Unit, 100 & 200 Blocks of Jefferson Street

South Side

South Side — Unit, 100 & 200 Blocks of Jefferson Street
year	name
1900	Miller Rittenhouse Company (licorice)
1906–2016	McAndrews & Forbes Company (aka MAFCO Worldwide Corporation, licorice)

North Side

North Side — Unit, 100 & 200 Blocks of Jefferson Street
year	name
1906–1955	Armstrong Cork Company (aka Nonpareil Cork Works)

Unit & 100 Blocks, North Side

Unit & 100 Blocks, North Side — Unit, 100 & 200 Blocks of Jefferson Street
year	name
2000s	Phoenix Park

267 Jefferson Street

267 Jefferson Street — Unit, 100 & 200 Blocks of Jefferson Street
year	name
1997–2000s	Incineration Recycling Services, Inc.

The Unit, 100, and 200 blocks of Jefferson Street stand at the foot of the street near the Delaware River. The riverfront here was long dominated by the licorice works of the Miller Rittenhouse Company and McAndrews & Forbes Company, and by the Armstrong Cork Company on the north side.

1906 Sanborn map showing the foot of Jefferson Street — 1906 Sanborn map, foot of Jefferson Street.

400 Block of Jefferson Street

400 Block, North Side

400 Block, North Side — 400 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1885–2011	Howland Croft & Son Co. (textile mill)
1946	Rogol Manufacturing Company (clothing) — 400–404 Jefferson Street

The 400 block of Jefferson Street ran between South 4th Street and Broadway. Its north side was dominated by the Howland Croft & Son Co. textile mill, while the Belleview Inn stood on the south side east of Broadway.

Intersection of South 4th Street & Jefferson Street

Southeast corner of South 4th Street and Jefferson Street, 1926 — General Gas Mantle Company.

Southeast corner of South 4th Street and Jefferson Street, 1990s — General Gas Mantle Company — Southeast corner, 1990s.

Southeast corner of South 4th Street and Jefferson Street — General Gas Mantle Company building demolition — General Gas Mantle Company building demolition.

400 Block, North Side — Howland Croft & Son Co.

400 Block of Jefferson Street, north side — Howland Croft and Son Company textile mill — 400 Block of Jefferson Street, north side — Howland Croft & Son Co. textile mill, 1885–2011.

Belleview Inn

Intersection of Arlington Street & Jefferson Street

Looking south onto Arlington Street from Jefferson Street, circa 2003 — Arlington Street at Jefferson Street. Looking south onto Arlington Street, circa 2003.

Arlington Street at Jefferson Street — Sanborn map.

Intersection of Broadway & Jefferson Street

American Legion Memorial Post 274, northeast corner of Broadway and Jefferson Street — Northeast corner — American Legion Memorial Post 274.

Looking east from Broadway on Jefferson Street, June 27, 2011 — Looking east from Broadway — June 27, 2011.

Northwest corner of Broadway and Jefferson Street, June 27, 2011 — Northwest corner. June 27, 2011.

Looking west from Broadway on Jefferson Street, June 27, 2011 — Looking west from Broadway — June 27, 2011.

Belleview Inn, southwest corner of Broadway and Jefferson Street, February 11, 2003 — Southwest corner — Belleview Inn. February 11, 2003.

Looking southeast at Broadway and Jefferson Street, June 27, 2011 — Looking southeast. June 27, 2011.

Intersection of Hedley Street & Jefferson Street

Hedley Street sign at Jefferson Street — Hedley Street at Jefferson Street.

500 Block of Jefferson Street

512 Jefferson Street

512 Jefferson Street — 500 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
WWI	Sgt. Howard W. Cassady
1947	(no info)

514 Jefferson Street

514 Jefferson Street — 500 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1947	(no info)

516 Jefferson Street

516 Jefferson Street — 500 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1947	(no info)

518 Jefferson Street

518 Jefferson Street — 500 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1947	(no info)

520 Jefferson Street

520 Jefferson Street — 500 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1933	Edward Saunders
1947	(no info)

522–524 Jefferson Street

522–524 Jefferson Street — 500 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1918–1924	John B. Bouillion
1926	William Mullin
1928–1931	Thomas E. Oxley
1935–1936	Mrs. Carolina Bouillion
1936–1956	Blanche Cafe (Blanche Cook Peacock, proprietor)
1959–2003	An-Be Tavern
2003–2004	El Bohio Bar & Grill (David Gonzalez, proprietor)

The 500 block of Jefferson Street ran between Broadway and Railroad Avenue. The tavern at 522–524 Jefferson Street passed through several hands, operating as the Blanche Cafe, the An-Be Tavern, and finally El Bohio Bar & Grill.

