Kossuth Street

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.

Sanborn fire insurance map, 1700 block of Kossuth Street, 1906
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
yearname
1888John Ring; Samuel Vickers
1890James P. Rand
1894Vacant — destroyed by fire December 11, 1894
1918–1924George & Mary Hainsworth — grocery
1929Abraham Ingram
1938Razed February 1938

1702 Kossuth Street

1702 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1894Thomas Biddle — destroyed by fire December 11, 1894
1899George Fisher
1923George W. Brown
1924William Milline
1929Frank Jackson
1938Razed February 1938

1705 Kossuth Street

1705 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1929Bond Laundry Company
1947No Listing

1706 Kossuth Street

1706 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1920–1950Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church
1950–1951Associated Fuel Oil Dealers Inc. — warehouse
1951Sold 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
yearname
1947–1969Camden Grain Company Inc. — Samuel Adelson

1731 Kossuth Street

1731 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1890Charles C. Miller; Mrs. Virginia Daniel (widow of Frederick Daniel)
1890Hugh Greenan; 1899 William Greenan
1923–1929Albert 'Bert' Johnson
1930Mrs. Estella Trublood & Family — Robert C. Trublood; Howard Trublood; Ethel Trublood; Edith Trublood
1947No Listing

1733 Kossuth Street

1733 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1890John Chapman
1923Stephen Percival
1929Harry Cropper
1947No Listing

1735 Kossuth Street

1735 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1899Joseph J. Butler
1923–1924Joseph Allen
1929Vacant

1737 Kossuth Street

1737 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1890Mrs. Juliet Jones; 1899 Herman Roth
1919–1920Joseph Duchneskie & Family
1923–1924Anton Wasilewski
1929Sarah E. Wilson

1740 Kossuth Street

1740 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1899Augustus Westcott
1929Charles H. Givens — junk

1741 Kossuth Street

1741 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1921Mrs. Nancy A. Abbott
1923–1924William H. Greenwood — painter
1931–1943Cleophas Hood — Eighth Ward Democratic Club headquarters
1969No Listing

1742 Kossuth Street

1742 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1923James Painter
1924Charles Givens

1746 Kossuth Street

1746 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1923Mrs. Laura Dorsey
1924–1951Levi May
1952Sold to Housing Authority of the City of Camden for $3,050 — January 15, 1952 — razed
1706 Kossuth Street, 1950 — Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church
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, 1955
1709–1737 Kossuth Street. New Jersey Bell survey photograph, 1955.
Camden Grain Company Inc., 1709–1737 Kossuth Street
1709–1737 Kossuth Street. Camden Grain Company Inc. (Samuel Adelson), 1947–1969.
1746 Kossuth Street, 1950 — Levi May residence
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.
Sanborn fire insurance map, 1800 block of Kossuth Street, 1906
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
Franklin D. Roosevelt Manor site map

Directory

1800 Block of Kossuth Street

1800 Kossuth Street

1800 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1899–1924Charles E. Van Harler — 1899 variety store
1929Zora Schley

1802 Kossuth Street

1802 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1887–1890George Batten
1899Si Marshall Nicholas
1923William Green
1929William Bell
1969Gone — rebuilt early 2000s

1804 Kossuth Street

1804 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1887–1888Samuel Washington
1890Joseph Matlock
1899–1900Thomas R. Walters & Family
1911Mrs. Gertrude Pergerm
1918Charles Cook & Family
1923–1924Adam Pfeffer
1929Henry Johnson

1806 Kossuth Street

1806 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1888George W. Stevens
1899Louisa Hagerman; Alfred Burton
1914Louis Gray
1923–1924Michael Mosofski
1969Gone — rebuilt early 2000s

1807 Kossuth Street

1807 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1899Alexander D. Russell
WWIPrivate Emerson J. Kane
1924James Langston
1947Percy Standard

1808–1812 Kossuth Street

1808–1812 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
18901808 Frank Middleton; 1810 Mrs. Mary Spriddell; 1812 Jacob White
18991808 Mary Bishop; 1810 Abraham Jenkins; 1812 William J. Brown & Family
1923–19291808 various; 1810 Charles Shelkofski / Clarence S. Jenkins
19471808 Mrs. Ethel Davis; 1810 Nathan Worthy; 1811 Arthur Coleman; 1812 Lawrence Collins
1969All gone

1814 Kossuth Street

1814 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1887–1888Peter P. Custis — waiter
1897Rosie Hersog
1906George Print
1918Louis Jackson; Frank Jackson & Family
1923–1924Samuel Biddle
1929Robert H. Clayton

