Southwest Corner of North 9th Street & Pearl Street - West of North 9th Street, Circa 1908.
Courtesy of Carl Gainsborough
Ninth Street is one of Camden's longest north–south thoroughfares, running from the Delaware River waterfront in North Camden through the city's central corridor and far south into South Camden. Block numbering begins at Federal Street, the traditional baseline for Camden's street grid.
Records here span from the 1870s through the 2010s, drawing on city directory listings, newspaper accounts, and family recollections. South 9th Street runs south from Federal Street through Cramer Hill, Whitman Park, and the southernmost neighborhoods of Camden; its unit block was renamed South 11th Street in 1928.
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100 Block of North 9th Street — Occupants
115 North 9th Street
115 North 9th Street — 100 Block of North 9th Street — Occupants
445 North 9th Street — 400 Block of North 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1906–1940
Maurice E. Holler Sr. & Family (baker)
1906–1940
Maurice E. & Emma P. Holler Sr.
1906–1940
Maurice Holler Jr.
1906–1940
Arthur A. Holler
1906–1940
Emma P. Holler
1947
Abraham Molotsky (dry goods)
445 North 9th Street
445 North 9th Street, circa 1908. Home of Maurice Holler Sr. and family.
Linden Street & North 9th Street
Philadelphia Inquirer, March 26, 1912View transcription
False Alarm at Ninth and Linden Streets
Half the companies of the city turned out to a false alarm sent in yesterday from Ninth and Linden streets, apparently by someone in a spirit of peculiar "fun."
Intersection of Linden Street and North 9th Street. Half the companies of the city turned out to a false alarm sent in here on March 25, 1912, "apparently by someone in a spirit of peculiar 'fun.'" (Philadelphia Inquirer, March 26, 1912.)
500 Block of North 9th Street — Occupants
510–522 North 9th Street
510–522 North 9th Street — 500 Block of North 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1934–1947
521 — William H. Del Baugh & Family
1934–1947
William H. & Anna E. Del Baugh
1934–1947
William H. Del Baugh Jr.
1947
521 — Charles B. Del Baugh & Family (church sexton)
1947
Charles B. & Annie Del Baugh
515 North 9th Street
515 North 9th Street — 500 Block of North 9th Street — Occupants
1464 South 9th Street — 1400 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
2012
Morningstar Pentecostal Church
1471 South 9th Street
1471 South 9th Street — 1400 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1940
John S. Zawila
1475 South 9th Street
1475 South 9th Street — 1400 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1934
Andrew Pointkowski
1478 South 9th Street
1478 South 9th Street — 1400 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1931–1955
Shirley's Cafe aka Shirley's Grill
1931–1955
Andrew Szurlej
1931–1955
John Shirley
1956–1959
Anna K. Diehl
1959
A&B Tavern
1959
Andrew J. Mayer & Virden B. Bailey
1962–1963
Ninth Street Tavern
1963–1968
W Bar
1963–1968
Frances Babbitt & Ethel Wortheim
1968
Fairmount Bar
1968
Howard & Rebecca Jones
1970–1972
William S. Baglivo
1480 South 9th Street
1480 South 9th Street — 1400 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1940
Theodore V. Emerley & Family
1940
Theodore & Stella Grygo Emerley
1940
Frances Emerley Farland
1482 South 9th Street
1482 South 9th Street — 1400 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955
Walter Jakubowski (butter)
1946
John J. Bechta & Family (proprietor, Mother's Home Bakery)
1946
John J. & Helen Bechta
Mother's Home Bakery — 1416 Broadway
Mother's Home Bakery, 1416 Broadway. John J. Bechta, proprietor, lived at 1482 South 9th Street. Circa 1960s.
1500 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
1551 South 9th Street
1551 South 9th Street — 1500 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
2013–
Kingdom Hall Jehovah's Witnesses
1600 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
1620 South 9th Street
1620 South 9th Street — 1600 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
2011
Damaged by Fire, December 19, 2011
1639 South 9th Street
1639 South 9th Street — 1600 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947–late 1960s
Stanley Jelonek & Family
1947–late 1960s
Stanley & Mary Jelonek
1947–late 1960s
Anna Jelonek
1947–late 1960s
Stephen Jelonek
1947–late 1960s
Mary Jelonek
1947–late 1960s
Helen Jelonek
1947–late 1960s
Joseph Jelonek
1947–late 1960s
Arthur A. Jelonek
Stanley Jelonek — 1639 South 9th Street
My Grandmother and Grandfather Stanley and Mary Jelonek lived on South 9th Street. The house stood by itself until a car ran into the side of it sometime in the late 60s. At that time my Grandmother was the only one living there so she was moved to an apartment.
