Kaighn Avenue is one of Camden's most historic streets, stretching from Kaighn's Point at the Delaware River eastward to the Admiral Wilson Boulevard and the Airport Circle in Pennsauken. The street bears the name of John Kaighn, who purchased 460 acres of land along the Delaware River in 1696. His family operated the Kaighn's Point Ferry, one of the most important crossings of the Delaware River for nearly two centuries.
The avenue bisects Camden from west to east, passing through successive neighborhoods — the riverfront commercial district, the Broadway shopping corridor, and the residential Parkside neighborhood — before crossing the city line into Pennsauken.
The following history was compiled from city directories, newspaper archives, and local records. Primary source: Rambles Through Old Highways and Byways of West Jersey by Charles S. Boyer, 1967, edited by Phillip Cohen, 2003.
Map of Camden, New Jersey, circa 1880. Kaighn Avenue runs east from Kaighn's Point at the Delaware River.View transcription
Wm. N. Daughen
[illegible] & Wilson
COAL YARD
Hatch & Bro.
KAIGHNS POINT
FERRY
FRONT
DELAWARE
Chas. B. Coles
LUMBER YARD PLANING MILL
COAL YARD
Wood, Dialogue & Co.
SHIP YARD
REFERENCE.
Brick Building.
Frame.
Brick Stable.
Frame or Shed.
Fire-proof
Steam Boat Sand
[illegible]
Fire plug or Hydrant.
PART OF
WARD 5
CAMDEN.
Scale 100 ft. to the inch.
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Kaighn's Point Ferry
John Kaighn purchased 460 acres along the Delaware River in 1696 and established what became known as Kaighn's Point. His descendants operated the Kaighn's Point Ferry across the Delaware for generations. The ferry service was one of the primary crossings between New Jersey and Philadelphia, carrying passengers, livestock, and goods.
The ferry landing at the foot of Kaighn Avenue was the western terminus of the street. The Capewell Glass Works, established by the Capewell family in the 1860s, occupied the land near 10–12 Kaighn Avenue at the riverfront.
Kaighn's Point Ferry and trolley at the foot of Kaighn Avenue, early 1900s.View transcription
KAIGHN AVE.
[illegible]
C.B. DO[illegible] & SONS CO.
10 & 12 Kaighn's Point Avenue — L. H. Bundick & Bro., dealers in flour, hay, feed, lime, plaster, hair and cement, 1872.View transcription
L. H. BUNDICK.
G. G. BUNDICK.
L. H. BUNDICK & BRO.,
Dealers in
FLOUR, HAY, FEED, LIME,
PLASTER, HAIR, and CEMENT.
10 & 12 Kaighn's Point Avenue,
CAMDEN, N. J.
[illegible]
Unit Block of Kaighn Avenue
George Brehm's Saloon, Kaighn Avenue west of Front Street (archive label: 35 Kaighn Avenue, 1907)View transcription
F.A. POTH & SONS POTH'S EXTRA BEER
GEORGE B[illegible]
POTH'S EXTRA BEER
GEORGE BREHM'S SALOON
Poth's (script, round sign)
Kaighns W of Front # 3201
No. 14993[?]8
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
[illegible]
Petition Volume 12 Number [illegible]
[illegible] of holder: Age [illegible] years, height [illegible] feet [illegible] inches, color White, complexion Dark, color of eyes Brown, color of hair Black, visible distinguishing marks Scar on forehead.
[illegible] of wife: [illegible] [illegible] years, 11[?] Kaighn Ave Camden N. J.
[illegible] of minor children: [illegible], [illegible] years & one month, [illegible], [illegible] years & [illegible] months, Joseph one year & [illegible] months, all live with me.
ORIGINAL
State of New Jersey
Camden County
Pietro Cangelosi
[illegible]
[illegible]
Pietro Cangelosi
11[?] Kaighn Avenue
Camden
of New Jersey
Italy
regular
Common Pleas
Camden County
Camden N. J.
11th April
Twenty-one
[illegible]
[illegible]
11th April
twenty-one
forty-fifth.
[illegible]
Clerk of the Common Pleas Court.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
121 Kaighn Avenue — obituary of Mrs. Mary Kolbe, widow of Herman L. Kolbe, who conducted a butcher shop at 121 Kaighn avenue for 45 years. October 28, 1943 (date from the file name; no date is printed on the clipping).View transcription
MRS. MARY KOLBE, 80,
DIES IN COLLINGSWOOD
Mrs. Mary Kolbe, 80, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. George Krattenmaker, 420 Collings avenue, Collingswood.
A former resident of Camden, she was the widow of Herman L. Kolbe, who conducted a butcher shop at 121 Kaighn avenue for 45 years. Her husband died five years ago. She was a member of Collingswood Chapter 150, OES, and the Ladies' Aid of German Trinity Lutheran church, Camden.
Mrs. Kolbe also is survived by a son, Carl M. Kolbe, of Haddon Heights; three grandchildren, Herman C. Kolbe, Katherine M. Krattenmaker and Lieut. Herman C. Krattenmaker, of the U. S. Marines, and a great-grandson, Thomas G. Krattenmaker.
Services will be held Saturday at 11 a. m. in the funeral home of B. C. Schroeder and Sons, 715 Cooper street.
126 Kaighn Avenue — Michael N. Voll & Family.View transcription
MICHAEL N. VOLL,
GROCER,
126 Kaighns Ave.
Camden, N. J.
Louis Miller Benjamin Dzick Haddon Avenue William Yeager Harold Vecander
294 Kaighn Avenue
294 Kaighn Avenue — 200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1880
James McCracken Sr. carpets
295 Kaighn Avenue
295 Kaighn Avenue — 200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1933
Joseph Berezty
298 Kaighn Avenue
298 Kaighn Avenue — 200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1906
Henry Moffett detective, Camden Police Department
299 Kaighn Avenue
299 Kaighn Avenue — 200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1905–1906
Conklin Raynor & Family
1906–1955
Becky Silverman Family Rochester Men's Clothing aka Rochester Formal Wear
1870s–1880s
Dr. Henry H. Davis
1940 Kaighn Avenue
1940 Kaighn Avenue — 200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
Methodist Church Sunday School Class
1947 Kaighn Avenue
1947 Kaighn Avenue — 200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
Methodist Church
The northwest corner of Kaighn Avenue and South 3rd Street, 299 Kaighn Avenue, has a detailed property and ownership history dating back to the Kaighn family lands of 1812, and was home to Rochester Men’s Clothing (later Rochester Formal Wear) from 1906 to 1955.
299 Kaighn Avenue
A good friend of the website, Steve Ross, passed on the property records relating to the house his grandmother grew up in, 299 Kaighn Avenue, on the northwest corner of Kaighn and South 3rd Street. This page connects several Kaighn Avenue families including the Silverman, Levin, and Ross clans. Steve has done extensive research and written at length about the Ross & Silverman family. These writings have formed the basis for the four pages listed below.
Owner Herman Levin standing in front of his store at the corner of Kaighn Avenue and South 3rd Street. 1906–1955: Rochester Men's Clothing, aka Rochester Formal Wear.View transcription
MAY GOD SEE THEM SAFELY THRU
OUR MINUTE MEN OF '42
Property and Ownership History
The lot where 299 Kaighn Avenue stood, on the northwest corner of South 3rd Street and Kaighn Avenue, was part of the Kaighn family's lands, which they occupied many years prior to the Revolutionary War. In 1812 James Kaighn passed away and the land in question passed on to his daughter, Grace E. Kaighn.
“Being a part of the premises that were allotted to the said Grace E. Kaighn Commissioners appointed by the Orphans Court of the County of Gloucester to divide the real estate of her father James Kaighn 10/6/1812. Recorded in the Surrogates Office of Gloucester County at Woodbury in Book no. 1 of Divisions page 136&C.”
The Kaighn lands were broken up and sold over the years. On September 2, 1874 Howard M. Cooper, who had been appointed administrator for the Grace E. Kaighn Estate, sold the land from South 3rd and Chestnut Street south across Sycamore Street to Kaighn Avenue to Randal E. Morgan. 299 Kaighn Avenue was part of this sale.
Howard M. Cooper, Administrator (for Grace E. Kaighn) To Randal E. Morgan 9/2/1874 Book 781 Page 417 Book 78/ Page 7 (sold land in the estate of Grace Kaighn for the payment of the debts of the estate. Also references land situated from 3rd & Chestnut through Sycamore St. to Kaighn Ave.)
Randal E. Morgan sold a tract of land including the 299 Kaighn Avenue lot in short order. On May 3, 1875 Nathaniel T. Horner acquired the property for $2,400.
Land conveyed to N.T. Horner by Randal E. Morgan and wife 5/3/1875 $2400 Book 80/ Page 39
Nathaniel T. Horner in turn sold the land a few months later at a profit to Henry B. Francis.
Nathaniel T. Horner and wife Joanna to Henry B. Francis 10/13/1875 $3800 (deed references a larger tract of land) Book 81/Page 521
Henry B. Francis subdivided this large tract of land and sold the 297 and 299 Kaighn Avenue lots prior to the end of 1875 to Conklin Raynor.
Henry B. Francis to Conklin Raynor 12/28/1875 $1050 Book 82/Page 429 (299 Kaighn Avenue)
Conklin Raynor appears to have built on both lots. He soon had rented 299 Kaighn to a physician, Dr. Henry H. Davis, who had a long and distinguished career in the city. The Henry H. Davis School in East Camden was named in his honor. Dr. Davis practiced medicine and conducted a drugstore at 299 Kaighn well into the 1880s. Conklin Raynor operated a tobacco shop at 297 Kaighn in the 1870s and 1880s. He also worked as a waterman on the river during the 1880s. Conklin Raynor, his wife Mary, and one of their many children, daughter Ella, were still living at 299 Kaighn Avenue as late as 1900.
