Streets
Adams Avenue
Adams Avenue, in the Cramer Hill section of Camden, was named after President John Quincy Adams, running northeast from North 28th Street to the site of the former Tucker shipyard.
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Adams Avenue
People
Herman F. Niessner
Herman F. Niessner was born on March 8, 1891, in Pennsylvania to German immigrant parents. His father, Frederick Niessner, worked as a machinist for Baldwin Locomotive in Philadelphia and moved the family to the Cramer Hill section of Camden in 1894.
Streets
29th Street
29th Street extends from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden, running from River Road to Clinton Street. It is North 29th Street above Federal and South 29th below.
Bars and Clubs
Waterview Inn — 2900 Adams Avenue
Photographs of the Waterview Inn at 2900 Adams Avenue in Cramer Hill, Camden, taken June 25, 2011, near the end of the bar's operation at that location.
News Articles
Man Murdered Outside Camden Bar
A man was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Waterview Inn, 2900 Adams Avenue, on the night of December 14, 2008.
Historical Accounts
2901 Adams Avenue — The O'Brien Family
Personal memories of the William C. O'Brien family who lived at 2901 Adams Avenue in Cramer Hill from 1947 through the late 1950s, contributed by Patsy O'Brien Maggiulli in January 2008.
Manufacturing and Hardware
Murphy J R — Carpenter Contractors & Builders
J.R. Murphy, Carpenter Contractors & Builders, operated from 2810 Adams Avenue in Camden. Listing from the 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages.
Historical Accounts
Fire at 28th & Adams, February 16, 1941
On February 16, 1941, a fire and explosion at 28th Street and Adams Avenue in Cramer Hill killed a father and son and critically burned a third family member.
News Articles
Urges New Schools
Samuel Church of 2820 Adams Avenue writes to the Camden Courier-Post urging the city to replace its fire-trap school buildings before a tragedy occurs, February 5, 1938.
News Articles
Girl Killed by City Ambulance
Seven-year-old Barbara Johnson of 1896 River Avenue was killed when a Camden police ambulance transporting Richard Gardiner of 2820 Adams Street struck her in the street, as reported in the Camden Post-Telegram of February 22, 1919.