— Arthur A. Jelonek Jr., February 2015
1700 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
1700 South 9th Street
1700 South 9th Street — 1700 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
name↕
Clement T. Branch Village (Public Housing)
1701 South 9th Street
1701 South 9th Street — 1700 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
2105 South 9th Street — 2100 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1953
Shirley Bill
1953
Lewis English
2200 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
2220 South 9th Street
2220 South 9th Street — 2200 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1922–1924
Mrs. Mary Bade
1922–1924
William Bade
2300 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
2306 South 9th Street
2306 South 9th Street — 2300 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1943–1947
Joseph C. Colfin
1980
Dorothy L. McClammy
2308 South 9th Street
2308 South 9th Street — 2300 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1943–1947
Michael Karwotsky
2310 South 9th Street
2310 South 9th Street — 2300 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
Martin Flaherty
1969
Olga Billy
1980
J. Bell
2312 South 9th Street
2312 South 9th Street — 2300 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
Willard H. Rodenbaugh & Family
1947
Willard & Ruth Zimmerman Rodenbaugh
1947
Clare Rodenbaugh
1947–1970s
Joseph Miller & Family
1947–1970s
Joseph & Ruth Zimmerman Miller
2314 South 9th Street
2314 South 9th Street — 2300 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1943
Howard Brickner
1947
Mrs. Vera Brickner
1980
V. Vines
2350 South 9th Street
2350 South 9th Street — 2300 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1943–1969
Etta Beauty Salon
1943–1969
Mrs. Etta Raab
1980
E. Strakoniczky
Rodenbaugh & Miller Families — 2312 South 9th Street
2312 South 9th Street. Willard H. Rodenbaugh & Family, 1947; then Joseph Miller & Family, 1947–1970s.
Neighbors at 2310–2312 South 9th Street, Rodenbaugh and Romaine families, 2014.Clare Rodenbaugh Sheehan — 2312 South 9th Street.Ruth Zimmerman Miller and Clare Rodenbaugh, 1947.Clare Rodenbaugh and Ruth Zimmerman Miller at 2312 South 9th Street.Ruth Zimmerman Miller at 2312 South 9th Street.Neighbors at 2312 South 9th Street — Clare Rodenbaugh, Ruth Miller, Olga Billy and friends.
Willard Rodenbaugh was my Dad. He lived at 2312 South 9th in 1947. When I was 2 months old he and my Mother (Ruth Zimmerman Rodenbaugh) separated, then divorced. He moved to Gloucester City. My Mother stayed at 2312 then remarried in 1950 to my beloved stepfather Joseph Miller. Mom then became Ruth Miller. They stayed until late 60s–early 70s, then moved to Fairview. The house was sold to neighbor Dorothy McClammy who lived a few doors away.
— Clare Rodenbaugh Sheehan, December 5, 2014
2400 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
2411 South 9th Street
2411 South 9th Street — 2400 Block of South 9th Street — Occupants
2411 South 9th Street. Rudolph Oakwood, 1913; Isaac "Ike" Shute; Richard Benson grocery, 1929; Pasquale Gialuco grocery, 1943–1947. Photographs taken July 2, 2011.
2411 South 9th Street, July 2, 2011.2411 South 9th Street, July 2, 2011.2411 South 9th Street, July 2, 2011.
Fairview Street Corner — Morris Dworkin Grocery
Southwest corner, Fairview Street & South 9th Street (976 South 9th Street). Morris Dworkin & Family grocery, 1920s–1950s. Destroyed by fire July 2, 2011.
Southwest corner, Fairview Street & South 9th Street (976 South 9th Street). Morris Dworkin grocery, destroyed by fire July 2, 2011.
Intersection of Tulip Street & South 9th Street
Tulip Street and South 9th Street intersection sign, July 2, 2011.Northwest corner of Tulip Street and South 9th Street — 879 Tulip Street.Southwest corner of Tulip Street and South 9th Street — 852 Tulip Street.
Arthur Cuellen Batten (1904–1972), known to his fellow firefighters as Artie, joined the Camden Fire Department on March 4, 1927 and served until his retirement on February 28, 1969, rising to captain of Rescue Company 1 and acting battalion chief. He lived for many years at 1132 North 22nd Street in Cramer Hill and invented the un-patented ring cutter used by the rescue company to remove finger jewelry.