Conklin Raynor and family held on to the property until July of 1906, when Becky Silverman, whose husband Max had recently died in Florida, purchased the building. By this time a building with a store on the first floor and living quarters on the second had been built there. She founded the business that still exists today, 100 years later, as Rochester Formal Wear.
Conklin Raynor to Becky Silverman 7/21/06 $3400 Book 308/Page 309
In 1919 Becky Silverman married for a second time, to Meyer London, who had been in the real estate business. Meyer and Becky London retained the property until 1928 when the deed was acquired by Herman and Fannie Silverman Levin. The Levin family operated the business at 299 Kaighn Avenue through the mid 1950s, when they relocated to a property on Route 38 near Strand Avenue in Pennsauken, NJ.
Rebecca & Meyer London to Herman & Fannie Levin 4/17/28 Book 677/Page 207
*Prior to Camden County becoming a county in 1844, all deeds were recorded at Gloucester County's Woodbury site.
200 Kaighn Avenue — Weiner & Cornfeld, wholesale fruit and produce concern at Second street and Kaighn avenue, January 6, 1938.View transcription
A daily scene at Weiner and Cornfeld, wholesale fruit and produce concern at Second street and Kaighn avenue. The concern supplies dealers throughout South Jersey.
Locust Street & Kaighn Avenue, circa 1970. Photos by Bob Bartosz.View transcription
[illegible] BAR
DELAWARE VALLEY
ICE CREAM
WHOLESALE
RETAIL
Locust Street & Kaighn Avenue, circa 1970. Photos by Bob Bartosz.View transcription
BROWNIE'S
GREEN
GOOSE BAR
PACKAGE GOODS
ICE CREAM
[illegible]
Locust Street & Kaighn Avenue, circa 1970. Photos by Bob Bartosz.View transcription
DELAWARE VALLEY
ICE CREAM
WHOLESALE
DISTRIBUTORS OF
[illegible]
CHURCHES PARTIES
ORGANIZATIONS CLUBS
CAMDEN REFRIGERATING
[illegible] TERMINALS CO.
BROWNIE'S
GREEN
GOOSE BAR
PACKAGE GOODS
TELEPHONE
Locust Street & Kaighn Avenue, circa 1970. Photos by Bob Bartosz.View transcription
BROWNIE'S
GREEN
GOOSE BAR
PACKAGE GOODS
NO [illegible]
Locust Street & Kaighn Avenue, circa 1970. Photos by Bob Bartosz.View transcription
[illegible]
NO [illegible]
DELAWARE VALLEY
ICE CREAM
WHOLESALE
RETAIL
Schaefer
when you're
having more
than one.
Locust Street & Kaighn Avenue, circa 1970. Photos by Bob Bartosz.View transcription
NO [illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]
Newton Street / 4th Street & Kaighn Avenue
The intersection of Newton Street (later South 4th Street) and Kaighn Avenue was one of the earliest commercial nodes along the avenue.
301–315 Kaighn Avenue, July 4, 1974.View transcription
304-306 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1939
Banquet Program Ad
1970s
Soffer Electric Supply Co.
1970s
Soffer Electric Supply Co Fannie Soffer January 27,
305 Kaighn Avenue
305 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1912
Solomon Rubenstein
306-308 Kaighn Avenue
306-308 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1919–1920
Samuel Gordon
307 Kaighn Avenue
307 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1888–1889
Robert Mitchell Saloon
1947
Martin A. McNulty Hardware & Home Furnishings
310 Kaighn Avenue
310 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1890–1893
Samuel K. Hires
310-312 Kaighn Avenue
310-312 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1959
Banquet Program Ad
1990s
R. Cavallo & Sons Inc.
311 Kaighn Avenue
311 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1878
Brooks & Brother shoes, second location at 536 Federal Street
1899
Albert K. Snyder restaurant
312 Kaighn Avenue
312 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1885–1888
John Gleason & Family Second-hand furniture John & Elizabeth Gleason Martin Gleason Mary Gleason George Gleason Elizabeth Gleason
1885–1888
John & Elizabeth Gleason
1885–1888
Martin Gleason
1885–1888
Mary Gleason
1885–1888
George Gleason
1885–1888
Elizabeth Gleason
1911–1912
Rafael Cavallo feed & grain store
313 Kaighn Avenue
313 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
Auerbach Family Frank & Katie Auerbach Sam Auerbach 1900s-1920s
1900s–1920s
Metropolitan Pocket Billiards
314 Kaighn Avenue
314 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1907–1947
Rafael Cavallo & Family (residence)
1907–1947
Rafael & Mary Cavallo
1907–1947
Teresa Cavallo
1907–1947
Josephine Cavallo
1907–1947
Rosie Cavallo
1907–1947
Anthony Cavallo
1907–1947
George Cavallo
1907–1947
Millie Cavallo
1907–1947
Annie Cavallo
1907–1947
Josie Cavallo
1907–1947
Joseph Palese
1929
Louis Cavallo Jennie Maroccia Cavallo Sons of Italy Hall South 4th Street - Spruce Street Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Division Street - Viola Street Father John Proseda William Troncone - Richard Troncone Rocco Palese Nicholas Martella Rose Marini - Daisy Pucci - Mary Doria Lillian Giordano - Gr
1969
Melvin Ray Sr.
315 Kaighn Avenue
315 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1947
Charles Mignone real estate
1947–1969
Nicholas Mignone insurance
1947–1980s
Camden Florists Supply
Auerbach Family
—
Lewis & Anna (Auerbach) Blumstein
1933
Samuel Richardson, men's clothing
316 Kaighn Avenue
316 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1890–1906
John Gleason & Family Second-hand furniture John & Elizabeth Gleason Martin Gleason - Mary Gleason George Gleason - Elizabeth Gleason
1890–1906
John & Elizabeth Gleason
1890–1906
Martin Gleason
1890–1906
Mary Gleason
1890–1906
George Gleason
1890–1906
Elizabeth Gleason
1956
Marie Stone
317 Kaighn Avenue
317 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1969
D. Hill
1980
No listings
William Greenberg 1930s-1940s
318 Kaighn Avenue
318 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1907–1909
Dr. Henry Stanley Riddle
1919–1920
George Blaker roofer
1933
Charles A. Bieri Bar
319 Kaighn Avenue
319 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
Bodner Upholstery Company
—
Philip & Sadie Bodner
321 Kaighn Avenue
321 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1955–1959
Sam's Clothing & Formal Wear
322 Kaighn Avenue
322 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1938
Morris Goldstein
323 Kaighn Avenue
323 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1918
Max Curtler
323-1/2 Kaighn Avenue
323-1/2 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1930s
GORDON'S Benjamin Gordon & Family
1930
Leonard Josephs & Family
1930
Leonard & Bessie Joseph
1938
GIRL
324 Kaighn Avenue
324 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1933–1947
Wil-Sol Jeweler Israel Stein
325 Kaighn Avenue
325 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1947
Harold Smiler second-hand furniture
1959
B. Gordon men's wear
325-1/2 Kaighn Avenue
325-1/2 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1960s
Zelnick's Quality Shoes
1969
Wilena Brown
1969
Mrs. A Carmichael
326 Kaighn Avenue
326 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1900s
Mendel Epstein & Family
1890s–1900s
Mendel & Bessie Epstein
1890s–1900s
Louis Epstein
1890s–1900s
Ethel Epstein
1890s–1900s
Harry Epstein
1890s–1900s
Charles Epstein
1890s–1900s
Bella Epstein
1890s–1900s
Jennie Epstein
1890s–1900s
William Epstein
1890s–1900s
Samuel Epstein
1947
Bill's Barber Shop Pellegrino Mignone
327 Kaighn Avenue
327 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1911
Harry T. Armbruster
1911
Louis M. "Square Deal" Nelson
1947
Camden Floor Covering warehouse
328 Kaighn Avenue
328 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1969
R.H. Rossi
329 Kaighn Avenue
329 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1960–1963
Robison's Typewriter Repair
330 Kaighn Avenue
330 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1918–1969
Louis Hess Family Louis & Sadie Hess Milton J. Hess Gertrude Hess
331 Kaighn Avenue
331 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1942–1971
Morris Creskoff jewelry & watch repair
333-335 Kaighn Avenue
333-335 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1939
Banquet Program Ad
Lichtensteins's February 17, 1928
1933
Camden Storage Co.
334-336 Kaighn Avenue
334-336 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1880
George S. Dilmore
1960s
Kaighn Avenue Plumbing Supplies
337 Kaighn Avenue
337 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1890
John Reeve Thompson
1910s
William B. Stephens
1919
Banquet Program Ad
338 Kaighn Avenue
338 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1932
Max Aaronson
1935
Louis Altschuler tailor
1947
David Harris house furnishings
1969
A. Carson
339 Kaighn Avenue
339 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1890s–1900s
William M. Dilmore
1890s–1900s
William M. Dilmore Bottling Company
1896
William Cole
1896–1906
George S. Dilmore Sr. (saloon)
1896–1906
George Dilmore Jr.
1896–1906
William Dilmore
1908
Robert Snyder
1908
James McCreary
1900s–1910s
Max Polivnick Saloon & Bottling
1919–1969
Baltimore Clothing House
1919
Jake Levin & Son
1947–1969
Morris Levin
340 Kaighn Avenue
340 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1947
George Zeitz
341 Kaighn Avenue
341 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1892–1814
Furey's Hall
1914
Joseph Palese bar
1918–1919
Lawrence Palese bar
341-347 Kaighn Avenue
341-347 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1892–1814
Furey's Hall
1914
Joseph Palese bar
1918–1919
Lawrence Palese bar
1934–1990s
Camden Bar & Restaurant Supplies Inc.
