Girard Place
Girard Place was a short, dead-end street that ran east from 916 St. John Street in Camden. It first appears in Camden City Directories in 1890, by which year eleven homes had been built. The street was later extended out to Newton Avenue after the frame dwellings at 915 Newton Avenue were razed.
By 1947 only five homes were standing, and by 1980 only one — 570 Girard Place — remained standing and occupied. That home was still standing and occupied in 2016, by which point it was accessible only from Newton Avenue. Girard Place as a street has since disappeared. Directory and census records for its residents are collected in the 500 Block of Girard Place.
500 Block of Girard Place
The 500 block was the heart of Girard Place, a short dead-end street running east from 916 St. John Street in Camden. The directory and census records below trace its residents from 1894 through 1980, by which point only 570 Girard Place remained occupied.
1906 Sanborn Map
2016 Satellite View
Occupants, 1894-1980
562 Girard Place
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1900 | William Wible White Sr. — William W. & Wilhelmina Lack White; son of William A.H. White |
565 Girard Place
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1894 | Mrs. Mary J. Ball — widow of Stephen Ball |
| 1922-1925 | Howard E. Appley Sr. — Howard E. & Martha Appley; Howard E. Appley Jr.; Stella, Lorenzo, Harold Appley |
| 1947 | Frank H. Selover Jr. |
566 Girard Place
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No Return |
567 Girard Place
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Mrs. Mary A. Burchel |
568 Girard Place
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Joseph E. Vautire |
570 Girard Place
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1906 | (no info) |
| 1947 | Mary Brady |
| 1980 | S.R. Millovan |
570 Girard Place — 2012
Intersection of St. John Street & Newton Avenue — 2012
1900 Census
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Little Known City Streets Revealed as Safety Havens For Myriads of Children
A September 15, 1932 Camden Courier-Post feature by E. Allen Hughes on ten obscure Camden "places" — dead-end courts such as Judson, Girard, Bella and Rex Place that had quietly become safe play-spaces for neighborhood children.