Adelbert J. "Duke" Kirk Sr. (1918-1989) was a Camden firefighter who was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on November 16, 1956 and served with Engine Company 3 until his retirement on December 1, 1981.
Eleventh Street ran north from Market Street through to Pearl Street. Over time, North 11th Street was erased block by block, until only a short segment between Penn and Linden Streets survives. South 11th Street is a connecting road with no residential addresses.
Josiah Sage was born in New Jersey in May 1862, according to the 1900 U.S. Census. His older sister, Hannah, married Charles Henry Peters in the late 1860s. By 1880, Sage was single and working as an oil cloth painter.
Ray Street is a one-block street running north from Pearl Street to Elm Street, between Borton Street and North 9th Street. It first appeared in city directories in 1890 and is named for Mrs. "Ray" Cox, wife of developer Charles W. Cox.
Charles Miller Gladney was born in New Jersey on September 2, 1877, to George and Mary Gladney. In 1878, the family lived at 728 Mount Vernon Street , but by 1880, George, Mary, and their older son David had moved to 432 Liberty Street in Camden.
Jesse P. Johnson was born around 1873 in Des Moines, Iowa, and moved to Camden, New Jersey, around 1890. The 1890-1891 Camden City Directory lists him living at the corner of 9th and Pearl Streets and working as a salesman in Philadelphia.
Ada Street ran from Cherry Street south to Walnut Street, one block east of South 9th Street, before being removed in the early 1970s when Interstate Highway I-676 was constructed through the heart of Camden.
Carpenter Street was a narrow residential street in North Camden, running from North 8th Street to Cooper Street. Most of it was destroyed in the 1940 Hollingshead Factory fire and later razed for Interstate 676; today only the 800 block remains.
Bulson Street runs east from Broadway to South 11th Street alongside the railroad tracks, named after 19th-century farmer Gilbert Bulson. At one time the tracks were at street level; in modern times the overpass has been known as "the hump."
Budd Street is in Camden's Centerville neighborhood, first appearing in City Directories in 1878. The construction of the Clement T. Branch Village public housing project in 1940 further shortened the street, which now begins at South 10th Street.
29th Street extends from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden, running from River Road to Clinton Street. It is North 29th Street above Federal and South 29th below.
Clare Street is a one-block thoroughfare in South Camden, running from Pine Street to Division Street. Originally called Pine Avenue, it was renamed Clare Street between 1878 and 1890, then later renamed Jesthroe Hunt Sr. Lane in honor of a Camden firefighter who passed away in 2005.
Atlantic Avenue runs east–west through the heart of Camden, three blocks south of Kaighn Avenue, from Front Street to Haddon Avenue. East of 7th Street it was and remains a mix of homes and commercial properties; the street crosses under I-676 and the elevated rail between 7th and 9th Streets before becoming primarily residential toward Haddon Avenue.
Reprinted from the series of stories of Camden's earlier days, under the title Sixty Years in Camden County - Gosh! by Will Paul, appearing in The Community news, of Merchantville, NJ.
Haddon Avenue is one of Camden's oldest roads, dating to at least 1792 as a bridle path and incorporated as the Haddonfield & Camden Turnpike in 1839. It runs southeast from Federal Street to the city limits toward Collingswood, Haddon Township, and Haddonfield.
One of Camden's oldest and most storied streets, named after the Cooper family. Covers the full length from the waterfront to the 2000 block, including the Victor Talking Machine Company, Esterbrook Pen Company, Johnson Park, the Hotel Plaza, the Walt Whitman Hotel, the Elks Lodge, and East Camden's other Cooper Street.
1123 Broadway (Broadway and Sycamore Street), Camden, NJ Established in 1885, the Camden National Bank opened at 259 Kaighn Avenue on August 13, 1885. Zophar C. Howell was the first President.
EUGENE F. ALSTON was born October 16, 1919 in Camden to Richard Alston and his wife, the former Dolly Robinson. His father had been born in 1891 in Henderson, North Carolina.
Joseph A. Alcorn (1919-1958) was a Camden, New Jersey native and US Marine Corps veteran who founded Alcorn Motor Sales on Federal Street in East Camden.
WILLIAM C. AITKEN was born around 1846. He first came to America in 1869. He moved to Camden in the early 1880s. He was active as a builder in the latter part of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Camden Courier-Post - October 26, 2005 Age 69, of Camden. Died Friday, October 21, 2005, in Cooper Medical Center, Camden. ADAMS, WILSON EPHRAIM - Born in Camden, NJ, he has been a life long area resident.
