The view South on 7th Street from Central Avenue. March 29, 2009.
Seventh Street was one of Camden's original streets, and over the years expanded far beyond its original length, now running south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Morgan Boulevard to Pyne Point in North Camden. There are three major sections to Seventh Street: from Federal Street north to Pyne Point; from Benson Street south to Kaighn Avenue; and from Van Hook Street south to Morgan Boulevard.
In the early 1940s, during World War II the Chelton Terrace public housing project was built, with homes in the 2100 block of South Seventh, between Chelton Avenue and the railroad tracks that run east from Broadway along Bulson Street. These homes were owned and operated by the Housing Authority of the City of Camden.
Homes and businesses along Seventh Street between Van Hook Street and Ferry Avenue were razed in the early 1950s to make way for the Roosevelt Manor public housing project, also owned and operated by the Housing Authority of the City of Camden. Roosevelt Manor was slated for demolition in late 2004 and 2005, and new construction was expected to take place.
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Unit Block of North 7th Street
City directory records, 1930s–1955.
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City directory records, 1887–1964.
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Viola Street runs west from Ancona Street across Broadway to the railroad tracks and Interstate 676. City directory records, newspaper clippings, and photos from 1891 to 1983.
Sylvan Street runs west from South 10th Street for three and one-half blocks, ending a short distance west of South 7th Street, one block south of Woodland Avenue and three blocks north of Morgan Street in Camden, New Jersey.
Earl Wright joined the Camden police force in 1928, serving as a motorcycle patrolman and later Sergeant. He is best known as the officer who arrested mass murderer Howard Unruh on September 6, 1949.
Physician, pharmacist, and Camden's first Medical Inspector; later Health Director and chief school physician who shaped public-school health care in Camden for a generation.
One of Camden's major east-west streets, running from Kaighn's Point at the Delaware River east to Admiral Wilson Boulevard and the Airport Circle in Pennsauken, with block-by-block address histories from the 1860s through the early 2000s.
August Joseph Hiller Sr. was a prominent figure in Camden, New Jersey's German-American community during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was actively involved in organizations such as the Camden Liedertafel, the Turn Verein, and Ss.
Gloria Bonilla-Santiago is the founder of Camden's LEAP Academy, a charter school that currently operates in the former Elks' Lodge building at North 7th Street and Cooper Street . Gloria Bonilla-Santiago
Linden Street runs east from the Delaware River to North 12th Street in Camden; large portions were demolished for the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Rutgers University and the toll plaza.
1177 Haddon Avenue, Camden, NJ Originally located at 2000 South 7th Street in Camden, the Wite 60 Minute Cleaning Service relocated to 1177 Haddon Avenue in the 1960s.
John Atwood Ewing was born on July 7, 1845, in Delaware to parents John and May Ewing. In his early years, he lived in Penns Grove, Salem County, New Jersey.
Carman Street ran from Broadway to South 8th Street downtown and, across the Cooper River, from 15th Street through East Camden to Woodrow Wilson High School at 31st Street. It is apparently named for William Carman, whose home at Broadway and Federal Street stood until 1902.
Douglass Street is a narrow, one-block thoroughfare in South Camden running south from Spruce Street to Cherry Street, between South 7th and South 8th Streets. Originally known as Lincoln Avenue, it was renamed after the 1899 annexation of the Town of Stockton.
Baxter Street (formerly Newton Street and locally known as "Hog Alley") ran from South 7th Street to Mount Ephraim Avenue in South Camden, notorious for decades as a hub of illegal activity; largely demolished, the 700 block survives as an overgrown alley.
29th Street runs from the Delaware River south across River Road to the Pavonia railroad yards, then from Pleasant Street to Westfield Avenue and from Federal Street to Clinton Street. It is North 29th Street above Federal and South 29th below.
Sycamore Street is one of Camden's "tree" streets, originally running east from Front Street to Haddon Avenue; its intersections at 7th, 8th and Louis Streets were hubs for different ethnic and cultural communities.
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.
Named for James G. Blaine, the 1884 Republican presidential candidate, Blaine Street ran from South 7th Street to Trenton Avenue and through to Haddon Avenue. No houses stand on Blaine Street today.
Atlantic Avenue lies three blocks south of Kaighn Avenue and runs from Front Street east to Haddon Avenue. East of 7th Street it was and remains a mix of homes and commercial properties; between 7th and 9th Streets, I-676 and the elevated rail line cross the street, and east of 9th Street it is primarily residential.
Division Street runs across South Camden. In 1997, a portion of the street was renamed Ramona Gonzalez Street to honor a community leader; the remainder continues to be known as Division Street.
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 through Cramer Hill and Whitman Park. Block numbering begins at Federal Street.
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.
Main Street is a diagonal street in North Camden running southeast from State and Point Streets. The 1878 city directory listed it as starting at the Vine Street Ferry.
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.
Berkley Street was originally spelled Berkeley Street, named for Lord Berkeley, who co-owned the colony of New Jersey from 1664 to 1674. East of Broadway it was known as Hamilton Street until 1882. This page covers occupants from the 200 block through the 3000 block.
