3412 Spring Garden Street

 

The History of the Building

 

The South Side of the 3400 Block of Spring Garden Street, 1888

(Hexamer Atlas)

 

About 1920, 3410-3412 was replaced by a four-story apartment building.

 

Previous Residents

 

1872 Hopkins Atlas: owner listed as Massey

 

1880:

Walter Kirk                 45        Builder

Annasteng Kirk           39        Born in N.Y.; father born in N.Y., mother in Pa. [?]

Stephen Kirk               16

Annasteng Kirk           14

John H. Kirk                  9

Florence Kirk 6 months (born in Nov.)

Bessie Kirk                  6 months (born in Nov.)

Harriet Hammond       77        Mother[-in-law]; born in N.Y.

Rosie Gillespie            28        Servant; born in Ireland

(ED 483, 1)

 

1886 Smith Atlas: owner listed as Kirk

 

1889: B. F. Lamb, A.M., M. D. author of article on ÒHaemorrhagic Fever.Ó (Medical Bulletin: Monthly Journal of Medicine and Surgery. 1889.)

 

1890 Blue Book: Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. Wilson

 

1895: Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Wilson. Active Members. (Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia. 1895.)

 

1898 Blue Book: Mrs. Daniel Riggs. Receiving day Tuesday

                           Daniel Riggs

                           Robert S. Riggs

 

1920: Approximate date of current large apartment complex: Lantern Plaza Apartments.

 

2007: ÒDaniel and Jacqueline Banks of Wynnewood sold Lantern Plaza, a 6,700-squre-foot, 40 unit apartment building at 3412 Spring Garden St. in Philadelphia for $1.3 million. The buyer, Abraham Weidislawsky of Elkins Park, plans to upgrade the units and market them to Drexel University students.Ó (Philadelphia Business Journal. June 2007.)

 

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