Jefferson Street from Broadway to Railroad Avenue

512 to 524 Jefferson Street

512 Jefferson Street — Sergeant Howard W. Cassady

522–524 Jefferson Street — Blanche Cafe

Blanche Cafe, 522-524 Jefferson Street, proprietor Blanche Cook Peacock — Blanche Cafe, 522–524 Jefferson Street — Blanche Cook Peacock, proprietor, October 1936–1956.

522–524 Jefferson Street — An-Be Tavern

An-Be Tavern, 522-524 Jefferson Street, August 2003 — An-Be Tavern, 522–524 Jefferson Street, 1959–2003.

522–524 Jefferson Street — El Bohio Bar & Grill

El Bohio Bar and Grill, 522-524 Jefferson Street, August 2003 — El Bohio Bar & Grill, 522–524 Jefferson Street — David Gonzalez, proprietor, August 2003–2004.

Intersection of Fillmore Street & Jefferson Street

Southeast corner of Fillmore Street and Jefferson Street, August 26, 2003 — Southeast corner of Fillmore Street and Jefferson Street. August 26, 2003.

Looking south onto Fillmore Street from Jefferson Street, June 11, 2011 — Looking south onto Fillmore Street from Jefferson Street. June 11, 2011.

600 Block of Jefferson Street

685 Jefferson Street

685 Jefferson Street — 600 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1901–1924	Silas Letchford & Family (real estate)
1901–1924	Silas & Sarah Letchford
1946	(no info)

687 Jefferson Street

687 Jefferson Street — 600 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1910–1960s	Mathias Quinton & Family
1910–1960s	Mathias & Caroline 'Lena' Quinton
1910–1960s	Henry Quinton
1910–1960s	Louis Quinton
1910–1960s	Mattie Quinton
1910–1960s	Carl Quinton
1910–1960s	Lena Quinton
1910–1960s	Paul Quinton
1910–1960s	Margaret Quinton

The 600 block of Jefferson Street ran between Railroad Avenue and Master Street. The Letchford and Quinton families lived at 685 and 687 Jefferson Street, while industry clustered at the surrounding intersections.

Jefferson Street from Broadway to Railroad Avenue, 1906 and 2012

Jefferson Street from Broadway to Railroad Avenue, 2012.

Intersection of Railroad Avenue & Jefferson Street

1906 Sanborn map of Railroad Avenue and Jefferson Street intersection — 1906 Sanborn map — Railroad Avenue and Jefferson Street.

Southeast corner: 1882–1946 — J.C. Dunn & Company (linoleum). 1946 — South Jersey Mack Sales Company; Sullivan Rug Cleaning Company.

Intersection of Master Street & Jefferson Street

1906 Sanborn map of Master Street and Jefferson Street intersection — 1906 Sanborn map — Master Street and Jefferson Street. Northeast corner: R.H. Comey & Company — Dyers and Bleachers of Straw and Chip Braids, 1906.

William J. Strandwitz and Company, northeast corner of Master Street and Jefferson Street, 1928 — Northeast corner — William J. Strandwitz & Company (sheet metal), 1946.

New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages advertisement, 1956 — Langer Transport Corporation at Jefferson and Master Streets — 1956 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages — Langer Transport Corporation (1955), Jefferson and Master Streets.

New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages advertisement, 1956 — Terminal Warehouse of New Jersey Inc. at Jefferson and Master Streets — 1956 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages — Terminal Warehouse of New Jersey Inc. (1955), Jefferson and Master Streets.

700 Block of Jefferson Street

700 Block, South Side

700 Block, South Side — 700 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
ongoing	Staley Park

710 Jefferson Street

710 Jefferson Street — 700 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1906	No Building
1947	(no info)

712 Jefferson Street

712 Jefferson Street — 700 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1906	No Building
1947	(no info)

714 Jefferson Street

714 Jefferson Street — 700 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1906	No Building
1947	(no info)

716 Jefferson Street

716 Jefferson Street — 700 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1906	No Building
1947	(no info)

718 Jefferson Street

718 Jefferson Street — 700 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1947	(no info)

720 Jefferson Street

720 Jefferson Street — 700 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1906	No Building
1947	(no info)

On the 700 block of Jefferson Street, Staley Park occupies the south side. The 1906 Sanborn map showed no buildings at the 710 through 720 addresses on the block.

