Hale Street

June 5, 2024 · Updated June 21, 2026 · 2 min read · Streets

Hale Street ran north to south between Central Avenue and Ferry Avenue, west of the railroad tracks that still exist today. It first appears in Camden City Directories in 1895.

Four homes stood on Hale Street. They were originally numbered 1701, 1703, 1705, and 1707. At some point between 1913 and 1920 they were renumbered 1800, 1802, 1804, and 1806. These homes were still standing in 1962, and at least two, 1802 and 1806, were still occupied in 1969.

In the 1970s these homes were taken, and, with all of Hale Street, erased to make way for the I-676 North-South Freeway.

1700 & 1800 Blocks of Hale Street

1701 Hale Street (later 1800)

1701 Hale Street (later 1800) — 1700 & 1800 Blocks of Hale Street
year	name
1909–1912	Stanislaus (Stanley) Macks & Family

1703 Hale Street (later 1802)

1703 Hale Street (later 1802) — 1700 & 1800 Blocks of Hale Street
year	name
1912–1913	Thomas Kopsinski & Family (Theodore & Kate Kopsinski)

1705 Hale Street (later 1804)

1705 Hale Street (later 1804) — 1700 & 1800 Blocks of Hale Street
year	name
1910–1911	Thomas Kopsinski & Family (Theodore & Kate Kopsinski)

1701 Hale Street — 1913

1701 Hale Street — 1913 — 1700 & 1800 Blocks of Hale Street
year	name
1913	Alexander Cappi

1800 Hale Street (formerly 1701)

1800 Hale Street (formerly 1701) — 1700 & 1800 Blocks of Hale Street
year	name
1920–1922	James Rabrar & Family (James & Lucy Rabrar)
1947	No information available

1802 Hale Street (formerly 1703)

1802 Hale Street (formerly 1703) — 1700 & 1800 Blocks of Hale Street
year	name
1920–1921	No information available
1929	No information available
1947	No information available

1804 Hale Street (formerly 1705)

1804 Hale Street (formerly 1705) — 1700 & 1800 Blocks of Hale Street
year	name
1921	No information available
1922	No information available
1934	Nicholas Sustich
1947	No information available

1806 Hale Street (formerly 1707)

1806 Hale Street (formerly 1707) — 1700 & 1800 Blocks of Hale Street
year	name
1920–1921	No information available
1922	No information available
1947	No information available

Four homes stood on Hale Street, west of the railroad tracks between Central Avenue and Ferry Avenue. They were originally numbered 1701, 1703, 1705, and 1707, then renumbered 1800, 1802, 1804, and 1806 between 1913 and 1920. The records below are drawn from Camden City Directories, 1909–1947.

Intersection of Hale Street & Central Avenue

1906 Sanborn Map showing the intersection of Hale Street and Central Avenue — 1906 Sanborn Map. The houses that stood on Hale Street had not been built yet.

Related: Stanislaus Macks lived at 1701 Hale Street from 1909 to 1912. His widow Katie and their triplets — including Julia Macks — were the subject of several Philadelphia Inquirer reports.