342 Kaighn Avenue
342 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1913
John Sen
1913
Arthur Stanley - Thomas Urban
1933
Abram Lewis
1947
Philip Bitman wholesale onfections
344 Kaighn Avenue
344 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1890–1917
John Lecroy & Son flavorings & Extracts
346 Kaighn Avenue
346 Kaighn Avenue — 300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1920s
Premium Tea Co.
1920s
Michael Furer
1920s
Jacob L. Furer
Broadway & Kaighn Avenue
The intersection of Broadway and Kaighn Avenue was one of Camden's major commercial crossroads. The Toone & Hollinshed Department Store anchored the northwest corner from the early 1900s, later replaced by A.G. McCrory's 5 & 10 Cent Store. The fire that destroyed the Economy Store at 427 Kaighn Avenue on January 18, 1922, killed Fire Captain Martin Carrigan.
400–401 Kaighn Avenue at Broadway, July 4, 1974.View transcription
[illegible]OUNT CO.
[illegible]S [illegible]RENTALS
RIBBONS • MATCHES
• NAPKINS • STIRRERS
[illegible]E BAGS • FOODS
PACKAGE GOODS
The 400 Club
400–401 Kaighn Avenue at Broadway, July 4, 1974.View transcription
B&P DISCOUNT CO.
[illegible]
400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
401 Kaighn Avenue
401 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1896
William Ross
1955
Boston Shoe Outlet
403-1/2 Kaighn Avenue
403-1/2 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1906
A.J. Yinger & Co. Cigars Alice J. YInger & William B. Stephens
405 Kaighn Avenue
405 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1955
Lor-Ann Frocks
407 Kaighn Avenue
407 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1919
Banquet Program Ad
409-413 Kaighn Avenue
409-413 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1924–1928
F.W. Woolworth & Company
410 Kaighn Avenue
410 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1950s–1993
Sylvia Katz / Katz's Store
412 Kaighn Avenue
412 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1910s
Richard S. Marter
1910s
William R. Wood
415 Kaighn Avenue
415 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1887–1891
James E. Hewitt
1929
Wohlmuth Co. tailors
1947–1969
Style Center women's furnishings
415-1/2 Kaighn Avenue
415-1/2 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1929
Louis Miller hosiery
416 Kaighn Avenue
416 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1900s–1910s
Samuel Aaron Sirisky & Family (aka "Siris"; meats)
1900s–1910s
Samuel A. & Rose Siris
1900s–1910s
Dr. I. S. Siris
1924
Jacob Siris (meats)
1924
Jacob & Tillie Siris
1926
Simon & Rebecca Sosenko (kosher restaurant)
1926
Anna Sosenko
1926
Jacob J. "Jay Jerome" Sosenko
1926
Ruth Sosenko
1906
Mary Kelly
1926
Harris "Pete"Stow
417 Kaighn Avenue
417 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1920s
Samuel Goldstein Gents' Furnishings
418 Kaighn Avenue
418 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1900s–1920s
Banner Laundry
419 Kaighn Avenue
419 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
House Of Ruttenberg
420 Kaighn Avenue
420 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1919
Banquet Program Ad
421 Kaighn Avenue
421 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1875–1890
W.J. Silance
422 Kaighn Avenue
422 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1910s–1960s
A. Feldman & Sons
1910s to 1960s
Abraham Feldman
423 Kaighn Avenue
423 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1919
Banquet Program Ad
424 Kaighn Avenue
424 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1938
South Camden Hebrew Association
1940
Sixth Ward Democratic Club
425 Kaighn Avenue
425 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1947–1959
Select Shop Inc.
426 Kaighn Avenue
426 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1893s
Louis Konig
1896
John F. Smith undertaker
1955–1984
Harry's Plumbing Harry Arensberg
427 Kaighn Avenue
427 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1880–1911
August J. Hiller Sr. & Family (bakery)
1880–1911
August J. & Mary Hiller
1880–1911
August J. Hiller Jr.
427-429 Kaighn Avenue
427-429 Kaighn Avenue — 400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
511–513 Kaighn Avenue — Everybody's Luncheonette, operated by Angelos & Anna Kascaturos from August 1930 to approximately 1971.View transcription
EVERYBODY'S LUNCH
SANDWICHES
KLEIN'S
JEWELRY
STORE
534–536 Kaighn Avenue — 534 Bar fire, May 15, 1989. The address housed A&R Cafe, then Renee's Liquor & Bar, before burning in 1989.View transcription
Camden firefighters
battle blaze at tavern
CAMDEN — More than 30 firefighters battled for two hours to control a fire that heavily damaged a bar.
No one was injured in the blaze at Rosetta's Bar at 534-6 Kaighns Ave.
Firefighters received a call at 5:02 a.m. and declared the fire under control at 7:08 a.m., according to Camden County Fire and Ambulance Communications.
523 Kaighn Avenue
This building sold to Julius & Betty Rosen in 1947 and was combined with 525 Kaighn Avenue.
Marion Street & Kaighn Avenue
Kaighn Avenue at Marion Street, 1996, with Camden Fire Department.View transcription
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600 Block of Kaighn Avenue
620-622 Kaighn Avenue
620-622 Kaighn Avenue — 600 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1956
Vacant, razed. Owners: John W. & Otelia Cromwell, Washington, D.C.
COURIER-POST, Camden, N. J., Friday, October 14, 1966 23
Masons Slate Mortgage Burning
Camden Chapter of the Masonic Association of New Jersey will hold mortgage burning and cornerstone laying ceremonies at 2 p.m. Sunday at 621 Kaighns Avenue.
Christopher C. Carter, of Newark, Grand Master of St. John Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Ancient Yorkite Masons, will officiate.
The Camden lodge is composed of members of Lord Hayes Lodge 1 and St. Luke Lodge 5. President of the local association is Walter Thomas.
FREE HEARING TEST
BY PHONE
YOUR HEARING TESTED
AUTOMATICALLY
BY CALLING
665-1333
7th Street & Kaighn Avenue
7th Street & Kaighn Avenue — National Electric Supply at 633 Kaighn Avenue, August 4, 1971.View transcription
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7TH & KAIGHN AVENUE, CAMDEN
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SUMMER SHOWROOM HOURS:
Monday thru Friday 8 'til 5
Saturdays 9 to 1
773-777 Kaighn Avenue — 700 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
The Naden Store
773 Kaighn Avenue
773 Kaighn Avenue — 700 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
The Naden Store 1955
779 Kaighn Avenue
779 Kaighn Avenue — 700 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1914
Michael Kelly & Family
1914
Michael & Elizabeth Kelly
793 Kaighn Avenue
793 Kaighn Avenue — 700 Block of Kaighn Avenue
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name↕
1890
D.B. Corbitt Saloon
1900
Charles H. Green
1900
Arthur Stanley - Albert Matchett South Front Sreet - Joseph Nowrey
1913
Irving Warren
1913
O. Glen Stackhouse
701 Kaighn Avenue — Brady's Cafe (1947–1956), then Rudy & Chink's Bar (1956–1970), then Bazemore Lounge (1981–2001).View transcription
Walking behind one train into the pathway of another resulted in Mrs. Emma Goldman, [?]5 years old, wife of John Goldman, a saloonkeeper, 700 Kaighn avenue, having a narrow escape from death yesterday. She was struck and dragged several feet, and suffered severe injuries of the legs. She was taken to Cooper Hospital.
711 Kaighn Avenue — Dempsey Butler Memorial Hall (1901), then Pride of Camden Lodge #83 (1922–~1993).View transcription
GRAND LODGE OF THE COLORED
FREEMASONS ELECT OFFICERS
—Cut loaned by Phila. Inquirer.
DEMPSEY BUTLER MEMORIAL HALL.
The closing session of the United Grand Lodge of Colored Free Masons, is being held at the new Masonic hall, Kaighn avenue and Morris street, today.
Grand Master Joseph H. Morgan read his annual address in which he referred to the prosperous condition of the various lodges throughout the State.
The following officers were nominated this morning and elected this afternoon without opposition: G. M., A. W. Brown, of Plainfield; D. G. M., J. H. Vance, of Cape May; S. G. W., J. J. Merrill, Camden; G. T., Walter Miller, Haddonfield; G. S., C. N. Robinson, Camden.
Forty-eight lodges were represented. Many prominent colored men were in attendance, among whom was William F. Powell, United States Minister to Haiti.
The newly-elected officers will be installed this evening.
Most of the 800 block of Kaighn Avenue was razed to make way for Interstate Highway 676 in the 1970s.
800 Block of Kaighn Avenue
801 Kaighn Avenue
801 Kaighn Avenue — 800 Block of Kaighn Avenue
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name↕
1887–1888
John Hughes Saloon
1918–1921
Joseph P. Hughes Saloon
1926–1929
Mrs. Reba Bowman Cafe
1939
Sarah Levin Tavern
1943
Joseph Levin Tavern
1947
John J. Stevenson's
1959–1972
Colonial Cocktail Lounge
802 Kaighn Avenue
802 Kaighn Avenue — 800 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1895
Lawrence Hummell
1895
Ss. Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Church
805 Kaighn Avenue
805 Kaighn Avenue — 800 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1934
Samuel Naden
806 Kaighn Avenue
806 Kaighn Avenue — 800 Block of Kaighn Avenue
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name↕
1918–1920
George Ware Tavern
1927–1928
Milton Feinstein Tavern
1947
Chinese American Restaurant
808 Kaighn Avenue
808 Kaighn Avenue — 800 Block of Kaighn Avenue
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name↕
1932
Percy Jones
811 Kaighn Avenue
811 Kaighn Avenue — 800 Block of Kaighn Avenue
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name↕
1930s
Samuel Naden
815 Kaighn Avenue
815 Kaighn Avenue — 800 Block of Kaighn Avenue
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name↕
1909
Jacob Cohen
1909
BIRTHS
1948
William L. Clark
1948
william large - John Opfer John Di Mona - Benjamin Dzick
1938
James Edward Wells & Family
1938
James Edward Wells Jr..
