Kossuth Street runs south from 733 Van Hook Street, across Central Avenue, Ferry Avenue, Jefferson Avenue, and Chelton Avenue, ending at the railroad tracks. Named for the famed Hungarian revolutionary Louis Kossuth, it appears to have been laid out prior to 1871, while that part of Camden was still Newton Township. Kossuth Street originally ended at Jefferson Avenue, but was extended in the early 1940s when the Chelton Terrace public housing project was built.
1700 Block of Kossuth Street — 1906 Sanborn Map
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1700 Block of Kossuth Street
1700 Kossuth Street
1700 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
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1888
John Ring; Samuel Vickers
1890
James P. Rand
1894
Vacant — destroyed by fire December 11, 1894
1918–1924
George & Mary Hainsworth — grocery
1929
Abraham Ingram
1938
Razed February 1938
1702 Kossuth Street
1702 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
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1894
Thomas Biddle — destroyed by fire December 11, 1894
1899
George Fisher
1923
George W. Brown
1924
William Milline
1929
Frank Jackson
1938
Razed February 1938
1705 Kossuth Street
1705 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
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1929
Bond Laundry Company
1947
No Listing
1706 Kossuth Street
1706 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
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1920–1950
Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church
1950–1951
Associated Fuel Oil Dealers Inc. — warehouse
1951
Sold to Housing Authority of the City of Camden for $1,600 — January 9, 1951 — razed
1709–1737 Kossuth Street
1709–1737 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
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1947–1969
Camden Grain Company Inc. — Samuel Adelson
1731 Kossuth Street
1731 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
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1890
Charles C. Miller; Mrs. Virginia Daniel (widow of Frederick Daniel)
1890
Hugh Greenan; 1899 William Greenan
1923–1929
Albert 'Bert' Johnson
1930
Mrs. Estella Trublood & Family — Robert C. Trublood; Howard Trublood; Ethel Trublood; Edith Trublood
1947
No Listing
1733 Kossuth Street
1733 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
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1890
John Chapman
1923
Stephen Percival
1929
Harry Cropper
1947
No Listing
1735 Kossuth Street
1735 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
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1899
Joseph J. Butler
1923–1924
Joseph Allen
1929
Vacant
1737 Kossuth Street
1737 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
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1890
Mrs. Juliet Jones; 1899 Herman Roth
1919–1920
Joseph Duchneskie & Family
1923–1924
Anton Wasilewski
1929
Sarah E. Wilson
1740 Kossuth Street
1740 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
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1899
Augustus Westcott
1929
Charles H. Givens — junk
1741 Kossuth Street
1741 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
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1921
Mrs. Nancy A. Abbott
1923–1924
William H. Greenwood — painter
1931–1943
Cleophas Hood — Eighth Ward Democratic Club headquarters
1969
No Listing
1742 Kossuth Street
1742 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
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1923
James Painter
1924
Charles Givens
1746 Kossuth Street
1746 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
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1923
Mrs. Laura Dorsey
1924–1951
Levi May
1952
Sold to Housing Authority of the City of Camden for $3,050 — January 15, 1952 — razed
1706 Kossuth Street, 1950. Home of Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church, 1920–1950; sold to the Housing Authority of the City of Camden for $1,600 on January 9, 1951, and razed.1709–1737 Kossuth Street. New Jersey Bell survey photograph, 1955.1709–1737 Kossuth Street. Camden Grain Company Inc. (Samuel Adelson), 1947–1969.1746 Kossuth Street, 1950. Levi May, 1924–1951. Sold to the Housing Authority of the City of Camden for $3,050 on January 15, 1952, and razed.1800 Block of Kossuth Street — 1906 Sanborn Map
1700 & 1800 Blocks — Franklin D. Roosevelt Manor
In the early 1950s, all properties on the east side of the 1700 Block and all properties on both sides of the 1800 Block of Kossuth Street were acquired and razed to make way for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Manor public housing project. This project was completed by 1954 and was razed in turn in the spring of 2007.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Manor site map
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1800 Block of Kossuth Street
1800 Kossuth Street
1800 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
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1899–1924
Charles E. Van Harler — 1899 variety store
1929
Zora Schley
1802 Kossuth Street
1802 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
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1887–1890
