Looking South from Mount Vernon Street August 2, 2006. Photo by Phil Cohen.
Diamond Street is a one block thoroughfare that runs south, from 1186 Mount Vernon Street to Chestnut Street, west of Haddon Avenue. The street first appears in City Directories in 1887, and as it did not appear in the previous edition, 1885–1886, one can safely assume that Diamond Street came into being in the intervening period. Many of Diamond Street’s residents for many years were Polish immigrant families, as the street is just a short walk from St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, the heart and soul of Camden’s Polish community. Diamond Street’s houses were originally numbered with one or two digits. This system was still being used when the 1890–1891 City Directory was compiled, however, by the time the 1891–1892 edition was published, the standard house numbering system was in use, and the 1891 Sanborn Map utilized the four digit numbers in use today.
By Phil Cohen
1896 Sanborn Map of Diamond StreetLooking south on Diamond Street from Mount Vernon Street — August 2, 2006Looking south on Diamond Street from Mount Vernon Street — August 2, 2006Looking south on Diamond Street from Mount Vernon Street — August 2, 2006Looking north on Diamond Street from Chestnut Street — August 10, 2011Looking north on Diamond Street from Chestnut Street — August 10, 2011
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1000 Block of Diamond Street
1000 Block of Diamond Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1891–2015.
1039 Diamond Street
1039 Diamond Street — 1000 Block of Diamond Street — Occupants
1075 Diamond Street — 1000 Block of Diamond Street — Occupants
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Vincent Osinski
1923
Mrs. Emily Opitz
1931
Lafayette Powell
1077 Diamond Street
1077 Diamond Street — 1000 Block of Diamond Street — Occupants
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Valentine Stelmach
1079 Diamond Street
1079 Diamond Street — 1000 Block of Diamond Street — Occupants
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Andrew Biawsoski
1081 Diamond Street
1081 Diamond Street — 1000 Block of Diamond Street — Occupants
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Jacob Krobieniy
1083 Diamond Street
1083 Diamond Street — 1000 Block of Diamond Street — Occupants
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Joseph Chupka
1069 Diamond Street — Two Shot by Police, 1933
Jesse Gorczynski, 23, of 1161 Ross Street, was shot in the back by police on November 19, 1933 in the home of C.F. Mills, 1069 Diamond Street. He was buried at New Camden Cemetery. Also shot and killed by police at 1069 Diamond Street: Peter Paul Jaroszewski, 20, of 1154 Louis Street, buried at New St. Mary's Cemetery.
A Camden County Court jury ruled that Wallace Roman of 1041 Diamond Street was entitled to recover $1,313 seized from him during a 1952 Lawnside gambling raid.
Fire alarm log for Camden, midnight Saturday to midnight Sunday, February 1, 1954, including a call at 1069 Diamond Street for a possible careless smoker.
Local Board No. 11 ordered seven men to report for Army induction on July 30, 1941, including John E. Wiley of 1061 Diamond Street and Leonard Auslander of Magnolia Avenue.
Bronx, Arcadia and Kenney's Ordered Closed by Judge Montana RUNNEMEDE ROADHOUSE ALSO COMES UNDER BAN 'Soft Drink' Emporiums Sold Illegal Beer, Federal Agents Charged Three of Camden's most popular cafes and a Runnemede roadhouse, described on the permits as "soft drink establishments" but known otherwise to thousands of South Jersey and Philadelphia thirsty, were ordered padlocked yesterday.
Joseph Copvinski of 1053 Diamond Street and Frank Notevis of Mount Vernon Street were held in $1,000 bail each on charges arising from labor troubles at the Keystone Leather Company.
Coroner Litchfield investigated the death of Frank Taianoski, a Polish miner found at the foot of the stairs at 1049 Diamond Street, as five Hungarian men were held on suspicion.
Albert Beck and George S. Jordon of 1051 Diamond Street were struck and killed by the West Jersey Railroad's Bridgeton accommodation train at the Van Hook Street grade crossing in Camden.
