Category: Streets
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Douglass Street
Douglass Street is a small street between Spruce Street and Cherry Street, between 7th and 8th. As of 2024, there are still five houses with addresses on Douglass Street.
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Mount Vernon Street
Mount Vernon Street, named after the home of George Washington, was previously known as Jordan Street and Chew Street.
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Erie Street
Erie Street in North Camden extends from Beach Street to 9th Street. The streets that intersect — or once intersected — Erie Street include Delaware Avenue, Point Street, Front Street, Segal Street, and the numbered streets from 2nd through 9th.
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Dallas Road
Dallas Road is a one-block street that begins at 3022 Tuckahoe Road and runs west to 3001 Fenwick Road. It has only one house with a Dallas Road address: 915 Dallas Road. This street first appeared in Camden’s City Directories in 1927, with the first occupied house listed in 1929.
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Davis Street
Davis Street runs southeast from a point north of Sheridan Street, intersecting with Copewood Street, and continuing until it ends at Ferry Avenue. Although Davis Street was not residential, it hosted several significant businesses and institutions in Camden. In the 1960s, following the opening of the Ferry Avenue station of the PATCO high-speed line, a…
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Danehower Street
Danehower Street sits between Front and 2nd Streets, just south of Vine Street. Danehower Street first appears in the Camden City Directory of 1863-1864. Formerly known as Danenhower Alley, the road may have been named after prominent Camden businessman George R. Danenhower. John A. Oetzel lived at 120 Danenower Street during the mid-1880s before purchasing…
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Ringold Street
Ringold Street was a small street that ran from 1074 Line Street south for one block to 1131 Pine Street. It was the third street east of Haddon Avenue between Line and Pine Streets, following Perry Street and Jane Street. Ringold Street first appeared in the 1888-1889 Camden City Directory, with the only listing being…
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Carpenter Street
Carpenter Street first appears in Camden city directories in 1867, absent from the 1863-1864 directory. Originally a narrow street, it ran from 118 North 8th Street eastward until it intersected with Cooper Street, where Cooper angles toward its intersection with Federal Street near the Cooper River bridges. An alley next to 1129 Carpenter Street provided…
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Van Hook Street
Aka Carl Miller Boulevard Van Hook Street, now known as Carl Miller Boulevard, runs from Ferry Avenue, across Broadway and Mount Ephraim Avenue, until it reaches its end at Hallowell Lane. This location was where the former Municipal Hospital for Contagious Diseases for the City of Camden once stood.
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Marlton Avenue
Marlton Avenue begins at Federal Street and effectively serves as an extension of State Street, which runs east from the Delaware River, crossing the Cooper River and the Pavonia railroad yards to Federal Street. Marlton Avenue then continues eastward to the city limits at Highland Avenue. It is one of the five major streets in…
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Markley Place
Markley Place, recently referred to as Markley Street, is a short alley running west from North 5th Street, between Market and Cooper Streets, behind the Centenary-Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church building. In the 1891 Sanborn Map, it appears as Burr Alley, named after John Burr’s “fancy box and case” factory, which had four buildings along the…
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Moore Street
Moore Street was a small street that ran eastward from North 9th Street towards the Cooper River, south of York Street. It appears in Camden City Directories as early as 1867. Prior to 1906, five two-story twin homes were built on the north side of Moore Street, while the south side was entirely occupied by…
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Larch Street
Larch Street is a small street that runs from 708 North 2nd Street east to North 7th Street, situated between State and Vine Streets. Larch Street first appears in city directories in 1878. An earlier Larch Street, listed in the 1863 city directory and located elsewhere, had either been renamed or no longer existed by…
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Kolo Street
Kolo Street is a one-block street that runs south from opposite 1131 Sheridan Street, ending at Van Hook Street. There are three brick twin homes on Kolo Street, resulting in six addresses.
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Jane Street
Jane Street, occasionally known as Jayne Street, was a small, street in Camden, NJ, running south for one block from 1062 Line Street to Pine Street. Located just east of Haddon Avenue, it was a notable part of the city’s layout in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. According to the 1890-1891 Camden City…