800 Block of Jefferson Street

850 Jefferson Street

850 Jefferson Street — 800 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1961	(no info)

884 Jefferson Street

884 Jefferson Street — 800 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1899–1912	James Vaughn, policeman

885 Jefferson Street

885 Jefferson Street — 800 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1916	Charles Kabanski
1947	(no info)

886 Jefferson Street

886 Jefferson Street — 800 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1962	(no info)

887 Jefferson Street

887 Jefferson Street — 800 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1962	(no info)

888 Jefferson Street

888 Jefferson Street — 800 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1950s–1970s	Ebony Beauty Shop (Willa Mae Brown, proprietor)

889 Jefferson Street

889 Jefferson Street — 800 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1962	(no info)

890 Jefferson Street

890 Jefferson Street — 800 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1962	(no info)

891 Jefferson Street

891 Jefferson Street — 800 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1962	(no info)

892 Jefferson Street

892 Jefferson Street — 800 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1939	(no info)

893 Jefferson Street

893 Jefferson Street — 800 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1962	(no info)

894 Jefferson Street

894 Jefferson Street — 800 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1962	(no info)

The 800 block of Jefferson Street was home to policeman James Vaughn at 884, Charles Kabanski at 885, and the Ebony Beauty Shop run by Willa Mae Brown at 888.

900 Block of Jefferson Street

908 Jefferson Street

908 Jefferson Street — 900 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1893	Mrs. Frances Hutt
1947	(no info)

913 Jefferson Street

913 Jefferson Street — 900 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1947	(no info)

914 Jefferson Street

914 Jefferson Street — 900 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1947	(no info)

915 Jefferson Street

915 Jefferson Street — 900 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1915	Peter Bolione
1947	(no info)
1967	Junious LeVere

916 Jefferson Street

916 Jefferson Street — 900 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1947	(no info)

918 Jefferson Street

918 Jefferson Street — 900 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1906	(no info)
1924–1947	Nathan Thornton & Family
2011	Vacant

920 Jefferson Street

920 Jefferson Street — 900 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1906	(no info)
1947	(no info)
2011	Vacant

926 Jefferson Street

926 Jefferson Street — 900 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1899	Edward Oswald & Family

934 Jefferson Street

934 Jefferson Street — 900 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1894	Howard Johnson

950 Jefferson Street

950 Jefferson Street — 900 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1887–1893	William H. Hubert
1906	(no info)
1947	(no info)
1971	Thomas Bostic & Family

956 Jefferson Street

956 Jefferson Street — 900 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1906	(no info)
1947	(no info)
1967	Clarence Valentine

958 Jefferson Street

958 Jefferson Street — 900 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1906	(no info)
1947	(no info)

960 Jefferson Street

960 Jefferson Street — 900 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1899	John Williams
1900–1902	Mrs. Mary Mowery & Family
1906	(no info)
1937	Frederic Henderson & Family
1947	(no info)

962 Jefferson Street

962 Jefferson Street — 900 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1906	(no info)
1947	(no info)

964 Jefferson Street

964 Jefferson Street — 900 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1906	(no info)
1947	(no info)

The 900 block of Jefferson Street held many of the street's residents from the 1880s through the early 2000s, including Frances Hutt, Peter Bolione, the Nathan Thornton family, the Bostic family at 950, and the Frederic Henderson family at 960.

916, 918 & 920 Jefferson Street, 2011

916, 918 and 920 Jefferson Street, June 11, 2011 — 916, 918 & 920 Jefferson Street. June 11, 2011.

960 Jefferson Street — Frederic Henderson & Family, 1937

1937 Camden High School yearbook page showing Frederic Henderson family of 960 Jefferson Street — 960 Jefferson Street — Frederic & Pearl Henderson family. 1937 Camden High School yearbook (Clarence Henderson, Evelyn Henderson).

