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Built in 1913 as the Eastside Elementary School in the 2800 block of Mickle Street, later renamed Alfred Cramer Junior High School in honor of the East Camden real estate developer. It served East Camden students for generations before returning to an elementary school around 1957.
Alfred Cramer was born in 1844 on a farm in Blackwood. He lived there until he was sixteen, at which poin the began working as a book salesman. This early sales experience would later prove to be a valuable foundation for his success in business.
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.
Alfred Cramer Elementary School at 2800 Mickle Street in East Camden opened in 1913 as the Eastside School and was later named for developer Alfred Cramer.
Cramer Hill derives its name from Alfred Cramer , who in the late 19th century purchased large tracts of farmland, for the most part between Federal Street and the Delaware River in what was then Stockton Township , subdivided the land into building lots, and sold them on an installment basis to people of average means.
Cramer Street runs east through the Cramer Hill and East Camden neighborhoods of Camden, NJ. Named for real estate developer Alfred Cramer, who sold more than 5,000 building lots in the area by 1897, it stretches from the 2600 to 3400 blocks.
Originally a part of Stockton Township , the area that is now known as East Camden was merged into Camden proper in 1899 along with the neighborhood now known as Cramer Hill .
Camden Courier-Post - March 24, 1949 Fifty years ago, the old town of Stockton was annexed to the City of Camden over the protests of Democratic members of the town council.