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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