3408 Spring Garden Street

 

3406-3408: “three-story, Italianate double, stuccoed; cruciform plan; front and side Victorian wood porch; entrance in cross arm. Large bracketed overhanging roof. Paired arcuated third-floor windows. Decorative cast iron lintels over second-floor windows. Rusticated stone quoins.”

(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, 1985)

 

History

 

The 1858 Directory lists James and William H. Kirkpatrick both living on Bridge (Spring Garden) above 34th St.  They may have occupied 3406 and 3408.  They sold wines and liquor at 709 Market St.  In 1857, William lived at 409 S. 9th St. and their business was at 228-230 S. Front St.

 

1870:

Everett Webster          45        Wholesale liquor; born in Mass.; no real estate [renter], personal: $40,000

Harriet                         35        Born in Mass.

May                               9        Born in Mass.

Ellen                              5

William                          2

Jenny Trevis                15        Domestic servant; mulatto

Ellen Pierson               40        Seamstress

(ED 88, 35; 2nd enum.: 34)

            The 1866 directory lists him living at 1819 N. 12th St. with his liquor business at 228-230 S. Front St.  He apparently took over this location from the Kirkpatricks (see above.)  They lived at 3400 Baring St. from 1880-1910.

 

1872 Hopkins Atlas: owner shown as Mrs. Kirkpatrick

 

1880:

A. Van Haagen                        58        Soap manufacturer; born in Germany

Edmoina Van Haagen 50        Born in Va.

John C. Van Haagen    18        At school

Rebecca Van Haagen  16        At school

Henry E. Van Haagen 14        At school

Mary E. Van Haagen   10        At school

(ED 483, 1)

            “After the [Civil] war, when resin became plentiful there was a tendency to revert to the old methods of making soap; but late in the sixties the process of hardening resin soaps by the use of sal-soda was first introduced by A. van Haagen, at that time of Philadelphia.” (1795-1895. One hundred years of American commerce ... Mitchell Depew. 1895.)

 

1881 Directory: Anthony van Haagen, soap

 

1882: Anthony Haagen patented a design for a bar of soap.

 

1886 Smith Atlas: shows owner as William H. Kirkpatrick

 

1890 Census Veterans Schedule:

            Eli M. Bruce, Private, H Co., 44th Reg., pa. Infantry, enlistment: July, 1863 served about 3 months.

            Maurice C. Stafford, Private, H Co., 44th Reg., pa. Infantry, enlistment: July, 1863 served about 3 months.

                2nd lieutenant, B Co., 37th N.J. Infantry, June, 1864 - Oct., 1864

                Capt., D Co., 40th Reg., N.J. Infantry, Jan., 1865 - July, 1865

            (ED 511, 1)

 

1890 Blue Book: Mr. & Mrs. E. M. Bruce & daughter

                           Mr. & Mrs. M. C. Stafford

                           William T. Tansley

            E. M. Bruce is listed as an officer on the Board of Trustees for the Union Home for Old Ladies (Lancaster and Girard Ave.) History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884. Vo. 2

 

1892: Captain M. C. Stafford, National Guard of PA. commanding Battery A, received the order to concentrate his command at Frazer station, PA RR and from there proceed to Mr. Gretna. (Annual Report of the First Brigade N.G.P. October 1892)

 

E. M. Bruce was a prominent figure in the music trade in Philadelphia for more than forty years. His obituary in the 2/4/1898  Vermont Phoenix, noted his philanthropic work with prisoners in PA and his enduring relationship with the Estey company. Manufacturing the muse: Estey organs and consumer culture in Victorian America. June 1903

 

1898 Blue Book: Mrs. E. M. Bruce & daughter

                           Capt. & Mrs. M. C. Stafford

            Mrs. Stafford was Katie Bruce Stafford (see below).

 

1900:

Maurice C Stafford      56        Real estate agent; born in N.J.; owner with a mortgage

Katie B Stafford          55        Married 20 years, 4 children, 2 surviving; born in Vt.

Richard L Stafford       19

Maurice M Stafford     16

Harriet M Bruce          77        Mother-in-law; widowed, 3 children; born in Vt.

Ella H Bruce               38        Sister-in-law; born in N.J., parents born in Vt.

William Tansley           52        Boarder; musician; single; born in England, immigrated in 1850

Emily Myers                30        Servant; apparently married in past year; born in England, immigrated in 1899

(ED 539, 14A)

            Ella Bruce was the widow of E.M. Bruce

 

1906 Blue Book: B. F. Hawley

                          B.F. Hawley, Jr.

                          They had a summer residence at Bayhead, N.J.  The directories for 1889-‘95 list them living at 417 N. 33rd St.  In 1900, they lived at 3402 Baring St.  (See that address for more biography.)

 

1915: Smedley Fund:

            Founded on legacy of Samuel L. Smedley.       $6000.

            Real Estate, House and Lot 3408 Spring Gar-

            den Street carried at cost under foreclosure:        $7,129.20

            Cash over-invested:                                               1,129.20

                                                                                          $6,000.00

            (excerpt from “Report of Council,”  PA Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 40. Historical Soc. of  Pa.)

 

1927 Directory: D. S. Donnell

 

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