Some of the original lots from the plan of the Village of Richmond superimposed on the 1919 Sanborn fire insurance map. In February 1844 Eli K. Price sold lots of 17 (later 2917 Richmond Street), 18 (later 2916 Melvale Street), 19 (later 2919 Richmond Street), and 20 (later 2918 Melvale Street to Thomas Pilson. Courtesy of Pennsylvania State University.
Development & Early Tenants, 1843-1860
In late February 1844, Philadelphia lawyer Eli K. Price sold four 20-x-100-foot lots located back to back and side to side on the southeast side of Richmond Street and on the northwest side of Larch Street (now Melvale Street) to teamster Thomas Pilson on ground rent of $90 a year. 1 These lots were numbered 17 through 20 on the plan of the village of Richmond (See Figure 1).
Within 10 years, Pilson constructed two frame houses on Larch Street, as well as a frame house and office on Richmond Street, where he resided with his family. In the center of the property, he erected a stable. 2 Living in one of the two Larch Street houses at the time of the 1850 census was 40-year-old New Jersey–born John Tway, who resided with his wife Catharine; sons John, Austin, George, and Peter; and daughter Mary. 3 All of the Tway men were blacksmiths, with a possible emphasis on shipsmithing, as John and his son Austin later founded a shipsmithing firm. 4 It is not known how long the Tway family was in residence in the house, though John Tway was living there by 1849 and was in the Richmond District as early as October 1847. 5 The family did not stay long after the 1850 census, either, as they had moved to Richmond Street by 1851. 6 Their immediate successors as tenants are unknown.
The project area as depicted on the 1862 Smedley’s Atlas of the City of Philadelphia. The structure in the center of the block may be Thomas Pilson’s stable. Courtesy of the Map Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia.
In January 1855, Pilson sold the property to clerk Charles McCoy and boatman John Ewing for $2,150. 7 At the time he purchased the property, Ewing lived on 248 South Juniper Street in Center City Philadelphia, while McCoy, who also owned the two lots to the southwest on Richmond, was living on Salmon Street near the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad’s tracks. 8 It seems that McCoy and Ewing quickly demolished the frame house and office on Richmond Street and erected two three-story brick dwellings for their respective families, which may have been completed by late 1855. 9 After jointly owning the property for 12 years, McCoy and Ewing divided it in half, with McCoy receiving lot 17, on which his house fronting Richmond Street was constructed, and lot 18, which had one of the two frame houses fronting on Larch (Larch having been renamed Melvale in 1859). 10
The Curran Family, 1860–1879
The next known residents of the frame house fronting Larch Street on lot 18 was the family of Owen Curran (also spelled Kern), who moved to the address in early 1860 from Sorrel Street below Bath Street. 11 Curran, a 35-year-old Irish immigrant, was the head of a household composed of his wife Mary; daughters Sarah, Mary, and Ellen; sons Anthony, Bernard, John, James, and Philip; and Emiline Sperry, a 35-year-old woman who may have been a daughter of next door neighbor Samuel Sperry. 12 The illiterate Owen worked as a coal heaver on the Philadelphia and Reading’s wharves, while his sons were employed as laborers and boatmen on the region’s canals, and his unmarried daughters worked as seamstresses. 13 Not many details are known about the family in the 1860s—with the notable exception of Anthony Curran’s criminal exploits.
Explorations in History Black Sheep of the Curran Family
An illustration from an 1898 newspaper article on rope thieves along the waterfront in Kensington and Richmond. As Anthony Curran demonstrated in 1867, this crime was not a new problem. Courtesy of newspapers.com, an ancestry.com website. “River Pirates Infest Kensington Wharves.” Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 23, January 1898, p.25, cols 4-5.
Anthony’s first known brush with the law occurred in August 1863, when he was in his early twenties. According to newspaper reports, Curran led a drunken group of roughly 20 men onto a ship docked at the coal wharves, where they attacked three Portuguese crew members. They then proceeded to Richmond Street, where they attacked and severely beat two men. One man escaped and sought refuge in a store, which soon had its windows smashed by the group. Police arrested four of the men, including Curran, who was apparently held on $1,400 bail.14 His criminal indictment however, seems to show that he was only held on $800 bail, and charged with assaulting a Schuyler C. Shutz—an indictment he apparently ignored. 15 Less than six months later, he was one of two men charged with beating a man with a “slungshot” and then robbing him near Richmond and Clearfield Streets, being then held on $2,500 bail. 16 His last known criminal act occurred in August 1868, when he was arrested in a boat full of rope he stole from the wharves. 17 Apparently he served little in the way of prison time for any of these offenses, as he was residing in his father’s household by the time of the 1870 census. 18
Anthony’s first known brush with the law occurred in August 1863, when he was in his early twenties. According to newspaper reports, Curran led a drunken group of roughly 20 men onto a ship docked at the coal wharves, where they attacked three Portuguese crew members. They then proceeded to Richmond Street, where they attacked and severely beat two men. One man escaped and sought refuge in a store, which soon had its windows smashed by the group. Police arrested four of the men, including Curran, who was apparently held on $1,400 bail. 19 His criminal indictment however, seems to show that he was only held on $800 bail, and charged with assaulting a Schuyler C. Shutz—an indictment he apparently ignored. 20 Less than six months later, he was one of two men charged with beating a man with a “slungshot” and then robbing him near Richmond and Clearfield Streets, being then held on $2,500 bail. 21 His last known criminal act occurred in August 1868, when he was arrested in a boat full of rope he stole from the wharves. 22 Apparently he served little in the way of prison time for any of these offenses, as he was residing in his father’s household by the time of the 1870 census. 23
The Curran family may have briefly moved to Edgemont Street in the late 1860s, during which time, an Edward Haskins briefly took up residence in the house on lot 18, which was now numbered 1612 Melvale Street. 24 The Curran family returned in 1869, about the time Sarah Curran married foundry worker (and later canal boatman) Thomas Clark. 25 The couple initially continued to reside with Sarah’s parents, 26 and had at least six children over the course of the decade, including Terrance, John, Thaddeus, Mary, Thomas, and James. Thomas Clark seems to have gone to work as a boatman just after the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad gained control over the Schuylkill Navigation Company in 1870, and subsequently used its canal boats to transport the Reading’s coal to New York. 27 The Clark family possibly spent part or most of their time on Thomas’ canal boat, which had not been unusual for the families of captains on the Schuylkill Canal. 28 This situation seems likely as they were not listed in the city directories during this time and their son John died on such a boat in New York in 1873. 29 In addition to John’s death, his uncle Bernard Curran died under unclear circumstances in 1874, and his sister Mary died in October 1877, by which time it seems the Clark family was back at 1612 Melvale. 30 Around 1879, the Curran and Clark families moved across the street to a house at 1607 Melvale, and were followed briefly by Mary Smith’s household. 31
Brief Tenants, 1879–1880
1612 Melvale Street as depicted on the 1875 G.M. Hopkins City Atlas of Philadelphia, Vol. 4. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Historical Commission.