George Batten
1899
Si Marshall Nicholas
1923
William Green
1929
William Bell
1969
Gone — rebuilt early 2000s
1804 Kossuth Street
1804 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
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1887–1888
Samuel Washington
1890
Joseph Matlock
1899–1900
Thomas R. Walters & Family
1911
Mrs. Gertrude Pergerm
1918
Charles Cook & Family
1923–1924
Adam Pfeffer
1929
Henry Johnson
1806 Kossuth Street
1806 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
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1888
George W. Stevens
1899
Louisa Hagerman; Alfred Burton
1914
Louis Gray
1923–1924
Michael Mosofski
1969
Gone — rebuilt early 2000s
1807 Kossuth Street
1807 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
1822–1824 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
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1890
1822 John Richartz
1947
John Stanley — used machinery
1825 Kossuth Street
1825 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
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1890
Frank Wilson; Mrs. Annie M. Johnson; Rev. Thomas H. Scott
1899
William H. Smith
1947
James W.T. Smith
1969
Gone — rebuilt 2000s
1827 Kossuth Street
1827 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
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1899
Frank Wilson; John P. Hall; Sidonia Brown; Mrs. Jane A. Finch
1923–1929
Mrs. Elizabeth C. McCarthy
1830 Kossuth Street
1830 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
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1887–1947
Richard J. Chandler & Family — Richard J. & Armenia Chandler; Ida Chandler; 1888 labor Gloucester Iron Works; 1890 bridgetender
2012
Anna Burton
1836 Kossuth Street
1836 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
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1890
John S. Miller
1899–1900
Thomas Osler & Family — Thomas & Elizabeth Brockhoff Osler; Frederick Osler; Elizabeth Brockhoff (M-in-L)
1918–1924
Joseph A. Lutz
1923–1947
Joseph Michael; 1924 William J. Michael
1838 Kossuth Street
1838 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
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1888
John W. Morton
1899–1900
Ellen Rozier & Family — William Rozier (son)
1923–1929
Nicholas Marshall
1947
James E. King
1848 Kossuth Street
1848 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
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1899–1900
John S. Miller
1918
Mrs. Jennie Stevenson — house gutted by fire July 22, 1918
In Memoriam — Richard J. Chandler
CHANDLER— In sad and loving memory of a beloved husband, Richard J. Chandler, who passed away February 13, 1935. Getting used to being lonesome, that's the hardest cross to bear, Getting used to all the sorrow, you were once so quick to share. Getting used to being lonesome, that what I must learn to do. The blow was heavy, the shock severe, I little thought that death was so near, But only those who have lost can tell, His vacant place there is none to fill.
—Sadly missed by wife Armenia
Camden Courier-Post, February 12, 1938
Intersection of Ferry Avenue & Kossuth Street
Northeast Corner, 723 Ferry Avenue. 1930s–1947: Mrs. Theresa Di Lello, candy store. Photograph taken June 1951.Northeast Corner, 751 Ferry Avenue. 1890–1906: F. Joseph Rouh, saloon; L. Najulis Saloon. 1914–1933: Veronica Jacabauskas & Family. 1933–1970s: Anderson Tavern. Photograph taken June 1951.1900 Block of Kossuth Street — 1906 Sanborn Map
1900 Block of Kossuth Street
1909 Kossuth Street
1909 Kossuth Street — 1900 Block of Kossuth Street
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1899
Joseph Bowen
1899–1918
Jacob Madelaine & Family — Jacob & Caroline Madelaine; Eugene Madelaine (1899–1924)
1929–1947
Nicholas Ciano & Family — Nicholas & Frances DiCiano; Charles, Dominick, Joseph, Albert, Rose, Louis DiCiano; 1947 Dominick DiCiano — coal
1969–1980
R.O. Fullard
1911 Kossuth Street
1911 Kossuth Street — 1900 Block of Kossuth Street
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1899–1906
John B. Boullion & Family
1918
George Morris & Family — George & Mary Morris
1923
Dominick DiDiego
1924–1929
Massimo Saccehetti
1947
Sarge Novick
1969–1980
Anna M. Taylor
1913 Kossuth Street
1913 Kossuth Street — 1900 Block of Kossuth Street
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1899
Adam Muller
1918
John Morrazene & Family — John and Kate Morrazene
1923–1929
Frank Sircovich
1947
Carol Fink
1969
No Listing
1915 Kossuth Street
1915 Kossuth Street — 1900 Block of Kossuth Street
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1899
Herman Schultz
1918–1923
John Barrett & Family — John J., Robert, and Cecelia Barrett
1924–1947
Santi DiCampli & Family — Santi & Mary DiCampli
1943
Anthony Ferri
1969
No Listing
1917 Kossuth Street
1917 Kossuth Street — 1900 Block of Kossuth Street
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1923–1945
Nicholas Delano & Family — Joseph Delano
1947
Vacant
1969–1980
Ralph Merrell
1909 and 1911 Kossuth Street. Photograph taken May 29, 2012.1913 and 1915 Kossuth Street. Photograph taken May 29, 2012.1915 Kossuth Street — Private Anthony Ferri, World War II.1917 Kossuth Street. Nicholas Delano & Family, 1923–1945. Photograph taken May 29, 2012.
