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6128 Germantown Ave. cir. 1854
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6128 Germantown Ave:
1) Charles Magarge Mansion: 1854-1883
2) Vacant 1883-1885
3) Franklin School for Boys 1885-1890
4) Young Republicans Club 1893-1913
5) African-American YWCA 1917-1958
6) Settlement Music School 1958-present
"There were really three old stone buildings and one frame structure that used to stand upon the lot where now stands the building of the Young Republican Club. On account of its long, low appearance, the frame building acquired the name of ‘Noah’s Ark.’ About 1840 the buildings were owned by a family named Knorr. After John Knorr’s death, a rag dealer named Gomeringer rented the property, but soon afterwards the dwellings were all torn down, and the present fine mansion was erected by Charles Magargee whose wife was a niece of John Knorr. The stone used in its construction was quarried on Mr. Magarge’s grounds on the Wissahickon.
"Mr. Charles Magargee was born September 30, 1804. He was educated at the Friends’ Academy, and entered business life at the age of thirteen. He steadily made his way upward, and, after a few years, he embarked in the rag and paper trade with his brother, on a capital of 00. He became a director of the Germantown Bank, and was elected its president in 1848. In 1866 he resigned and bought the old Weiss paper mill on the Wissahickon. This he enlarged and greatly improved. Here he accumulated a fortune, and held the mills until the property was absorbed by Fairmount Park. He died October 1, 1883.
"In his later years Mr. Magargee became financially embarrassed and gave up his beautiful residence. It was then vacant for several years, and in 1885 it was occupied by the Franklin School, an institution which was organized with a view of affording to boys a thorough training in literature and science, so as to prepare them for the more extended work of the college and the university. The first head master was Mr. George A. Perry…it continued for only a little more than two years.
"The Young Republican Club purchased the property about 1893, and has occupied it continuously ever since." [until 1913 – rlt]
Source: www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/gtn/keyser.htm
The Settlement Music School, Germantown Branch, shown here, which opened in 1958, occupies the building which was formerly the African-American YWCA, where tennis great Ora Washington played and taught tennis. The so-called (at the time) old Colored YWCA occupied this building from 1918-1958.
"In the fall of 1917, the plan of organizing a branch of the Germantown YWCA for colored women and girls was first formulated in midst of World War I. A group of white women interested in African studies became very concerned about the needs of the black community in Germantown. They formed a committee, raising enough money to pay a secretary who, in turn, gathered over 1,000 memberships to start the Branch. An office building in central Germantown (6128 Germantown Avenue) was bought (the central building was at 5820 Germantown Ave.) and in 1918 the “Branch for Colored Girls and Women" opened."
Source: www.temple.edu
Currently the Germantown Branch of the Settlement Music School:
Settlement Music School was founded in 1908 as the music program of the College Settlement in the Southwark section of Philadelphia. The College Settlement was a typical turn-of-the-century settlement house offering a variety of services to the newly arrived immigrants in the community. The music program grew rapidly from volunteers offering piano lessons for a nickel to a full program of instruction in all musical instruments taught by professionals, including several members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. By 1914, Settlement was incorporated as an independent community school of the arts.
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