Carpenter Street
Carpenter Street first appears in Camden city directories in 1867, absent from the 1863–1864 directory. Originally a narrow street, it ran from 118 North 8th Street eastward until it intersected with Cooper Street, where Cooper angles toward its intersection with Federal Street near the Cooper River bridges. An alley next to 1129 Carpenter Street provided access to Cooper Street.
Carpenter Street at one time was interrupted at North 9th Street by the Hollingshead Factory and a railroad crossing. The Hollingshead Factory was destroyed on July 30, 1940 in a spectacular fire. Several homes in the 900 block of Carpenter Street went up in flames with the factory. By 1947, only one family living on Carpenter Street in 1924 remained.
In later years, most of Carpenter Street beyond North 9th Street was razed to make way for Interstate 676. Today, virtually all that remains is the 800 block, with no buildings still standing. For many years, Carpenter Street was best known as "the alley behind the Towne Park Motel."
800 Block of Carpenter Street
900 Block of Carpenter Street
1000 Block of Carpenter Street
1100 Block of Carpenter Street
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Harry E. Harker
Harry E. Harker of Blackwood, NJ served as a Private in Company C, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division. He was killed April 20, 1944 during the defense of the Anzio beachhead in Italy and is buried at Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, NJ.
11th Street
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.
Burns Street
Burns Street was in Camden's Poet's Row neighborhood, named for Robert Burns. Three blocks of row homes built in the 1890s, all destroyed in the catastrophic Poet's Row fire of August 1972.
Orris W. Smith
Orris W. Smith was born in Camden on September 8, 1920, to Edward and Catherine Smith. The 1924 City Directory lists the family at 1113 Carpenter Street .
Sycamore Street
One of Camden's 'tree' streets.
Richman Alley
Richman Alley, documented in the 1946 Camden City Directory, was situated "from Cooper to Carpenter , East of North 11th ." Regrettably, this area, as depicted in the maps below, was cleared to facilitate the construction of Interstate 676.
Berkley Street
Berkley Street runs through South Camden from Buren Avenue to Haddon Avenue, named for Lord Berkeley, one of the original proprietors of colonial New Jersey. The section east of Broadway was once known as Hamilton Street until 1882.
Judge Pancoast Proves to 21 That Honesty Is Best Policy
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.
New Buildings Going Up
Camden Daily Courier - November 15, 1890 Many Houses Now Being Erected Camden builders do not seem to be deterred by the fear of financial panic or an idea that the McKinley bill presages disaster in business.
Meiler Tried for Selling Liquor to Minors
Saloon keeper John Meiler of Eleventh and Carpenter Streets, Camden, was tried and convicted for selling liquor to minors and sentenced to ten days in jail.