2817 East Cambria Street Property History

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The project area as depicted on the 1919 Sanborn fire insurance map, with the original lot plan of the village of Richmond superimposed. 2817 East Cambria Street, formed from portions of five lots, is highlighted. Courtesy of Pennsylvania State University.

Development and the Silberman Brothers’ Store, 1845–1869

In February 1845, Philadelphia attorney Eli K. Price sold a 100-x-100-foot lot at the north corner of William and Larch Streets (now East Cambria and Melvale Streets) to contractor Charles Smith on a yearly ground rent of $110 and the stipulation that Smith should within a year complete a building of sufficient value to secure the ground rent. 1

Smith was forced into a sheriff sale in March 1849. Grocer Thomas Fey purchased the 1,000-square-foot lot and another property between Richmond and Larch Streets for $8,075 in March 1849. 2  It seems that Smith had either neglected to develop the property or was unable to, as the deed noted that the one-story frame schoolhouse was still located on the property. Fey, though not bound by the same stipulation that he complete a building within a year, began to make changes to the property almost immediately. He redrew the property lines so that buildings would front on the more heavily traversed William Street, and sold the corner of the lot that contained the schoolhouse in July 1849. 3  Over the next several years, Fey constructed five 16-foot-wide, three-story brick row homes on the remaining property. These houses, numbered 79 through 87 William Street, may have been completed as early as 1851. 4  Fey divested himself of the William Street property in April 1853, when he sold it to Philadelphia merchants Patrick Levy and Andrew McBride for $18,000. 5  Levy became the sole owner just over two years later when McBride sold him his half share of the lot, as well as other properties in the neighborhood for $1,500. 6

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An 1849 map by J.C. Sidney depicting the project area. Courtesy of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia.

The first known occupant of the structure then known as 81 William Street seems to have been Peter S. Steelman, a native of New Jersey who moved to the address in 1851. 7 Though consistently listed as a sea captain in the city directories, Steelman or another one of his family members—possibly his wife Juliann or his teenage son Mulford—ran a grocery store at the address. In May 1853, this store was burglarized, along with several other businesses and residences along William Street, by Joseph Gibbons and Matthew O’Brien, members of the notorious Schuylkill Rangers gang. While his neighbors’ stores were spared thanks to secure locks on their doors, the thieves gained access to Steelman’s store and made off with $4 in change and a pair of new boots. 8 After about four years at 81 William, the Steelman family moved from the property to a location on Salmon Street above Lehigh Avenue. 9

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The project area as depicted on an 1862 map by Samuel L. Smedley. In contrast to the 1849 Sidney map (Fig. 2), the whole northeastern side of William Street is depicted as having been developed. Courtesy of the Map Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia.

The tenants following the Steelmans are unknown, but it seems likely that a confectionary business occupied the structure. In the beginning of April 1857, advertisements were run in local papers offering the “Good-Will and Fixtures of a Confectionary Store, in the best part of Port Richmond,” for a low rent. Noting that the house would be able to accommodate any type of business, the ad instructed those interested to call at 81 William Street. 10

It seems that brothers Joseph and Marx Silberman answered the ad, as they had established a clothing store at 81 William by late 1857. 11 The Silbermans were French Jews who had immigrated separately to the United States in the 1840s, 12 and spent time in Richmond, Virginia, before settling permanently in Philadelphia at some point in the 1850s. 13 The Silberman brothers seem to have fulfilled several roles in their business, acting as tailors, clothing merchants, and even jewelers. 14 By the time of the federal census in June 1860, Joseph had amassed a personal estate valued at $5,000 and married Fannie Heller, a German immigrant and daughter of Philadelphia physician Henry Heller. 15

While the Silbermans lived at 81 William Street, the property was twice sold—first to George S. Geyer, and then about a month and a half later to boatman John Maloney, who lived farther up William Street. 16 Geyer purchased the five row homes for $10,000 on April 19, 1864. 17  During the brief time he owned the property, Geyer seems to have made a 4-foot-wide alleyway running along the rear of the lots into Larch Street (which had been renamed Melvale Street in 1859). At the end of May, Geyer sold the house at 81 William Street, along with its 16-x-96-foot lot, to Maloney for $2,650. 18