819 Kaighn Avenue
819 Kaighn Avenue — 800 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1940
Walter W. Carter
822 Kaighn Avenue
822 Kaighn Avenue — 800 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1929
Matthew Moore
1930s
Charles W. Moore Residence
1932
Rest-A-While Club
1940s
Hunton Branch Y.M.C.A.
825 Kaighn Avenue
825 Kaighn Avenue — 800 Block of Kaighn Avenue
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name↕
1941
Margaret P. Carter
827 Kaighn Avenue
827 Kaighn Avenue — 800 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1963
Dr. Theodore T. Grove & Family
1963
Dr. Theodore & Helen grove
1963
Theodore T. Grove Jr.
1963
Bonita Grove
828 Kaighn Avenue
828 Kaighn Avenue — 800 Block of Kaighn Avenue
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name↕
1955
Mary H. Thomas Nursery Home Inc.
1955
New Jersey Bell telephone
829 Kaighn Avenue
829 Kaighn Avenue — 800 Block of Kaighn Avenue
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name↕
1910s
Charles W. Moore Residence
1930s
Charles W. Moore Demolition Business
1947–1970
Robert Burk Johnson
834 Kaighn Avenue
834 Kaighn Avenue — 800 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1917
Allen Washington
801 Kaighn Avenue — Notice of Application, Camden Courier-Post, November 10, 1972.View transcription
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
Take notice that application has been made to the Municipal Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control of the City of Camden to transfer to Edmund Aristone for premises located at 2007 Admiral Wilson Blvd., the Plenary Retail Consumption License No. C-102, heretofore issued to Mamie Tarter, trading as Colonial Cocktail Lounge for the premises located at 801 Kaighn Avenue, Camden, New Jersey.
Plans and specifications of building to be constructed may be examined at the office of the Municipal Clerk.
Objections, if any, should be made immediately in writing to John T. Odorisio, Clerk of the City of Camden, New Jersey.
EDMUND ARISTONE,
130 Morris Street,
Merchantville, N.J.
($23.04)
Spiewak's Meat Market John Spiewak Family John & Catherine Spiewak
—
John & Catherine Spiewak
945 Kaighn Avenue
945 Kaighn Avenue — 900 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1947
Dottie's Beauty Salon
947 Kaighn Avenue
947 Kaighn Avenue — 900 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1947
Joseph Wojcik
949 Kaighn Avenue
949 Kaighn Avenue — 900 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1947
Vacant
1953
Sevine Drummond & Family Sevine & Ophelia Drummond Levi Drummond Elsie Drummond Jennie Drummond
1953
Benjamin Dzick
900 Kaighn Avenue — Tiny's Atlantic Service Station.View transcription
TINY'S ATLANTIC SERVICE
900 Kaighn Ave. Camden, N. J.
Phone Emerson 5-[?]734
907 Kaighn Avenue — George W. Benson funeral parlor (1923), later Club Esquire (1938).View transcription
FRANK HOLMES DIES
Ill for several months with a complication of diseases, Frank H. Holmes, 65 years old, of 1751 Miller street, died at his home last night.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30, at the parlors of Undertaker George W. Benson, Jr., 907 Kaighn avenue. Rev. Joseph Waters will officiate and interment will be made in Mt. Peace Cemetery.
938 Kaighn Avenue — Kosciusko Hall, August 11, 1958. Later Sir Winston's House of Jazz (1986–1993), which closed after owner Winston Ward was killed on December 4, 1993.View transcription
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1000 Block of Kaighn Avenue
1000 Kaighn Avenue
1000 Kaighn Avenue — 1000 Block of Kaighn Avenue
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name↕
1936
Herman Block & Family
1001 Kaighn Avenue
1001 Kaighn Avenue — 1000 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1947
Albert Buck Cigars
1947
Albert Buck
1002 Kaighn Avenue
1002 Kaighn Avenue — 1000 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1930–1950s
Wallace & Frances Lange Family Lange's Studio
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
1003 Kaighn Avenue
1003 Kaighn Avenue — 1000 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1947
William A. Anuscavati
1004 Kaighn Avenue
1004 Kaighn Avenue — 1000 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1933
Riccallo Shoe Company
1947
Reliable Shoe Company Samuel Ruditsky
1947
Reliable Shoe Company
2011
Gone
1005 Kaighn Avenue
1005 Kaighn Avenue — 1000 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1933
N.J. Auto Radiator Repairing Co.
1947
Vacant
1006 Kaighn Avenue
1006 Kaighn Avenue — 1000 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1941
Saul S. Artis
1947
Pong's Chinese & American Restaurant
1007-1013 Kaighn Avenue
1007-1013 Kaighn Avenue — 1000 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1947
Polish Baking Company
1008 Kaighn Avenue
1008 Kaighn Avenue — 1000 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1897
Helen Jones
1975
Samuel DiMatteo
1933
South Jersey Display Service
1009 Kaighn Avenue
1009 Kaighn Avenue — 1000 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1947
Walter Glowacki
1009-1013 Kaighn Avenue
1009-1013 Kaighn Avenue — 1000 Block of Kaighn Avenue
1236-1238 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1916–1940
James P. Daly & Family
1916–1940
James Patrick & Lillian Daly & Family
1916–1940
James F. Daly
1916–1940
Mary Daly Schmidt
1916–1940
Harry Schmidt
1916–1940
David Moskowitz
1237 Kaighn Avenue
1237 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
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name↕
1901–1980s
German Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church (Deutsche Evangelisch Lutheran Church)
1947
"Nazareth Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church"
2011–2012
Sword of the Spirit Christian Center
1240 Kaighn Avenue
1240 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
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name↕
1916–1953
Daly's Grille
1953
Victor & Dora Flaxer
1954
License transferred to Louis Matise
1954–1956
Lou's Cafe
1956
License transferred from Louis Larocca to Rute Corp. Kaighns Bar
1956
License transferred from Louis Larocca to Rute Corp
1963–1972
Public Bar
1972–1975
B & C Lounge (Bruce Hundley)
1976
MEL Corporation (Vincent Meloni)
1977–1992
Luby V & Bev's Jam Lounge MEL Corporation (Luby Vann & Beverly Houston)
1977–1992
Luby V & Bev's Jam Lounge
1992–date
Luby Vann's Jam Lounge
1244 Kaighn Avenue
1244 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
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name↕
1911–1915
James P. Daly & Family
1911–1915
James P. & Lillian Daly
1250 Kaighn Avenue
1250 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
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name↕
1916–1918
William Uber Sr. & Family William Uber & Company William & Pauline Uber William Uber Jr. - Charles Uber - Julius Uber Joseph Uber Anna Uber
1916–1918
William Uber & Company
1916–1918
William & Pauline Uber
1916–1918
Joseph Uber Anna Uber
1916
City Directory Listing
1931–1940
Parkside Grill Emil Muckensturm Jr
1252 Kaighn Avenue
1252 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
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name↕
1930–1955
Ervin J. Kruck
1930–1955
Ervin & Edna Kruck
1955
Audubon Sewing Machine Company
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
1253 Kaighn Avenue
1253 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1956
Theodore Wise
1254 Kaighn Avenue
1254 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1946
Boyko Furs John Boyke
1946
Boyko Furs
1947
Colsey's Arthur L. Colsey
1947
Colsey's
1255 Kaighn Avenue
1255 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
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name↕
Ordinary Seaman Abraham Price
1256 Kaighn Avenue
1256 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
1959
London Men's Shop Herman Pure
1257 Kaighn Avenue
1257 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1906
No building
1947
Tin Pan Alley Record Shop
1947
Beatrice Alter
1259 Kaighn Avenue
1259 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1941
Camden Washer & Vacuum Cleaner Company
1263 Kaighn Avenue
1263 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1906
(2 Story wood frame twin)
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
1959
Joseph H. Stomel & Sons
1265 Kaighn Avenue
1265 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
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name↕
1906
(2 Story wood frame twin)
1267 Kaighn Avenue
1267 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1906–1927
Charles Perkins Matlack & Family Charles & Mary Matlack Florence Matlack John W. Bessing (step-son, died
1906–1927
Charles & Mary Matlack
1906–1927
Florence Matlack
1926
) Anna E. Bessing (step-daughter)
2019
Vacant
1269 Kaighn Avenue
1269 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1906
(2 Story Wood Frame)
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
1959
Maytag Appliance Company Stephen Pulaski
2019
Gine
1947– 1959
Stephen Pulaski & Family
1947–1959
Stephen & Mary Pulaski
1947–1959
Robert Pulaski
1271 Kaighn Avenue
1271 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
2019
Brimm Clinic
1277 Kaighn Avenue
1277 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1920
Tony Duda & Family
1920
Census Record
1281 Kaighn Avenue
1281 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1920
James Lillby & Family
1920
Census Record
1287 Kaighn Avenue
1287 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
1959
Udell's T.V. & Radio Service
Thermal System Inc.