Camden Courier-Post - September 6, 1999 By LAURIE STUART Courier-Post Admiral Wilson. Motorists who have driven through Camden instantly recognize the name, but most don't know who he is. Henry Braid Wilson was born in Camden in 1861.
A rash of overnight fires in Camden during a February 1967 snowstorm destroyed Ray's Tavern at 5th and Mickle Streets and damaged four buildings; police and firemen rescued four elderly residents, and Acting Battalion Chief Arthur Batten's crew answered the second call for aid after fighting two North Camden blazes.
Three graduates of the Camden City Fire Training School received their company assignments in July 1964 — Truman Maples of 1024 North 35th Street, Ernest A. Fagan of 105 South 35th Street, and Spencer Smith 3d of 1523 Collings Road.
On August 11, 1958, a heavy rainstorm coinciding with high tide flooded Kaighn Avenue through South Camden between 8th and 10th Streets and Mt. Ephraim Avenue. The scene was documented in a series of photographs by Bob Bartosz.
Kaighn School Razed; Blazes Set in Church, Unoccupied House Police today are investigating the possibility that three fires Wednesday within a quarter-mile area inside of three hours and 46 minutes were the work of a firebug.
William L. Adams Sr., 61, of 553 North 28th Street, died at home. Born in South Camden, he was a longtime East Camden resident, former Standard Oil employee, and Holy Name Society member. Survived by widow Mary C., two sons, five daughters.
Obituary notice for Joseph Steer, 66, of 1241 North Twenty-first Street; requiem Mass was rescheduled to 9 a.m. in St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church.
The Camden Housing Authority announced U.S. Housing Authority approval of a $1,566,000 defense housing project of 306 units on the south side of East State Street between Cooper Creek and River Avenue. Camden Courier-Post, January 17, 1942.
A July 1941 Camden Courier-Post advertisement for 3 Bros. Markets, listing four store locations — 7th & Vine and 3rd & Birch in North Camden, 9th & Pine and 6th & Walnut in South Camden — with weekend meat specials.
R. M. Hollingshead Jr. was fined $15 for driving 75 miles per hour on the Burlington Pike. Gordon Snyder, 23, of 709 North 28th Street, was fined $5 for having no driver's license.
A February 1936 Camden Courier-Post notice of the marriage of Dorothy Harczynska and John Walker, solemnized at St. Joseph's R.C. Church in Camden with Monsignor Strenski officiating.
Camden Courier-Post - October 16, 1933 Retired Builder Dies at Penn Street Home; Resident Here for 50 Years The funeral of William C. Aitken , 87, retired builder, who died Saturday at his home at 421 Penn street , will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Camden Courier-Post - October 16, 1933 The funeral of William C. Aitken , 87, retired builder, who died Saturday at his home at 421 Penn street , will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Mr. Aitken was one of the best known builders of his day.
Mayor Says Books Are Lost - But Prosecutor Has Names Revealed A veil-of secrecy was thrown about the identity of five men arrested in a gambling house raid in Gloucester yesterday was lifted last night and the names released, purportedly on orders 'from Prosecutor Clifford A. Baldwin.' Prosecutor Baldwin, County Detective Chief Lawrence T. Doran and two county detectives were "riding through Gloucester" yesterday when they noticed a man in a doorway at 427 Hudson street, signal someone of their presence.
Police Judge Garfield Pancoast sentenced Emil Hatter to 50 days and two men found in his speakeasy — including Edward Mackay of 531 Ray Street — to 60 days each after they denied buying drinks there.
Two men were fined $25 each for interfering with Motorcycle Policeman Earl Wright's investigation of a 2:20 a.m. auto accident at Ninth Street and Kaighn Avenue.
William Gooch, an East Camden athlete of 67 South 29th Street, was severely wounded in France. One of eight orphan children, he enlisted in the heavy field artillery in December and trained at Camp Greene, N.C., before deploying with Frank Carver.
Joseph Copvinski of 1053 Diamond Street and Frank Notevis of Mount Vernon Street were held in $1,000 bail each on charges arising from labor troubles at the Keystone Leather Company.
Burglars entered two South Camden homes through second-story rear windows and ransacked the bedrooms while the families slept, taking only clothing. Detective Captain Schregler put his men on the case.
Captain Stanley investigated the disappearance of pet cats near Ninth and Sycamore Streets and opened an unoccupied barn, from which at least a hundred half-starved felines bounded out — the work of neighbourhood boys who believed the barn was haunted.