1816–1823 Kossuth Street

1816–1823 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
18901816 Peter Custis & William Custis; 1817 Samuel Bartlett
19231817 Gone; 1823 William Pluskosky
19471823 Jason Wallace
2000sAll rebuilt

1818 Kossuth Street

1818 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1890Frank Middleton — died of burns August 28, 1890
1900Abraham Wilson & Family
1923–1924Howard A. Pollitt — ice

1820 Kossuth Street

1820 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1896John Wesley 'Wes' Beckett
1899–1900Frank Holderman & Family — butcher
1919–1922Gilbert Berry & Family
1923–1929Edward Trueblood & Family — Robert C. Trueblood; Howard Trueblood

1822–1824 Kossuth Street

1822–1824 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
18901822 John Richartz
1947John Stanley — used machinery

1825 Kossuth Street

1825 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1890Frank Wilson; Mrs. Annie M. Johnson; Rev. Thomas H. Scott
1899William H. Smith
1947James W.T. Smith
1969Gone — rebuilt 2000s

1827 Kossuth Street

1827 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1899Frank Wilson; John P. Hall; Sidonia Brown; Mrs. Jane A. Finch
1923–1929Mrs. Elizabeth C. McCarthy

1830 Kossuth Street

1830 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1887–1947Richard J. Chandler & Family — Richard J. & Armenia Chandler; Ida Chandler; 1888 labor Gloucester Iron Works; 1890 bridgetender
2012Anna Burton

1836 Kossuth Street

1836 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1890John S. Miller
1899–1900Thomas Osler & Family — Thomas & Elizabeth Brockhoff Osler; Frederick Osler; Elizabeth Brockhoff (M-in-L)
1918–1924Joseph A. Lutz
1923–1947Joseph Michael; 1924 William J. Michael

1838 Kossuth Street

1838 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1888John W. Morton
1899–1900Ellen Rozier & Family — William Rozier (son)
1923–1929Nicholas Marshall
1947James E. King

1848 Kossuth Street

1848 Kossuth Street — 1800 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1899–1900John S. Miller
1918Mrs. 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

723 Ferry Avenue NE corner — Mrs. Theresa Di Lello candy store, June 1951
Northeast Corner, 723 Ferry Avenue. 1930s–1947: Mrs. Theresa Di Lello, candy store. Photograph taken June 1951.
751 Ferry Avenue NE corner — Anderson Tavern, 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.
Sanborn fire insurance map, 1900 block of Kossuth Street, 1906
1900 Block of Kossuth Street — 1906 Sanborn Map

1900 Block of Kossuth Street

1909 Kossuth Street

1909 Kossuth Street — 1900 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1899Joseph Bowen
1899–1918Jacob Madelaine & Family — Jacob & Caroline Madelaine; Eugene Madelaine (1899–1924)
1929–1947Nicholas Ciano & Family — Nicholas & Frances DiCiano; Charles, Dominick, Joseph, Albert, Rose, Louis DiCiano; 1947 Dominick DiCiano — coal
1969–1980R.O. Fullard

1911 Kossuth Street

1911 Kossuth Street — 1900 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1899–1906John B. Boullion & Family
1918George Morris & Family — George & Mary Morris
1923Dominick DiDiego
1924–1929Massimo Saccehetti
1947Sarge Novick
1969–1980Anna M. Taylor

1913 Kossuth Street

1913 Kossuth Street — 1900 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1899Adam Muller
1918John Morrazene & Family — John and Kate Morrazene
1923–1929Frank Sircovich
1947Carol Fink
1969No Listing

1915 Kossuth Street

1915 Kossuth Street — 1900 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1899Herman Schultz
1918–1923John Barrett & Family — John J., Robert, and Cecelia Barrett
1924–1947Santi DiCampli & Family — Santi & Mary DiCampli
1943Anthony Ferri
1969No Listing

1917 Kossuth Street

1917 Kossuth Street — 1900 Block of Kossuth Street
yearname
1923–1945Nicholas Delano & Family — Joseph Delano
1947Vacant
1969–1980Ralph Merrell
1909 and 1911 Kossuth Street, May 29, 2012
1909 and 1911 Kossuth Street. Photograph taken May 29, 2012.
1913 and 1915 Kossuth Street, May 29, 2012
1913 and 1915 Kossuth Street. Photograph taken May 29, 2012.
Private Anthony Ferri, WWII — 1915 Kossuth Street
1915 Kossuth Street — Private Anthony Ferri, World War II.
1917 Kossuth Street, May 29, 2012
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
yearname
19471930 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
1990sEntire project razed

2000–2062 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace)

2000–2062 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace) — 2000 Block of Kossuth Street — Chelton Terrace
yearname
19472000 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
19562035 John Coney, age 5 — West Jersey Hospital case, Camden Courier-Post Aug. 14, 1956
1990sEntire project razed

2101–2145 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace)

2101–2145 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace) — 2000 Block of Kossuth Street — Chelton Terrace
yearname
19472106 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)
1952–19612117 The Beasley Family
19472122 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
1990sEntire project razed
Joshua H. Robinson & Family, 1934 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace), 1947-1949
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 and friends, 1958
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.

