The Samuel Cooper House, 1102–1104 North 22nd Street
The Samuel Cooper House stood at 1102–1104 North 22nd Street. It was built in 1790 and photographed on November 12, 1936.
From "The Old Houses in Camden, N.J." by Charles Shimer Boyer:
When Samuel Cooper decided to move from the ferry-house at Cooper's Point (known as "Cooper's Point Hotel") to his farm, which he called "Pleasant View Farm," now covered by a large part of the Eleventh Ward, he erected the spacious mansion, still standing, on Twenty-second street. It is built of bricks, which were said to have been brought from England, and is two and one-half stories in height. Embedded in the north end of the building, in light colored, bricks, are the initials S P During the ante-bellum days this was one of the "stations" on the line of the "Underground Railroad." In the hollow to the north of the railroad, between the junction of the Trenton and Mount Holly branches was a favorite location for fugitive slaves. He died in this house in 1812, and during his latter life was very active among the Friends, receiving the commendation of the famous Quaker preacher, John Hunt.
The following recollection of the house was submitted by William Hans Sr. on February 2, 2013:
A little bit more History on the old colonial farm house on the corner of 22nd Street and Wayne Avenue, the old Samuel Cooper house. For as long as I have known, from 1964, when I was born until late 1979 the house was occupied by my Aunt Jean (nee Hodge) and Uncle Bob (Robert) Catling. They lived there with his daughter Brenda Catling her husband William Gibson Sr. and their children Brenda, Lisa and William Jr. The house is well described in your historical information. The other side of the house was occupied by an older couple of woman, I don't know much about them, they were kind of private. My uncle was the town's huckster…he used to go around Cramer Hill and other parts of Camden in his pick-up truck with Lolly. He was the one who used to yell "Fish Man."
William Hans Sr., February 2, 2013