This series of purchases had little immediate effect on the Silbermans, as they continued to reside and conduct their business at the address. Change did come, however, and in 1865 the houses on William Street were renumbered, with 81 William becoming known as 1216 William Street. 19 The Joseph Silberman & Brother partnership, which had been listed in city directories since 1860, seems to have dissolved shortly after, with Joseph moving out and partnering with his brother-in-law Jacob Heller in a millinery business at 109 North 8th Street. 20 While the reasons for this are unknown, Joseph, the presumably senior partner in the former business concern, was assessed for an income of $900 in the 1864 income tax, while Marx was assessed for $1,100. 21

Marx continued to run the business at 1216 William, hiring a live-in clerk named Isaac Lowenstein to assist him. 22 In about 1867, Marx married a recent immigrant from Germany named Rosa. 23  Their first child, Josephine, died at the house in May 1868 at only five weeks, but a second daughter, Emma, was born in August 1869. Shortly before or after the birth of Emma, Marx Silberman’s family and Lowenstein moved their business and residence several blocks away to 1410 Richmond Street. 24

The Missing Decade, 1870 – 1879

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The project area as depicted on the 1875 map published by G.M. Hopkins. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Historical Commission.

For most of the 1870s, the occupants of 1216 William Street are unknown. In the 1870 federal census, two households are enumerated as living in a structure where 1216 William should be—those of James Kelly and Mary Foster. 25 Closer investigation reveals that these two individuals, and presumably their households, resided at 1308 Richmond Street. 26 The property owner, John Maloney, did not reside on the premises either, as he lived at a hotel and bar he ran around the corner 27 A search of the city directories reveals the only known resident during this period: grocer John M. Devine. 28 Devine, a Scottish immigrant in his late twenties, was listed as a grocer at 1216 William in the 1875 city directory. Little about his life and business at this location is known. His brother William may have been his business partner, and he may have already been married to Catherine Lafferty. 29 Devine is not listed in the 1876 and 1877 directories, though it might be reasonable to presume that he remained at 1216 William until January 1877, when he purchased and moved his store to the property three doors down at 1210 William Street, where it remained until his widow’s remarriage in 1894. 30

The Folz Family, 1879 – 1890

In 1879, the Folz (original spelling likely “Volz”) family moved into the house at 1216 William Street from their previous residence at 1639 Salmon Street. 31 The head of this family, Louis Folz, was a 54-year-old carpenter originally from the Grand Duchy of Baden in Germany, and immigrated after the failed Badenese revolution of 1848–1849. 32 Living at 1216 with Folz in 1880 were his wife Magdalena, his 25- and 22-year-old daughters Martha and Magdalena, his 22-year-old son Joseph, employed as a barber, and his 12-year-old son William. 33 Joseph also moved his barbershop, previously located at 1222 William Street, to his family’s new residence. 34

Around 1881, Joseph married Elizabeth “Sisy” Nichter, the daughter of German immigrants, and seems to have moved to nearby 1614 Salmon Street. Folz remained associated with 1216 William, however, and continued to operate his barbershop at the address, presumably assisted by his brother William and fellow barber John Reyburn. 35 When the couple’s first child, Joseph, died at four months of age in June 1882, he was buried from his grandparent’s residence. 36 In 1884, for unknown reasons, Louis Folz moved his family to a small frame house at 1611 Edgemont Street, and was replaced at 1216 William by Joseph and his family. 37 One possible cause for the change was the sale of the property in October 1884 by John Maloney’s widow Rose to cover the debts her husband’s estate owed. Patrick McFadden purchased the house for $1,900, though he continued to reside in a rented home at 1222 William Street. 38 Shortly after the change in ownership, the address changed again, with the house now being known as 2817 William Street.

Though Joseph continued to reside and work at 2817, his brother William opened his own barbershop at their father’s new residence, 2613 East Allegheny Avenue, in about 1886. This business lasted until around 1889, when Louis returned to live with Joseph’s family at 2817 William after the death of his wife Magdalena and two more of Joseph’s children, Elizabeth and Gertrude. 39 The Folz family continued to live and work at 2817 William Street for the remainder of the decade, finally moving around the corner and up the block to 2942 Richmond Street in 1891. 40

The McFadden Family, 1891 – 1910

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The project area as depicted on the 1891 map published by G.W. Bromley & Company. A frame addition appears to have been constructed on the rear of the dwelling at 2817 William Street. Courtesy of the Map Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia.