1289 Kaighn Avenue
1289 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1935–1936
New Jersey Motor Vehicle Agency Samuel Shane
1299 Kaighn Avenue
1299 Kaighn Avenue — 1200 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1910–1920
Charles Kaufmann 's Cafe Charles & Kathryne Kauffman
1920
Census Record
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
1200 Kaighn Avenue — Parkside Italian Restaurant, May 8, 1963. Operated by Anthony J. Nardelli, 1947–1966.View transcription
A. J. Nardelli Dies;
Owned Restaurant
Anthony J. Nardelli, 39, of 1214 Kaighns ave., died Monday. For the past 17 years he had operated the Parkside Italian Restaurant at Louis st. and Kaighns ave.
Surviving are his wife, Rose M.; a daughter, Sharon at home; a son, Ronald of Cherry Hill; his mother, Mrs. Louise Nardelli of Camden, and two sisters, Mrs. Gloria Batten of Collingswood and Mrs. Lorraine Martino of Maple Shade.
Friends will meet Friday at 8 a.m. in the Falco Funeral Home, 1018 S. 4th st. Requiem high Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 o'clock in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 4th and Division sts. A viewing will be held Thursday night in the funeral home. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill.
1300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
1301 Kaighn Avenue
1301 Kaighn Avenue — 1300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1956–1959
Max M. Singer Grocery
2011
Eddy's Grocery
1305 Kaighn Avenue
1305 Kaighn Avenue — 1300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1928–1931
La Bon Bon Shop L. Keeling, proprietor
1928
La Bon Bon Shop L. Keeling, proprietor
1955
Rosner's
1307 Kaighn Avenue
1307 Kaighn Avenue — 1300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
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name↕
M. Botte
1309 Kaighn Avenue
1309 Kaighn Avenue — 1300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1856
Haddon House Restaurant William Simon
1929–1931
Tom Colsey's mens furnishings
1956
Benjamin Simon Vincent Wall Douglas Tydeman Vincent Wall
1340 Kaighn Avenue
1340 Kaighn Avenue — 1300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1908
Cora Fletcher
1366 Kaighn Avenue
1366 Kaighn Avenue — 1300 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
Albert Berul
1301 Kaighn Avenue — Max M. Singer Grocery (1956–1959); Eddy's Grocery (2011).View transcription
EDDY'S GROCERY
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ATM
ATM
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GENEVA
Quaker Maid KITCHENS
GE
CUSTOM KITCHENS
IN NATURAL - COLOR AND WHITE - WOOD OR STEEL
Personalized for Your Individual Taste
WOodlawn 4-1300
COMPLETE LINE OF GENERAL ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
ROSNERS
HARDWARE SINCE 19[?]?
1305 KAIGHN AV. at Haddon CAMDEN
1391 Kaighn Avenue, August 24, 2011.View transcription
1482-B Kaighn Avenue — 1400 Block of Kaighn Avenue
year↕
name↕
1953
Ethel C. Haven
1401 Kaighn Avenue.View transcription
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Miss Mary L. Neer, of 1401 Kaighn avenue, Camden, is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. James Bashaw, of Chautauqua, Pa.
1415 Kaighn Avenue — Philadelphia Inquirer, August 9, 1916.View transcription
Hit by Thrown Brick, Camden Youth May Die
Innocent Victim of Street Fight Taken to Cooper Hospital in Dying Condition
Struck on the head by a brick thrown in a street fight at Ann and Sycamore streets, Camden, Meyer Pinsky, 16 years old, of 1415 Kaighn avenue, received a fracture of the skull and physicians at the Cooper Hospital fear that he cannot recover. Late last night the boy was still unconscious, efforts of the physicians to revive him having been unsuccessful.
Young Pinsky was an innocent victim of a street brawl. He was passing the intersection of Ann and Sycamore streets when a number of other youths are said to have become engaged in a fight.
Several bricks are said to have been thrown before Pinsky was struck. The police are making an effort to locate the participants in the fight with the hope of arresting the youth who is responsible of Pinsky's injuries.
ELMER LINGARD DIES;
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
Elmer Lingard, 52, an electrical engineer formerly associated with the relief office, died Saturday night in Cooper Hospital after an illness of two weeks.
Mr. Lingard was employed by the Wagner Electrical Corporation for 18 years. During the past three years he resided at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Margaret Meksa, 1464 Mt. Ephraim avenue. Mrs. Meksa is the wife of Dr. Joseph F. Meksa.
Mr. Lingard made his residence for 18 years at 1436 Kaighn avenue. Besides his daughter he is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nellie Lingard.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at 1401 Princess avenue. Burial will be in Harleigh cemetery.
1466 Kaighn Avenue — Herbert Richardson Sr. & Family, 1917–1942.1482-B Kaighn Avenue — Camden Courier-Post, April 3, 1953.View transcription
Mrs. Clara Kennedy
Is Dead Here at 76
Mrs. Clara B. Kennedy, 76, died Thursday in the home of a daughter, Miss Ethel C. Havens, 1482-B Kaighn ave.
She was born in Atglen, Pa., moved to Camden in 1909 and had been a resident here since then. She had taught school in Coatesville, Pa., and was a member of Olivet Chapter 186, OES.
Also surviving are another daughter, Mrs. George Brookover, Highland Park, Delaware County, Pa., and a nephew, Theodore J. Baldwin, Collingswood.
Services will be held Monday at 11 a. m. in the Holl Funeral Home, 811 Cooper st. The Rev. Charles E. Garrett, pastor of the Parkside Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Bordentown Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday night, where services will be held by Olivet Chapter.
1482 Kaighn Avenue — Camden Courier-Post, October 13, 1979.View transcription
October 13, 1979
Camden honors heroics of firemen
CAMDEN — Three city firefighters were cited yesterday for outstanding service for rescuing an 8-month-old girl last July 10 from a burning bedroom at 1482 Kaighns Ave.
A fire department spokesman said the child, Iagia Ingram, was not breathing due to smoke inhalation when taken from a middle second-floor bedroom by firefighter Michael Galasso. Galasso, who received the department's distinguished service award, performed mouth-to-mouth resusitation and revived the infant.
Also cited in ceremonies, presided over by chief Theodore Primas, were firefighter Russell Chandler and Capt. Robert Van Istendal. Engine Company No. 7 received a unit citation and Raymond McClintock, deputy director of the city's Public Works Department, received the Citizen's Certification of Commendation for special services performed in the past.
The ceremony highlighted Fire Prevention Week, which ends today.
1486-A Kaighn Avenue — Keystone Decorating Company, 1955 New Jersey Bell Yellow Pages advertisement.View transcription
KEYSTONE DECORATING CO
Keystone Decorating Co.
Established 1915 by I. RUBIN
Sanitas & Canvas Our Specialty
Guaranteed Paper Hanging
"CREDIT TERMS ARRANGED"
CAMDEN
1486 A Kaighn Av.......WOodlawn 4-0149
1540 Kaighn Avenue — Charles Kaufmann, May 6, 2003.1540 Kaighn Avenue — Charles Kaufmann, May 6, 2003.1596 Kaighn Avenue — The Walter Saline House, August 2, 2006.
Kaighn Avenue & Admiral Wilson Boulevard
The eastern terminus of Kaighn Avenue meets Admiral Wilson Boulevard at the Airport Circle in Pennsauken. The Airport Circle was the first traffic circle in the United States, opening on July 1, 1927.
The Airport Circle, 1979 — Eastern end of Kaighn Avenue visible at top of photograph; The Pub parking lot at upper right. The Airport Circle in Pennsauken was the first traffic circle in the United States, opening on July 1, 1927.View transcription
Camden Courier-Post, April 4, 1928.View transcription
Although still technically charged with murder, Joseph ("Polack Joe") Devon was released from the Camden county jail last Thursday under $2,500 bail, it was learned today.
It is generally known around the Camden courthouse that Devon has been indicted for manslaughter, but the grand jury will not make its presentment in the case to Judge Samuel M. Shay until tomorrow afternoon. "It seems very unusual," Judge Shay commented today when information reached him that Devon had been released on bail. "The court usually leaves these matters to the prosecutor, who is thus authorized to fix bail. Otherwise, the court would be constantly interrupted by bail applications.
Murder Unbailable
"As a rule, murder is an unbailable charge. The fact that it was reported that the grand jury had indicted Devon for manslaughter can have no bearing on the point. I cannot see how the prosecutor or whoever fixed bail could have known what the grand jury's presentment was to be when that presentment will not be made until tomorrow. The grand jury can reconsider and change its indictment at any time before making that presentment."
Explanation of the unusual action came today from Walter Keown, county solicitor and attorney for Devon, and from Joseph Varbalow, assistant prosecutor. It was Varbalow who fixed bail. Prosecutor Ethan P. Wescott stated that he knew nothing of the action until he heard of it from newspaper men today.
Shot in Argument
Devon was arrested on January 14 and charged with the murder of Joseph Cimini, known also as Joe Gannon, of 1301 Ellsworth street, Philadelphia. The fatal shooting took place at the Sixth Ward Republican Club, 90[?] Broadway, where a crap game is reported to have been in progress.
Devon, a Republican organization political worker, declares that he shot Cimini when the latter attacked him with the butt of a revolver. According to witnesses who made statements to detectives, the shooting occurred after an argument which Cimini and Mose Flannery, another political worker, are declared to have started with Charles "Chick Hunt," former pugilist and one of those who was in the club at the time of the slaying.
Read Newspaper Report
"I read in the paper that the grand jury was reported to have indicted Devon for manslaughter," Keown said. "I knew that manslaughter was a bailable charge. I went to Mr. Varbalow and he fixed bail, as he also had read of the reported manslaughter indictment."
