molded (metal?) cornice.”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1900:
Gilbert Myrick 53 Superintendent;
born in Mass.; owner, free of a mortgage
Mary Myrick 53 Married
25 years, 2 children; born in Mass.
Florence Myrick 24 Clerk
Jewel Myrick 22
1910:
James F. Walsh 49 Audit
manager for leather goods co.; parents born in Ireland; owner with a mortgage
Margarite E. Walsh 42 Married 23
years, one child; father born in S.C., mother in Ireland
Marie R. Walsh 22
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