All properties on the 2000 and 2100 blocks of Kossuth Street were acquired in the early 1950s for the Chelton Terrace public housing project and razed in the 1990s. City directory records, 1947–1980.
2000 Block of Kossuth Street — Chelton Terrace
1930–1944 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace)
1930–1944 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace) — 2000 Block of Kossuth Street — Chelton Terrace
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1947
1930 Richard Davis; 1932 Chester Carr; 1934 Joshua Robinson & Family; 1936 Woodrow Amos; 1938 David Lowe; 1940 George Hall; 1942 Mrs. Sadie McCoy; 1944 Stephen Wilmer
1990s
Entire project razed
2000–2062 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace)
2000–2062 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace) — 2000 Block of Kossuth Street — Chelton Terrace
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1947
2000 Thelma Byrd; 2002 James A. Forchion; 2004 James Wallace; 2006 Louis Beverly; 2008 John Bostic; 2010 Harry Black; 2016 William Owens; 2018 Edward Fraction; 2020 Albert Wansley; 2022 Raymond Davis; 2024 Mrs. Fannie Burgess; 2026 Kathryn Jacobs; 2032 George Thomas; 2034 Mitchell Woodard
1956
2035 John Coney, age 5 — West Jersey Hospital case, Camden Courier-Post Aug. 14, 1956
1990s
Entire project razed
2101–2145 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace)
2101–2145 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace) — 2000 Block of Kossuth Street — Chelton Terrace
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1947
2106 Mrs. Evelyn Foster; 2107 Richard Harris; 2108 Henry Singleton Jr.; 2109 Alex Clark; 2110 Bernard Robinson; 2111 Timothy Adams; 2112 Albert Wilson; 2113 Earl Davis; 2114 Robert Wesley; 2115 William Robinson; 2116 John S. Nelson; 2117 Russell Innis (trucking)
1952–1961
2117 The Beasley Family
1947
2122 Victor Harrison; 2123 Connie Thomas; 2124 Horace Robinson; 2125 Stephen Kersey; 2126 Raymond Smith; 2127 Lenan Washington; 2128 William Brown; 2129 George Warren; 2134 William Irvin; 2135 David K. Kennely; 2136 Eugene Tally; 2137 Fred Greene; 2138 Rufus Tilly; 2139 Benjamon Russ; 2140 Hillyer Botts; 2141 Louie Muse; 2142 Edward Gray; 2143 Herman Spencer; 2144 Gilbert Crawford; 2145 Osa Meekins
1990s
Entire project razed
1934 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace) — Joshua H. Robinson & Family, 1947–1949.
2100 Block of Kossuth Street — Chelton Terrace
2117 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace) — The Beasley Children & friends, 1958. The Beasley Family lived here from 1952 to 1961. The entire Chelton Terrace project was razed in the 1990s. Photo courtesy of Dolores Beasley.
Bulson Street runs east from Broadway to South 11th Street alongside the railroad tracks, named after 19th-century farmer Gilbert Bulson. At one time the tracks were at street level; in modern times the overpass has been known as "the hump."
Eighth Street runs south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Morgan Boulevard to Pyne Point in North Camden — one of Camden's longest thoroughfares.
A two-alarm fire sweeps a grain pit at Camden Grain Co. on Kossuth Street. The blaze, discovered at 4 a.m. by night watchman Caspar Krispin of 2046 Arlington Street, spreads smoke and fumes over a mile-wide area.
Marriage licenses published in the Camden Courier-Post, November 17, 1949, including Russell E. Mattson of 333 North 38th Street and Ruth M. MacDonald of 46 North 33rd Street.
A lamp explosion in a barn behind 751 Ferry Avenue killed Michael Errieski; Patrolman Karl Quinton saved a horse and a family from the spreading fire, which gutted Mrs. Jennie Stevenson's home at 1848 Kossuth Street.