Varbalow corroborated this statement. Bail for Devon was furnished in cash by James Lewis of 60[?] Kaighn avenue and accepted by Sheriff Walter T. Gross on the order signed by Varbalow. Warden Ed Powell said today he had been occupied at the county workhouse at Lakeland and did not know of Devon's release under bail until today.
It was last Tuesday that witnesses in the case went before the grand jury and it was last Wednesday that the Evening Courier published the widely-circulated report that the grand jury had found an indictment for manslaughter, which Keown and Varbalow say was the reason for the granting of bail.
A fire at Henry B. Wilson's kindling-wood works on South Front Street above Kaighn Avenue spread to neighboring homes and businesses, causing about $14,000 in losses.
Within hours, Camden saw a murder confession, an assault on 19-year-old Mary Morrison at her family's grocery at Kaighn Avenue and Baring Street, and two burglaries — one by chloroform.
Police Officer Hyde captures Charles Monroe and Alfred Robinson of 705 Baxter Street for stealing two hats from William Ross at Fourth and Kaighn Avenue.
Robert Taylor shoots Sumner Derrickson in a gambling dispute on Baxter Street; Derrickson taken to Cooper Hospital, Taylor arrested at the Federal Street ferry.
Charles Thomas of 1872 Milton Street and Patrick Hayes of 3 James Court, laborers for the Vulcanite Paving Company, were struck by a trolley car at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue but not seriously injured.
The Camden Fire Commissioners voted to accept the new fire house on Kaighn Avenue near Sixth Street, as three new hose carriages arrived at the East Side fire house.
Captain Stanley arrested storekeeper Charles H. Green at Tenth and Kaighn Avenue and Albert Matchett at Front and Kaighn Avenue on charges of violating the policy laws; policy slips and drawings were found on Green.
The United Grand Lodge of Colored Free Masons closed its session at the new Masonic hall at Kaighn Avenue and Morris Street, electing A. W. Brown of Plainfield Grand Master; forty-eight lodges were represented, and U.S. Minister to Haiti William F. Powell attended.
A column of Camden briefs for September 6, 1902, opening with Captain Arthur Stanley's appointment as aide-de-camp to State Commander Hann of the New Jersey G.A.R.
Camden briefs for February 1, 1903, including Captain Stanley's raid on William W. Woomer's barber shop at 264 Kaighn Avenue on a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Edna M. Laird.
Camden police were left without a clue after five armed men held up the State Street bridge tender, blew up a safe, and terrorized the outskirts of East Camden. Chief John Foster and his detectives chased leads as far as Elizabeth, New Jersey, without result.
Philadelphia Inquirer - March 1, 1905 Attacked at Third and Mickle street s, Camden, late Monday night by a man, Mrs. Bessie O. Day, of Seventh and Clinton streets , had her clothing cut in strips.
Camden briefs for February 19, 1906, including Captain Stanley's raid on Fannie Clark's house at 847 Locust Street, where the officers expected a wagon load of prisoners but found only the proprietress.
Three firemen — George Shields, William Hillman, and William Jobes — are killed and nine people injured when fire destroys the old Sixth Regiment Armory in Camden.
Considerable surprise was manifested in Camden yesterday when it was announced that Anna Turner, the sixteen-year-old daughter of Frank Turner, a prominent builder and contractor, has been marred since January 21 to Louis Voegtlin, formerly of Camden, but now of Trenton.
Philip Dorsey of 835 Bridge Avenue was driving a hay wagon for the Camden Lime Company when the Cape May express struck it at the Kaighn Avenue crossing.
A full day's Camden news for July 27, 1906, including Police Captain Stanley's capture of George Willingmire, wanted for a stabbing at Ninth and Chestnut Streets, after a desperate struggle on the way to jail.
Philadelphia Inquirer - August 13, 1906 ** The flag poles on all the fire houses need painting. ** City Hall . Cooper. Pyne Point and Forest Kill parks were thronged yesterday. ** Open-air services were held by several of the churches yesterday.
Captain Stanley and a squad descended on 260 Kaighn Avenue before dawn, capturing alleged proprietor Charles Fordyce and eight others; Fordyce was charged with keeping a disorderly house.
Harry Halsey and his wife, of Sixth Street and Kaighn Avenue, were committed to the county jail on a charge of keeping a disorderly house after a raid by Captain Stanley and squad.
Two horses drawing a cab in a funeral procession on Kaighn Avenue took fright at a trolley car and bolted; Police Captain Stanley stopped them at the risk of his life.
Saloonkeeper Patrick Carr of Seventh Street and Kaighn Avenue sued Police Captain Stanley for $10,000, alleging that Stanley's testimony before the State Excise Commission naming Carr's saloon as one that should not be licensed damaged his business and character.
A column of Camden news items, including the nomination of officers for the Camden Police Pension Fund — with Edward Hyde nominated recording secretary — the funeral of George Bird, and the death of William Baldwin of 510 Kaighn Avenue.
Julius Spiegelhauser of 1417 South Tenth Street was shot in the abdomen by a kitchen intruder; Charles Cleaver was arrested within the hour as he attempted to cross the Kaighn's Point ferry.
City Council's Fire Committee appointed ten new firemen for the new Engine Company No. 7 at Tenth Street and Kaighn Avenue; Daniel Smith and Arthur Wingate were advanced to stokers.
City Council's Fire Committee named William Deno captain of the new fire company at Tenth Street and Kaighn Avenue, effective July 1, 1910, and sent John H. McTaggart to the Kaighn Avenue firehouse near Sixth Street.
Seven Camden firemen, six of them from the Kaighn Avenue house, fought their way out back to back when flames surrounded them in a fire that gutted three stores at 1118-1122 Broadway; Mrs. Tillie Sackett saved two small girls whose clothing had caught fire.
A May 1911 Philadelphia Inquirer item reporting the arrest of Alexander Jasienski, a leader among Camden's Polish residents, over a St. Joseph's Society celebration of the anniversary of Poland's constitution held at his Kaighn Avenue hall.
Camden briefs for November 19, 1912, including Police Captain Stanley's discovery of ten cases of beer in an unoccupied house on Chestnut Street near Second.
New Year's banquets were held by Engine Company No. 7, the firemen at Headquarters, and Hook and Ladder Truck No. 1; Daniel Smith was among the diners at Headquarters.
Fire Chief John A. Stockton and his chauffeur Martin Carrigan jumped clear as the chief's car skidded into a beer truck at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue while responding to a fire at the General Gas Mantle Company plant.
A runaway Haddonfield trolley struck William Clark and Joseph Johnson of 1140 South Tenth Street at Newton Street and Haddon Avenue; both men were treated at Cooper Hospital.
After being arrested on a capias and held in $30,000 bail, Hallock A. Penrose, of the Penrose Motor Company, of Virginia, was released on his own recognizance by Circuit Court Judge Lloyd in Camden yesterday.
Twenty men struck the American Art Glass Company at Front and Kaighn Avenue over contract prices; police were called to head off trouble with strikebreakers.
Fire Chief John A. Stockton resigned after thirty-one years of service and City Council chose Deputy Chief Peter B. Carter as his successor, setting off a general move up in the Camden Fire Department.
Company No. 3's auto fire engine skidded at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue and crashed into a store window at Broadway and Locust Street; Engineer Daniel Smith and Stoker Arthur Wingate jumped to safety while Driver Michael Brown stuck to his post.
Meyer Pinsky, 16, of 1415 Kaighn Avenue, was struck on the head by a brick thrown in a street fight at Ann and Sycamore streets and taken to Cooper Hospital in critical condition.
Jacob Ballerstein, 47, of 1149 Baring Street, held in $200 bail for assault and battery on Mrs. Rebecca Hoffman after striking her with a broom near a saloon on Second Street and Kaighn Avenue.
Captain Martin B. Carrigan of Engine Company No. 2 died at Cooper Hospital of a fractured skull and severe burns received while leading his men at the Economy Store fire on Kaighn Avenue.
Camden's municipal buildings, police stations and firehouses were draped in mourning for Captain Martin Carrigan, who died of injuries received fighting the Kaighn Avenue fire; city council voted to pay the expense of his funeral.
Frank H. Holmes, 65, of 1751 Miller Street, died at his home after months of illness; funeral services were held at the parlors of undertaker George W. Benson, Jr., 907 Kaighn Avenue.
Police held "Doctor" H. H. Hyghcock without bail after discovering a maze of tunnels, "witch caves," and gruesome remains beneath 413 and 415 Liberty Street; Police Judge Cleary first held him on lesser charges.
Joseph Cimini, 31, declared by police to be a Philadelphia gangster, was killed in the Sixth Ward Republican Club, 908 Broadway; Joseph "Polack Joe" Deven, who fired the shot, was held on a murder charge, declaring he had fired in self-defense.
E. Allan Weinstein, chief clerk in the office of Thomas J. Daley, city engineer, received notice today from Frank B. Hanna, superintendent of streets, that he has been discharged.
Miss Esther Markowitz, 1355 Park Boulevard, will become the bride of Harry Gross, a Philadelphia pharmacist, Sunday evening at Sons of Israel Synagogue, Eighth and Sycamore streets.
The funeral of Thomas J. Daley, Sr., father of Thomas J. Daley, city engineer of Camden, will be held from his late residence, 1471 Baird avenue, on Wednesday. Daley was known as one of the oldest blacksmiths and wheelwrights in the city.
Trapped over a blazing butcher shop on Kaighn Avenue, a man and wife were carried down a ladder by Engine Company 9 firemen returning from one of four serious fires that called out every piece of apparatus in Camden.