EDWIN FORREST ALLEN was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on October 9, 1872, as a replacement for David B. Sparks, who had resigned. He served as an extra man with the Hook and Ladder Company (present-day Ladder Company 1). He was resigned from his position with the Fire Department on June 30, 1873. He was replaced by John Gray. Edwin F. Allen was on occasion recorded as Edward F. Allen, however, Edwin was his given name.
Royden Street, which was improperly spelled on the city plan, was named in honor of William Royden, who in 1681–82 became the owner of all the land between the present Cooper Street and Line Street.
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 - November 25, 2003 By KEVIN RIORDAN, Courier-Post Staff Retired state Superior Court Judge Joseph M. Nardi Jr. , a shoemaker's son who became an attorney, a mayor and a member of the state judiciary, is dead.
Camden fire alarms logged from midnight Wednesday to midnight Thursday, September 1957, including a fire at 35 Leonard Avenue and one at 215-21 Kaighn Avenue.
Six Camden properties on Newton Avenue, Segal Street, Carpenter Street, 250 Burns Street, and Kaighn Avenue were ordered demolished as unfit for habitation and fire hazards.
The Highland Park Rescue Squad saved four Camden boys from Newton Creek at Gloucester City after their cut-loose rowboat drifted; two, including Larry Ludwick of 692 Woodland Avenue, were stuck waist deep in mud.
Three men arrested in Atlantic City in the $2000 holdup of Lynch's Cafe at 3rd and Erie Streets were held without bail by Judge Dzick; the getaway car had been recovered on 7th Street between Liberty Street and Kaighn Avenue.
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.
Frank Zurinski, 68, of 852 Woodland Avenue, a retired Baldwin-Lima Locomotive Co. employee and Camden resident for 37 years, died at home. A Solemn High Mass of requiem was set for St. Michael's Ukrainian R. C. Church, with burial in Calvary Cemetery.
City officials will be asked to erect a fence along Delaware river between Seventh and Eighth streets in an effort to prevent children from playing near the water.
Marriage licenses published in the Camden Courier-Post, November 17, 1949, including Russell E. Mattson of 333 North 38th Street and Ruth M. MacDonald of 46 North 33rd Street.
An old confidence game led to the arrest of Alfred Taylor, 51, of 1735 South Seventh street, on a charge of maintaining a disorderly house, after Dewey Sasnett was steered to the home and robbed of his billfold.
Page 71 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for the Garden State Amusement Co. at 338 N. 7th St., Daly's, the Budget Plan Corporation at Broadway and Carman St., the East Side Italian Democratic Club at 2316 Mickle Street, the Quality Drug Company, Small's at 2750 Federal Street, J. M., Lou's Family Liquor Store at 2301 Federal St., Heller's Pharmacy at 3631 Westfield Avenue, and Haller's Bakery at 2940 Westfield Ave.
Page 69 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for Walen's at 2609 Westfield Ave., Diamond Poultry Dealers at 2221 Federal Street, M. Bloom & Co. at 215-217 Kaighn Avenue, F. W. Woolworth Co. at 26th and Federal Streets, the Sanitary Barber Shop at 2709 Westfield Ave., Victory Dental Laboratories at 2603 Westfield Ave., the Shirldine Dress Shop at 2629 Westfield Ave., Gaudio Brothers at Second St. and Kaighn Ave., Gustav Schwoeri at 7th and Chestnut Sts., and Bigler's East End Flower Shop at 2628 Federal Street.
Page 60 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for John F. Meade, electrical contractor of Merchantville, Edward V. Martino, K. Beetar, Inc., S. Stefanski, hardwood floors at 1315 Haddon Avenue, and R. McAllister, coal and fuel oil at 7th and Linden Streets.
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.
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.
Florence Gottwald, 26, of 1036 Segal Street, lay near death in Cooper Hospital after Emil Mascher, 46, a suitor she had spurned for three years, shot her 10 times in front of her home and then waited at Front and Erie streets to be arrested.
Hospital cases reported in Camden on February 14, 1938, including Ralph Williams of 413 North 29th Street treated at West Jersey Hospital for a laceration of the knee.
Brunner Lauds Rulers for $40,000 Saving by Co-operation in Offices $302,000 IS VOTED ON STREET BONDS All departments of the city government were operated within the budget appropriations during 1937 and the city's saving, as a result, was $40,000, Mayor George E. Brunner announced yesterday.
Memorial exercises honoring the birthday of Dr. Clement T. Branch, Camden's Negro civic leader who died in 1933, were set for the Union American M. E. Church on Chestnut Street, sponsored by the Citizens' Civil Liberties League of Camden City.
Jesse Seybold of 923 St. John Street, the victim of a "thrill" holdup in March 1936, was arrested as the proprietor of a speakeasy after a police raid led by Patrolman John V. Wilkie.
Harry Crothers, 45, of 705 Pearl Street, told Police Judge Lewis Liberman he was sitting peacefully in a taproom at Seventh and Birch Streets when John Albert Waite, of 318 Point Street, walked in.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Camden Lodge of Elks tonight will shatter all initiation records of recent years. In addition to 50 new members to be received 80 former members are to be reinstated.
