Brown Street in Camden’s Fourteenth Ward is one of two streets bearing that name. It is listed in Camden’s 1906 City Directory and is depicted on a map published in 1914. Originally located in Camden’s Eighth Ward, it became part of the Fourteenth Ward when Yorkship Village was incorporated into Camden after World War I.
According to the 1924 City Directory, Brown Street ran east from Master Street to Newton Creek, south of Olive Street, positioning it as the third street south of Morgan Boulevard.
Although Brown Street appears on the 1914 map, it is uncertain whether the street was actually laid out. The 1924 Directory does not list any addresses on Brown Street, and it does not appear on a map published in 1946. Satellite images indicate that Brown Street would have been situated in the middle of the Canterbury Apartments tract.
The “other” Brown Street was apparently located in Stockton Township and was renamed 21st Street following the merger of that municipality with Camden in 1899.
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