Although still technically charged with murder in the Sixth Ward Republican Club slaying, Joseph ("Polack Joe") Devon was released from the Camden county jail under $2,500 bail fixed by Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Varbalow, without Judge Samuel M. Shay or Prosecutor Ethan P. Wescott being consulted.
Policeman Joseph Sparks, a city employee for 17 years, died at West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital from spinal meningitis. He lived at 20 North Twenty-eighth Street and had served as a patrolman since 1918, after seven years as a junior captain in Fire Company No. 7.
More than 1500 guests attended the reception at the Sons of Italy Hall after Miss Jennie Maroccia of South Third Street married Louis Cavallo of 314 Kaighn Avenue at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.
Damage in Fire at Sixth and Bulson Streets Estimated at $45,000 Four Men Risk Lives to Save Two Horses Boys Believed by Police Probers to Have Been Smoking in Building Three boys are being held and two others are sought in the investigation of the $45.000 fire which today destroyed the warehouse of Sitley & Son , wholesale hardware, roofing material and grain dealers at Sixth and Bulson streets.
A weekend crime sweep in Camden: two alleged Philadelphia gangsters were trapped in Harleigh Cemetery by Patrolman Howard Bean and others, while a South Camden grocer routed two holdup men — four suspects held for the Grand Jury.
Roxie Allen, well-known South Jersey boxer, and three other South Camden youths were held without bail after being identified as four of the five bandits who robbed 15 men at a craps game in a Landisville poolroom.
Roxie Allen, Camden's famed welterweight boxer, and Carmen Passarella of 1227 Broadway were arrested and identified by police as two of four men who held up a craps game at Landisville, where the loot was said to total between $150 and $200.
Six alleged number writers were arrested by Camden's traffic squad on downtown street corners, spreading the belief that Atlantic City racketeers had set up "branch offices" in Camden; two were jailed for 60 days by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast.
The American Jewish Yearbook, 1931–1932, published by the Jewish Publication Society of America, lists 40 Camden annual members with their addresses, including Lewis Liberman, 307 Market Street.
William W. Jones, arrested by Motorcycle Policeman Earl Wright for soliciting "charity" funds on a Philadelphia permit, was sentenced to 50 days in jail by Police Judge Pancoast.
Ben Courter's 1931 Camden Courier-Post reminiscence of four leading South Jersey physicians — Drs. Godfrey, Iszard, Davis and Gross — recalling how Dr. H. H. Davis transformed health care for Camden's schoolchildren.
The campaign for A. Harry Moore, gubernatorial candidate, and local Democratic candidates, will be carried into six wards of the city and in seven communities of the county tonight.
David Baird, Jr., Republican nominee for governor, will make his final appearance in the current election campaign Monday night, in his "own home town," when he will address a monster rally at the Hebrew Republican League, at the Talmud Torah, 621 Kaighn Avenue.
Emergency room cases at Cooper Hospital on December 28, 1931, including William May, 48, of 2118 Berwick Street, treated for bruises of chest and ribs after falling down stairs.
Two men were fined $25 each for interfering with Motorcycle Policeman Earl Wright's investigation of a 2:20 a.m. auto accident at Ninth Street and Kaighn Avenue.
At a meeting of the Camden Federation of Jewish Charities in Talmud Torah Hall plans for a bazaar to be held June 14 were discussed and S. S. Lewis named as general chairman.
Wiley M. E. Church opened another ten-cent rooming house at 741 Kaighn Avenue in June 1932, with 25 beds, alongside the 65 at its Wiley Haven for Homeless Men at 601-605 South Third Street.
Restaurant proprietor Gus Seletos of 1221 South Tenth Street was fined $100 by Judge Swackhamer for passing worthless checks, despite pleading a broken leg and seven children to support.
A December 1932 Camden Courier-Post report on a head-on collision between a bus and an automobile at Eighth Street and Kaighn Avenue; city fireman George W. Garner suffered a fractured arm, and the bus was driven by J. S. Harrison of 311 North 38th Street.
A South Camden man, convicted in police court of drunken driving, but acquitted on his appeal to Judge Samuel Shay, will seek reinstatement of his driver's license which was revoked officially today by Motor Vehicle Commissioner Harold G. Hoffman.
Three Camden residents were arrested after an Ardmore man was robbed of his watch and $25 near Second and Pine streets, including Viola Lewis of 315 Division Street.
Mrs. Michael Shapiro has been installed as president of the Camden Hebrew Ladies’ Charities with headquarters at the Talmud Torah, 621 Kaighn Avenue, for the coming year.
Camden Courier-Post - June 23, 1933 A black leather pocketbook containing $5.50, papers and house keys, was stolen Wednesday night from the parked automobile of Violet Byers, 413 Broadway , on Park Boulevard near Kaighn Avenue .
The Federation of Jewish Charities concluded its campaign for funds Thursday night with a banquet attended by workers and directors of the organization, at the Talmud Torah, 621 Kaighn Avenue.
Representatives of every Jewish organization in Camden were in attendance last night at an emergency meeting of the United Committee for relief of German Jews, held in Talmud Torah Hall, Kaighn Avenue near Seventh Street, when plans to complete a drive for $10,000 by July 3 were adopted.
More than 2000 members of the I.B.P.E., Colored Elks, participated last night in a colorful parade here as climax to the opening day of the tenth annual state convention of the order.
At the first Camden Civil Service hearing in two years, fellow firemen testified that dismissed fireman George W. Garner was found in a saloon at Sixth and Kaighn and was too drunk to be roused from a fire truck; the commissioner reserved decision.
Camden police under Chief Arthur Colsey opened a city-wide hunt for the bandits who shot Detective William T. Feitz four times in the back when he surprised a holdup of 20 persons in a house at 243 Sycamore Street.
Arrested early yesterday when he refused to pay a 50-cent check in a restaurant on Kaighn Avenue near Broadway, “Tommy” Moreland, of 1616 Broadway, was arraigned in police court and released with a suspended sentence.
Judge Neutze Influenced by Restitution, Poor Health in Suspending, Sentence Nathan U. Katz, 44, former Kaighn Avenue real estate dealer, pleaded non vult yesterday before Judge Frank F. Neutze in Criminal Court to a charge of embezzling a total of $4586.27 from four building and loan associations he represented.
Eighteen motorists arrested for minor traffic violations were shown clemency last night in traffic court by Judge Lewis Liberman because of the recent icy condition of the streets.
John H. Fagen was sentenced to four months for breaking into a South Second Street saloon "just to buy a drink." In the same court session Policeman Earl Wright testified against Earl Bundy in a liquor case.
Henry Szczesniewski of 1855 South Tenth Street, chairman of the St. George's Holy Name Society pre-Lenten dance at New Hall on Tenth Street and Kaighn Avenue, raising funds for a church organ.
Alexander Purzycki of 1267 Kaighn Avenue, arrested in Johnson Park by Policeman Raymond Stark, would not answer questions at headquarters or in police court. City Jailer William Michalak told Judge Gene R. Mariano the man was a deaf mute, and the charge was dismissed.
As Camden opened its World War II drive to collect old aluminum for national defense, an unidentified South Camden resident of German birth was among the first donors, carrying his old pots and pans to Engine Company No. 8's firehouse.
Trenton, July 24.—Helen M. Redfield, 624 Royden street, Camden, scored first out of a list of seven women who passed the examination for information clerk in the Camden Welfare Department, the State C
Three men arrested in Atlantic City in the $2000 holdup of Lynch's Cafe at 3rd and Erie Streets were held without bail by Judge Dzick; the getaway car had been recovered on 7th Street between Liberty Street and Kaighn Avenue.
Obituary of Mrs. Clara B. Kennedy, 76, who died at the home of her daughter, Miss Ethel C. Havens, 1482-B Kaighn Avenue. A former Coatesville, Pa., schoolteacher, she had lived in Camden since 1909.
Camden Courier-Post - May 21, 1953 High Mass for Dominick J. Persiani , 35, will be sung Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Sacred Heart R. C. Church . Relatives in the funeral home of Joseph A. Falco, 1020 S. 4th st. , where friends may call Friday night.
By Ronald G. Van Tine Restrictions on nightlong parking on principal streets in the business district will be tried out early next year as a major step in a campaign to make Camden a cleaner city in which to live and work.
Three Drummond children of 912 Chestnut Street drowned in the Cooper River at Camden County Park while fishing; two more children died at Sea Isle City the same day. Camden firemen including Wesley Faust worked the recovery.
Cooper and West Jersey hospital admissions reported in the Camden Courier-Post of February 3, 1956, including Rita Procacci of 1125 South 3rd Street, treated for burns of the right hand.
Camden fire alarms logged from midnight Wednesday to midnight Thursday, September 1957, including a fire at 35 Leonard Avenue and one at 215-21 Kaighn Avenue.
Herman O'Neal, 41, of 139 Spruce Street was seriously injured on Kaighns Avenue near Locust Street by a hit-and-run driver; Det. Sgt. Joseph Hooven of the accident division described the car sought.
Municipal Judge Marino gave six-month jail sentences to two men for theft of an auto battery and $5 of gasoline; Sgt. Earl Wright testified in the gasoline case.
Copper piping and tools were stolen from Dan's Metal Products at 318 Kaighns Avenue, reported by proprietor Daniel Greenstein of 1504 Baird Avenue — Camden Courier-Post, November 11, 1958.
Rabon Mosley, his wife Willa Mae and their son Rabon Jr. of 638 South 4th Street bought the Green Goose Cafe at 251½ Kaighns Avenue and renamed it Ray's Green Goose.