The Folz family was replaced as the residents of 2817 William in 1891 by the extended family of Patrick McFadden, who had purchased the property seven years before. 41 Moving into the house along with McFadden were his 23-year-old son William, an electrician; 19-year-old daughter Mary Agnes; his son-in-law Thomas Killion, an engineer; sisters-in-law Ann Connor, Winifred Fox, and Kate Fox; and a clerk named William P. McGettigan, whose relationship to the family is unclear, though he may have been the eldest son of shoemaker James McGettigan, who had previously lived on William Street. 42 Along with taking up residence at 2817 William, Ann Connor moved the trimmings and furnishing store she ran to this address. The business seems to have been a general purpose sewing and tailor shop, being variously listed in the city directories as a notions shop, trimmings shop, varieties store, a men’s furnishing store, and a cigar shop. 43 Adding to the variety, Winifred and Kate Fox may have been employed as dressmakers at the store. 44

The composition of the household was somewhat fluid over the course of the McFadden family’s time at 2817, in part due to the eight children Thomas and Mary Killion had during the nearly 20 years they lived at the house. William P. McGettigan left around 1893, but was replaced by Edward McMenamin, a railroad conductor. 45 In 1897, Patrick McFadden’s sister-in-law Rose, her husband John W. Elliott, and a ship’s engineer named Charles Warner moved in with the family. 46 Rose had operated a cigar store at their previous residence, 2811 William Street, and perhaps continued to do so after the move. John W. Elliott was an electrician, and it is possible that he worked alongside his nephew William. Within another year or so, Edward McMenamin moved out of the increasingly crowded house, marking the beginning of a gradual decrease in the number of individuals living there. 47 In January 1903, both Ann Conner and Winifred Fox died of strokes, and Charles Warner—who seems to have lived at the address off and on since 1897—was listed there for the final time. 48 In that year, John and Rose Elliott also moved out, taking up residence in a house at 2519 East Allegheny Avenue, though both were dead by autumn 1904. 49

Patrick McFadden, who since moving to 2817 William had held various professions—including laborer, dyer, mariner, and watchman—briefly took over Ann Connor’s business before returning to work as a mariner, a profession now practiced by both his son and son-in-law. 50 Neither of the McFadden men remained in the profession for long, however, as both died from tuberculosis—William in October 1906 at age 39 and Patrick in May 1908 at age 60. 51 Mary and Thomas, who had inherited the property upon Patrick’s death, sold it two years later in June 1910 to the Churchmen’s Missionary Association for the Seamen of the Port of Philadelphia for $2,000. 52

The Seaman’s Institute, 1910 – 1966

The Churchmen’s Missionary Association for Seamen of the Port of Philadelphia was a group linked to the Episcopal Diocese of Philadelphia that was founded in 1847 to minister to sailors visiting Philadelphia. The Churchmen’s Missionary Association had acquired next door 2815 William Street for use as its Port Richmond branch, and operated a reading room out of the location for sailors. There was limited sleeping accommodation at the Port Richmond branch, which was run by a live-in superintendent. With the acquisition of 2817 East Cambria Street (as this portion of William Street was known after 1908), they expanded their reading room and facilities.  By 1919—the year that the Churchmen’s Missionary Association had merged with the similarly minded Pennsylvania Seamen’s Friend Society to form the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI)—a doorway had been opened in the party wall between the two houses, creating, in effect, a single structure. 53  The property saw more physical changes occur after the creation of the SCI, including the construction of a shed in the rear of the property at some point in the late 1920s, and a new front façade in December 1941. 54

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The project area as depicted on the 1919 Sanborn fire insurance map. Note the doorway that had been opened between the two dwellings at 2815 and 2817 East Cambria Street. Courtesy of Pennsylvania State University.

The Port Richmond branch continued to function through World War II and well into the postwar period, serving over 7,500 sailors in 1953 and over 8,400 in 1954. 55  The Port Richmond branch had physically expanded after the war with the SCI’s purchase of the adjoining 2819 and 2821 East Cambria in February 1948. 56  The dwelling at 2819 East Cambria was integrated into the center in the years afterward, but the slightly larger structure at 2821 East Cambria was demolished, leaving an empty lot on the center’s southeast side. 57  By the mid-1950s, plans were made to demolish the Port Richmond branch and construct a one-story recreation and referral center as replacement on the site, but these plans were put on hold until the final route of the planned Interstate 95 was determined and an annex opened at 3008 Richmond Street. 58  It seems that due to the planned construction of Interstate 95, the SCI opted to keep the old buildings and make some slight alterations to the property to make it into a non-lodging recreation and referral center, including new bathrooms and the demolition of the rear shed. 59  The Port Richmond branch’s days were numbered, however, and it was condemned and deeded to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority in January 1966 for demolition before the construction of Interstate 95. 60

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