Danehower Street sits between Front and 2nd Streets, just south of Vine Street. Danehower Street first appears in the Camden City Directory of 1863-1864. Formerly known as Danenhower Alley, the road may have been named after prominent Camden businessman George R. Danenhower. John A. Oetzel lived at 120 Danenower Street during the mid-1880s before purchasing the tavern at 438 Arch Street. He operated Oetzel’s Saloon there from 1889 through 1922.
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John A. Oetzel
John A. Oetzel was born in Philadelphia in 1857 to parents who had emigrated from Eisenach, Germany, which was then part of the Duchy of Hesse and is now in the State of Thuringia. Around 1885, John and his wife Margaret moved from Philadelphia to Camden. A cabinetmaker by trade, John is listed in the…
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