A November 1972 legal notice of application to transfer Plenary Retail Consumption License No. C-102 from Mamie Tarter, trading as the Colonial Cocktail Lounge at 801 Kaighn Avenue, to Edmund Aristone for premises at 2007 Admiral Wilson Boulevard.
Three Camden firefighters were cited for rescuing an 8-month-old girl from a burning bedroom at 1482 Kaighns Avenue; firefighter Michael Galasso revived the infant with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Changes in clothing, economy lead brothers to close Camden business By JEANNE RIDGWAY, Courier-Post Staff CAMDEN — The dry cleaning business isn't what it used to be, and David White, 76, and his brother Benjamin, 75, are finally calling it quits.
Camden Courier-Post - October 26, 2005 Age 69, of Camden. Died Friday, October 21, 2005, in Cooper Medical Center, Camden. ADAMS, WILSON EPHRAIM - Born in Camden, NJ, he has been a life long area resident.
The Camden Cemetery, known in modern times as Old Camden Cemetery, adjoining the Newton Friends' burying grounds, through an action of a town meeting of the Township of Camden, was founded on March 10, 1836.
The first night boat between Camden and Philadelphia was put on July 4, 1842, by the Camden and Philadelphia Ferry Company, the last boat leaving Camden at 9:00 PM and Philadelphia at 9:30 PM.
On August 11, 1958, a major flood inundated Kaighn Avenue. Bob Bartosz documented the flooding with an extensive series of photographs from South 8th Street to Mt. Ephraim Avenue.
Bulletin of the Camden County Historical Society - February 1960 The Man who Shot the Man who Shot Lincoln by Arthur D. Pierce and Howard R. Kemble The year was 1870. The address was 308 Mechanic Street , Camden, New Jersey.
Richard Brodowicz's personal memoir of growing up in South Camden in the 1960s and 1970s, covering Polish family life, St. Joseph's Church and School, neighborhood games, and childhood memories on Tioga and Mechanic Streets.
Incorporated in 1828, the progress and possibilities of Camden have far exceeded the expectations of the Founders and Incorporators. The year 1928 witnessed the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of Camden as a city.
Reprinted from the series of stories of Camden's earlier days, under the title Sixty Years in Camden County - Gosh! by Will Paul, appearing in The Community news, of Merchantville, NJ.
Annals of Camden No 3 - Old Ferries - Camden NJ Download In this age of inventions, improvements and ever-changing modes of transportation, the ferry boat is still an important factor in carrying the traveller across that "goodly and noble" river which forms the boundary between the two Quaker Colonies of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Charles E. Watkin Jr. (1879-1954) was a Camden Fire Department captain who served over 34 years, from his appointment on January 1, 1915 until his retirement on May 1, 1949.
Charles Miller Gladney was born in New Jersey on September 2, 1877, to George and Mary Gladney. In 1878, the family lived at 728 Mount Vernon Street , but by 1880, George, Mary, and their older son David had moved to 432 Liberty Street in Camden.
Physician, pharmacist, and Camden's first Medical Inspector; later Health Director and chief school physician who shaped public-school health care in Camden for a generation.
Edward N. Cohn was born in 1832. On the 1870 U.S. Census, he reported his birthplace as Bohemia, while in the 1880 Census he listed it as Germany. It is likely he was born in a region that is now part of the Czech Republic.
Isaac J. Hibbs was born on March 25, 1848, in Pennsylvania. He was the son of Isaac G. Hibbs, a carpenter, and his wife Mary. At the time of the 1850 Census, he was the youngest of the seven living Hibbs children.
John Atwood Ewing was born on July 7, 1845, in Delaware to parents John and May Ewing. In his early years, he lived in Penns Grove, Salem County, New Jersey.
Rabbi Naftoly H.J. Riff (1893-1976) led Congregation Sons of Israel on South 8th Street in Camden, New Jersey for nearly 50 years from the early 1920s.
Thomas J. Daley (born 1889) was a civil engineer who joined Camden's engineering department in 1913 and was appointed City Engineer in 1925, serving during construction of the new City Hall and marine terminal.
William E. Hinch II (1941–1976) was a Camden firefighter. Born in Camden and living at 1113 North 18th Street in Cramer Hill, he was appointed to the Camden Fire Department in 1969 and served with Engine Company 7 on Kaighn Avenue and later Engine Company 9 in East Camden. He died on April 26, 1976 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
City directory records and newspaper accounts for 10th Street, one of Camden’s longest thoroughfares, running from State Street in North Camden through Cramer Hill and Whitman Park to Morgan Village, 1870s–1970s.
2nd Street extends north-south between Front Street and 3rd Street, running parallel to the Delaware River until Mechanic Street. In the early 1970s, several buildings were cleared on the east side of North 2nd Street below Mickle Street to make way for the Royal Court townhomes and Mickle Tower senior citizens apartment building.
Amber Street is a small street that runs parallel to Kaighn Avenue from South 4th Street to South 6th Street. Best known as the alley beside Triangle Liquor east of Broadway.
Atlantic Avenue runs east–west through the heart of Camden, three blocks south of Kaighn Avenue, from Front Street to Haddon Avenue. East of 7th Street it was and remains a mix of homes and commercial properties; the street crosses under I-676 and the elevated rail between 7th and 9th Streets before becoming primarily residential toward Haddon Avenue.
Baird Boulevard (originally Baird Avenue) runs diagonally through the Parkside and East Camden neighborhoods, named for Camden businessman and U.S. Senator David Baird Sr. It begins at Kaighn Avenue, crosses the Cooper River and Admiral Wilson Boulevard, and terminates at the intersection of Federal Street and 27th Street in East Camden.
Bannard Alley (also known as Bannard Avenue) runs southeast from Kaighn Avenue toward Mechanic Street along the elevated railroad tracks. It likely originated as a service road for the rail line and has no residential or commercial addresses, serving primarily as a pedestrian and bicycle shortcut.
Baring Street runs for one block in South Camden, from Chestnut Street south to Kaighn Avenue, between Marion Street and South 6th Street. The homes were built in 1888 by Wilson Ernst, one of Camden's most active builders of the 1880s.
Baxter Street (formerly Newton Street and locally known as "Hog Alley") ran from South 7th Street to Mount Ephraim Avenue in South Camden, notorious for decades as a hub of illegal activity; largely demolished, the 700 block survives as an overgrown alley.
Boyer Street, also known as Boyer Court, was a half-block dead-end street running east from Nelson Street in South Camden. Eight brick homes on the north side were built in the early 1890s and demolished after World War II for industrial development.
Bridge Avenue was one of Camden's most notable thoroughfares, lying between Federal and Mickle Streets. By 1947 only the block east of South 8th Street remained, and that too has long since vanished.
Broadway was Camden's main commercial thoroughfare, once known as the 'Mall of South Jersey,' running from the Delaware River bridge plaza south to Gloucester City and beyond.
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.
Camac Street, often confused with Gant Street, was a short Camden, New Jersey street running between the Delaware River and South 2nd Street below Kaighn Avenue.
Cohn Alley is named after Edward N. Cohn, a prominent figure in Camden's real estate and construction circles during the 1880s and 1890s. The alley runs east from Haddon Avenue, between Kaighn and Liberty Streets, and never had any formal addresses.
Cox Street ran west from 1119 South 2nd Street for about half a block to a dead end, roughly opposite Sycamore Street; it first appeared in City Directories in 1890 and was renamed Sycamore Street around 1922, then erased after World War II as part of a redevelopment plan.
Front Street runs north and south through Camden, west of Second Street and parallel to the Delaware River, from Erie Street in North Camden as far south as Atlantic Avenue. Known historically as North Front Street and South Front Street, it was home to saloons, livery stables, churches, and waterfront industry before early-1970s redevelopment broke its once-continuous run.
Haddon Avenue is one of Camden's oldest roads, dating to at least 1792 as a bridle path and incorporated as the Haddonfield & Camden Turnpike in 1839. It runs southeast from Federal Street to the city limits toward Collingswood, Haddon Township, and Haddonfield.
One of Camden's major east-west streets, running from Kaighn's Point at the Delaware River east to Admiral Wilson Boulevard and the Airport Circle in Pennsauken, with block-by-block address histories from the 1860s through the early 2000s.
Kossuth Street ran south through South Camden from Van Hook Street to the railroad tracks; named for the Hungarian revolutionary Louis Kossuth, much of it was razed in the 1950s for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Manor and Chelton Terrace public housing projects.
Liberty Street, listed in the 1850 Camden City Directory, was in the early 20th century a culturally diverse area west of Broadway, home to ethnic communities employed in nearby factories and stores.
Linden Street runs east from the Delaware River to North 12th Street in Camden; large portions were demolished for the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Rutgers University and the toll plaza.
Maurice Street, formerly Ann Street, runs south from Mount Vernon Street to Kaighn Avenue in Camden, site of the Wesley A.M.E. Church at Sycamore Street.
Mickle Street, also known as Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, is a major east-west road in Camden, named for John W. Mickle, a Federal Street Ferry organizer with a large stake in the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
Railroad Avenue ran from Kaighn Avenue to Jefferson Street in Camden. The page includes a 1906 Sanborn Map of its west side from Chelton Avenue to Bulson Street.
Division Street runs across South Camden. In 1997, a portion of the street was renamed Ramona Gonzalez Street to honor a community leader; the remainder continues to be known as Division Street.
Royden Street , which was improperly spelled on the city plan, was named in honor of William Royden, who in 1681-82 became the owner of all the land between the present Cooper Street and Line Street .
Sycamore Street is one of Camden's "tree" streets, originally running east from Front Street to Haddon Avenue; its intersections at 7th, 8th and Louis Streets were hubs for different ethnic and cultural communities.