1000 Block of Jefferson Street

1015 Jefferson Street

1015 Jefferson Street — 1000 Block of Jefferson Street
year	name
1947	Vacant

The 1000 block of Jefferson Street lies at the eastern end of the street near South 10th Street. In 1947, 1015 Jefferson Street was recorded as vacant.

Camden County, NJ HMT Rohna Memorial

Twelve soldiers from Camden County, NJ died when the troop transport HMT Rohna was struck by a German guided glider bomb and sank off the coast of North Africa on November 26, 1943 — one of the greatest maritime disasters of World War II.

August 4, 2026

General Gas Mantle Company - Jefferson Street - 1926

Arlington Street

Arlington Street in South Camden ran one block and virtually disappeared after demolition in 2004. The street was home to working-class families, the General Gas Mantle factory (which caused thorium contamination), and became an EPA Superfund site in 1996.

April 6, 2024

Kossuth Street

Kossuth Street ran south through South Camden from Van Hook Street to the railroad tracks; named for the Hungarian revolutionary Louis Kossuth, much of it was razed in the 1950s for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Manor and Chelton Terrace public housing projects.

November 27, 2023

Thomas E. Oxley

Obituary of Thomas E. Oxley, 65, formerly of Jefferson Street and Dudley Street, Camden, who died January 23, 1972.

January 25, 1972

Martha Bostic

Obituary of Martha Bostic, 89, of 950 Jefferson Avenue, a 46-year member of Bethel AME Church and widow of Camden policeman Thomas H. Bostic, who died November 27, 1971.

November 29, 1971

Mrs. Kobus to Ask More Cops, Firemen for City Next Year

Camden Public Safety Commissioner Mary W. Kobus announced in December 1940 that her appointment of 22 patrolmen and 10 firemen had restored the public safety department to 1938 strength, and said she would seek money for more officers because of defense needs; John Gryckiewicz of 810 North Front Street was among the fire appointees.

December 4, 1940

Edward Saunders Struck by Lightning

Edward Saunders, 28, of 520 Jefferson Street, a Public Service station-master, was struck by lightning at a telephone switchboard and treated at Cooper Hospital.

June 13, 1933

Accused of Shooting at Policeman

Charles Kabanski, 39, of 885 Jefferson Street, was accused of firing a revolver at children and at Policeman Johnson during his arrest, and sentenced to three months in jail.

September 12, 1916

Philadelphia Inquirer, July 30, 1915 — Peter Bolione of 915 Jefferson Street injured at New York Shipbuilding plant

Camden At A Glance

Peter Bolione, 36, of 915 Jefferson Street, suffered a compound arm fracture when a pneumatic drill kicked at the New York Shipbuilding plant.

July 30, 1915

Philadelphia Inquirer, February 4, 1912 — Street ends along the Delaware River sought for the city by City Solicitor E.G.C. Bleakly

Street Ends Sought for City

City Solicitor E.G.C. Bleakly moved to acquire Delaware River street ends for Camden, filing Supreme Court suits over the ends of Jackson, Vanhook, Jasper, Emerald, Viola, and Winslow streets near Jefferson Street.

February 4, 1912

Grim Reaper's Work

A Camden Post-Telegram death notice column listing recent funerals, including Mary A. Mowery, 58, of 360 Jefferson Avenue.

June 25, 1902

A Chimney 235 Feet High

The Howland Croft & Sons Company erected a 235-foot chimney at Broadway and Jefferson Avenue — the tallest stack in Camden.

July 8, 1900

Knife Thrusts in Two Loving Hearts

Edward Oswald fatally stabbed his wife and six-year-old daughter at 926 Jefferson Avenue and then cut his own throat; a second daughter escaped with a neighbour's help. Police Captain Stanley ordered the bodies removed to the home of Mrs. Oswald's brother.

April 26, 1899

Philadelphia Inquirer, October 24, 1894 — Howard Johnson, coal wagon driver, 934 Jefferson Street

Coal Wagon Runs Over Child

Howard Johnson of 934 Jefferson Street, driver of a coal wagon that ran over 3-year-old Hugh Birchall, was held by Mayor Westcott pending the child's recovery.

October 24, 1894

Lambert Held for Robbery

Theodore Lambert, held in the murder of baker William G. Kairer, was charged with two robberies including the theft of a watch and purse from Mrs. Frances Hutt of 908 Jefferson Avenue.

December 10, 1893