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Bulson-Street-at-8th-Street-1955

Bulson Street

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."

Northeast view of 8th Street from Ferry Avenue, Camden NJ, 2011

8th Street

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.

Camden Courier-Post, August 14, 1956 — Hospital Cases

Hospital Cases

West Jersey and Cooper hospital admissions for August 1956, including John Coney, 5, of 2035 Kossuth Street.

Camden Courier-Post, November 23, 1953 — Five Fined in Raid at 703 Kaighns Ave.

Five Fined in Raid at 703 Kaighns Ave.

Five people, including Linwood Braxton of 2000 Kossuth Street, were fined after a police dice raid on a home at 703 Kaighns Avenue.

Grain Warehouse Swept by Blaze in South Camden, Camden Courier-Post, August 27, 1951

Grain Warehouse Swept by Blaze in South Camden

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

Marriage Licenses

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.

Philadelphia Inquirer, October 4, 1921 — Woman Among Citizenship Recipients

Woman Among Citizenship Recipients

Mrs. Nancy A. Abbott of 1741 Kossuth Street, a widow and native of Leicester, England, was among those granted citizenship by Judge Kates in Camden.

Philadelphia Inquirer, July 22, 1918 — Boys Find Charred Body in Fire Ruins

Boys Find Charred Body in Fire Ruins

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.

Philadelphia Inquirer, May 27, 1918 — 50 Taken in Vice Raids

50 Taken in Vice Raids

Police and detectives swept disorderly houses across South Camden in one of the largest raids of the period, led by Capt. Lewis Stehr.

Philadelphia Inquirer, January 6, 1918 — Nelson Hardy Jailed

Nelson Hardy Jailed

Nelson Hardy was committed to the county jail in default of $2000 bail for attacking Mary Boullion of 1911 Kossuth Street.

Philadelphia Inquirer, July 17, 1915 — 4 Held for Man's Death

4 Held for Man's Death

Four men were held without bail on manslaughter charges following the death of John Mabelski after a brawl near Railroad and Ferry avenues.

Philadelphia Inquirer, December 23, 1914 — Louis Gray Burned at Armstrong Cork Works

Louis Gray Burned

Louis Gray, 17, of 1806 Kossuth Street was badly burned by blazing oil at the Armstrong Cork Works.

Philadelphia Inquirer, June 29, 1911 — Fake Dentist in Camden

Fake Dentist in Camden

Mrs. Gertrude Pergerm of 1804 Kossuth Street was among Camden women victimized by a man posing as a dentist.

Philadelphia Inquirer, August 6, 1906 — George H. Print Injured

George H. Print Injured

George H. Print, 21, of 1814 Kossuth Street, had a lacerated scalp treated at Cooper Hospital after a fight.

Philadelphia Inquirer, November 30, 1899 — Osler Funeral Notice

Osler Funeral Notice

Funeral notice for Rebecca, wife of William H. Osler, of 1836 Kossuth Street, who died November 28, 1899.

Philadelphia Inquirer, January 4, 1899 — Christmas Tree Fire at Greenan Residence

Christmas Tree on Fire

A Christmas tree caught fire from candles in the parlor of William Greenan's home at 1731 Kossuth Street; Mrs. Greenan doused it before it spread.

Philadelphia Inquirer, September 24, 1897 — Thieves' Unsuccessful Visit

Thieves' Unsuccessful Visit

Thieves pried open the door of Mrs. Rosie Hersog's home at 1814 Kossuth Street but fled when a passing child walked in.

Philadelphia Inquirer, December 12, 1894 — Early Morning Blaze in Camden

Early Morning Blaze in Camden

Three frame houses near the corner of Van Hook and Kossuth streets were destroyed by fire before daybreak on December 11, 1894.

Philadelphia Inquirer, August 28, 1890 — Died of Burns, Frank Middleton

Frank Middleton Death

Frank Middleton, 18, of 1818 Kossuth Street died at Cooper Hospital from burns caused by the explosion of a coal oil lamp.

Philadelphia Inquirer, October 2, 1884 — Dr. Harry O. Cox Obituary

Dr. Harry O. Cox Obituary

Dr. Harry O. Cox of Eighth and Central Avenue, a graduate of Jefferson College, died at his residence after a two-week illness.

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