There are two individuals known to have resided at 1612 Melvale in late 1879 and possibly early 1880: Mary Smith, the widow of George Smith, and mariner Anton Selby. 32 Smith first enters the historical record while running a boardinghouse at 1606 Melvale in the 1860s and 1870s. 33 Her first husband, Robert Haskell, either died or separated from her by 1868, shortly after George Smith began boarding with her. 34 It is not known if or when they actually married, but it may have been around 1877, when Mary Haskell was last listed in the directories. 35 George was running a cigar store on the 1200 block of William Street around this time, and it was here that he died of a stroke in September 1879. 36 While it can be presumed that Mary Smith’s daughter Lizzie and some long-term boarders lived with her at 1612, the only other resident listed during this time was Anton Selby. 37 Selby may have been a 40-year-old black Portuguese mariner, and was listed as living with the Smiths in late 1874. 38
Likely residing with them at 1612 were Mary’s 22-year-old daughter Lizzie Haskell and the family of mariner Charles B. Gaskill, who had lived in the boardinghouse at 1606 Melvale. 39 By early 1880, Smith had moved to 1246 William Street, where she lived with her daughter, the Gaskills, and other boarders. 40 Selby moved to a boardinghouse near Fifth and South Streets in Philadelphia, where he lived with a number of Portuguese sailors—though he was listed as boarding with Smith again at 2956 Melvale Street in 1887. 41
Members of the Norton family were the next brief residents of 1612. The family consisted of 47-year-old sailor Charles O. Norton; his 43-year-old wife Mary Jane; sons Isaac, Edward, Samuel, and Kelsey; and daughter Florence. The family was native to Cape May County, New Jersey, but had moved back and forth between there and Port Richmond since the early 1860s. The Nortons’ residency at 1612 Melvale was brief, and by June 1880, they had returned to Cape May County permanently. 42
The Burke Family, 1880–1888
1612/2916 Melvale Street as depicted on the 1886 G.M. Hopkins Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, 25th Ward. The Burke family eventually moved several doors down to 2922 Melvale Street. Courtesy of the Map Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia.
The next and last group of long-term residents of 1612 Melvale was the Burke family, who moved to the address from 1138 William Street in the second half of 1880. 43 The household was initially composed of 34-year-old Irish immigrant block maker Michael Burke, his wife Mary, infant son John, and his parents, Michael and Ellen. 44 Also residing in the house at this time was Bernard McCafferty, who may have been living there with his wife and/or some of his children. 45 McCafferty moved out sometime between 1882 and 1884, but the number of occupants continued to grow. 46 Five more children were born to Michael and Mary Burke during their time at 1612, and all but one—Ellen—survived infancy. 47 In December 1884, Michael Burke Sr. died. 48 Shortly afterward, the houses on Melvale Street were renumbered, with 1612 becoming 2916. 49 The Burke family remained until 1888, when after the birth of their sixth child, they moved down the street to 2922 Melvale. 50
Final Years as a Dwelling and the Twentieth Century, 1888–1966
2916 Melvale housed several more tenants at the close of the nineteenth century. James D. Junk, who worked variously as a waterman and a laborer, lived at 2916 in 1887 and 1888, possibly as a boarder with the Burke family. 51 He soon moved two blocks down to a dwelling in the rear of 3004 Melvale Street, perhaps after marrying his wife Sarah. 52 At least two more brief tenants, leaving little in the way of recorded information, followed Junk—laborers William Tait and Frank Schultz, who were listed at 2916 in 1888 and 1891, respectively. In May 1894, property owner Charles McCoy died, and his son Alexander bought out his siblings to become sole owner in 1897. Around that time, he razed the frame house at 2916 and constructed a brick stable in its place. This stable was eventually converted into a garage for 2917 Richmond Street (as the house on the Richmond Street side of the property was now known), and continued in this role until after World War II. 53 There is some indication that the garage served as a spot welding and machining shop immediately following the war, when Walter and Jean Mikus owned the property, but it is unknown who ran this business or how long it was located there. 54 The Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia seized the property under eminent domain in January 1966 for the construction of Interstate 95, and all structures were demolished shortly thereafter. 55
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