The History of the Building
3610-12: “Circa
1875, two-and-one-half story. Second Empire-style double
with original Victorian wood porch and slate-shingled mansard. Four registers;
stone facade over brick”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1880:
Nathan Sellers 43 Miller
Mary K 36
Sidney K 15
Norman P 1 month
Hannah Mc Bride 24 Servant; born
in
(ED 487, 18)
1881 Directory: Sellers, Nathan, flour
The
1887 directory lists him at 3310 Race St.
In 1900 they lived at 3308 Race St.
1887 Directory: Herman S. Tygert (J. E. Tygert & Co.)
J.
E. Tygert & Co. (John E. & Herman S. Tygert & Willard G. Price), fertilizers, 42 S. Del.
Ave.
The
1881 Directory lists John E. & Herman S. Tygert
living in Delaware, but their business was already in Philadelphia. The 1887 directory shows John E. Tygert living at 3706
Hamilton St.
1890 Directory: Ellen M. Tygert
Herman S. Tygert
The
1895 directory shows them living in Germantown.
1900:
Jane Osborne 68 Widowed,
seven children, six surviving; born in
Mary 40 Single; parents born in
Matilda 23 Single; parents born in
(ED 543, 8B)
The
1895 directory lists Jane A. Osborn, widow of Robert, 2221 Spring Garden. The 1880 census shows them living at 729 N.
26th St. Robert was a 62
year-old retired carpet manufacturer who was born in Ireland. (He was 18 years her senior.) They had five children between the ages of 4
and 20.
1904 Who’s Who in Pa.:
Charles Platt
1910:
Charles Platt 41 Doctor of medicine; born in N.J.
Mary Platt 41 Married
18 years, no children; born in Ireland (English), immigrated 1891
Bridget Brennan 28 Servant;
born in
(ED 492, 5B)
“PLATT,
Charles, M. D., Ph.D., F. C. S.:
Physician:
born in Montclair, N. J., March 16, 1869, of an old American family of founders
and patriots, dating from 1638: was graduated from Lehigh University in 1890,
and has pursued post-graduate course at Ohio University, Johns Hopkins
University, University of Edinburgh (medalist in anatomy) .
Homeopathic Hospital, London, Ecole
de Medicine, Paris, and Hahnemann College of Philadelphia. Assistant chemist of Cambria Iron Company, Johnstown, Pa.; chief
chemist for Thomas A. Edison at Llewellyn Park laboratory. Since 1894 Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology at Hahnemann
Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia; sometime lecturer at the Children's
Homeopathic Hospital, Philadelphia. For some time
associate editor of Science, New York. Author of text
book of "Qualitative Analysis and Medical Chemistry," fourth edition.
1903. Contributor to the engineering, chemical and medical journals. Fellow of
the Chemical Society of London: honorary Fellow of the Society of Biological
Chemistry, London; member of the American Chemical Society, the Société Chimique de Paris, the
Medical Jurisprudence Society, the Medical and Surgical Society of
Philadelphia, and of numerous other medical and social organizations. Address, 3612 Baring St. Philadelphia, Pa.”
(Who’s Who in Pennsylvania, 1904, p 587.)
He married Moira T. O’Hare,
In 1917, he was listed at Hamilton Court, 39th
and Chestnut. (Catalogue of Delta Upsilon,
1917)
1920:
Anna Hogan 74 Widowed; born in Ireland, immigrated in 1857, became a
citizen in 1867; owner with a mortgage
Mary G. Hogan 44 Born
in N.Y., father born in N.Y., mother in Ireland
Anna M. Hogan 42 Wholesale
cigar dealer; father born in N.Y., mother in Ireland
Hannah G. Hogan
37 Bookkeeper
for plumbing supply co.; father born in N.Y., mother in Ireland
John J. Hogan 34 Liquor
dealer in saloon; father born in N.Y., mother in Ireland
(ED 686, 5A)
In 1910, they lived at 3621 Spring
Garden. Anna had 6 children. She reported her age as 59. In 1900, she listed her age as 45. She was already widowed and was living at
3619 Fairmount with all six of her children who were between 15 and 24. She was the widow of Peter Hogan who was born
in Ireland and worked on the railroad.
He apparently died in his 30s between 1870 and 1880.
1930:
Alexander
Sinclair 75 Blacksmith; born
in the Irish Free State, immigrated in 1885, now a citizen; married at age 40;
owner, house valued at $10,000
Agnes M
Sinclair 68 Married at age 38;
born in the Irish Free State, immigrated in 1887, now a citizen
Ruth Sinclair 33
- next household
Samuel
Hughes 52 Carpenter for bridge [illegible];
married at age 30; renting for $60 per month
Lulu Hughes 53 Married
at age 31
Gertrude Cressman 33 Lodger; nurse
Mane Donohue 19 Lodger;
saleslady in department store; parents born in Ireland
- next
Charles L
Lane 23 Salesman in department store; recently
married; renting for $60 oer month
Hilda Lane 20 Recently married
- next
Raymond
Farber 26 Lineman for steam railway; married at
age 23; renting for $60 per month
Florence Farber
25 Married at age 22
(ED 398, 18B)
In 1900, the Sinclair family lived
at 323 N. 22nd St. From
there, they moved to 3519 Lancaster Ave. in 1910 and 323 N. 22nd St.
in 1920.
1950 Directory: George M. Curry
2009: current owner:
Sheldon Schwartz, purchased: July 1999