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James G. Blaine School

James G. Blaine School, southeast corner of Wayne Avenue and North 23rd Street
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James G. Blaine School

The James G. Blaine School was located at the south-east corner of North 23rd Street at Wayne Avenue in the Pavonia-Cramer Hill section of Camden. Built by Stockton Township, it joined Camden public schools in 1899 and was closed in 1932.

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North 23rd Street looking south from Howell Street, February 2009
Streets

23rd Street

23rd Street originates in the former Pavonia section — now Cramer Hill — and extends south to Federal Street in East Camden; it had been laid out by the time the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory was published. The James G. Blaine School stood at the southeast corner of 23rd Street and Wayne Avenue.

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Narrow paved lane beside a black iron fence and a weedy lot, with brick and stucco houses ahead on Blaine Street, Camden.
Streets

Blaine Street

Named for James G. Blaine, the 1884 Republican presidential candidate, Blaine Street ran from South 7th Street to Trenton Avenue and through to Haddon Avenue. No houses stand on Blaine Street today.

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