Tag: Line Street
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Augustus F. Werner
Augustus F. Werner was born around 1870. According to the 1920 Census, he was born in Texas to German-speaking parents who had emigrated from the Lorraine region, which was then part of France. He met and married his wife, Annie, around 1891. While his obituary states that he first arrived in Camden in 1882, his…
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Frederick Morse
Frederick William Sheppard Morse was born in New Jersey on February 18, 1880, to Captain William and Annie Morse. His father, originally from Germany, immigrated to America in 1870 and eventually became a sea captain, while his mother was born in Nova Scotia. In the 1881-1882 City Directory, the Morse family was listed at 625…
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Spring Street
Spring Street in Camden dates back to at least 1850 and was mapped by 1891 to run north-south from Clinton Street, situated between Second Street and Front Street in South Camden. Although originally planned to extend as far south as Walnut Street, its development was obstructed by Volney Bennett’s lumber yard at Pine Street. The…
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Lester Store
713 Broadway, Camden, NJ The Lester store was a key part of Camden's retail landscape from the 1920s through the 1960s, offering men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing as well as jewelry. For much of its history, the store was located at 713 Broadway, between Line and Pine Streets. Lee Newman, who later founded his own…
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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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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…
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Gold Street
Gold Street was a small, somewhat secluded street situated between South 8th Street and Silver Street, just south of Line Street in Camden. Accessible only via Silver Street by wagon or automobile, Gold Street and its neighboring Silver Street first appear in the historical record with residences listed in the 1888 Camden City Directory. However,…
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Avon Street
Avon Street is a one-block roadway in South Camden, running south from 429 Royden Street to Line Street. It is located between West Street and South 4th Street and intersects with Beckett Street. The street appears to have been established sometime between 1878 and 1887. By 1906, six two-story brick homes had been built along…
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Mount Ephraim Avenue
Dating back to 1878, and originally named Border Street until the 2000’s, Mt. Ephraim Avenue has a history rooted in the past when it operated as the Mount Ephraim Turnpike, functioning as a toll road. Its origins trace back to the junction of Line Street and Haddon Avenue. In a subsequent period, roughly between 1929…
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Ramona Gonzalez Street (formerly Division Street)
Division Street in Camden likely got its name because it was meant to signify a boundary or separation—though what it specifically divided isn’t entirely clear today. Unlike Line Street, which has a documented origin as the boundary line between the historic Cooper and Kaighn family properties, Division Street doesn't have a known or well-recorded division…
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Saint Mihiel Street
St. Mihiel Street, named in honor of the heroic actions of American forces during the World War I Battle of St. Mihiel, originally extended northward from Line Street to Mt. Ephraim Avenue. The initial location of Camden Convention Hall was at the northeast corner of St. Mihiel Street and Line Street. In the late 1940s,…
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Line Street
Line Street got its name because it followed the final division line between the Cooper and Kaighn properties. Initially laid out as a twenty-foot alley, it was widened to fifty feet in 1848. That same year, when the city charter was amended by the State legislature, Line Street became the boundary between the Middle and…
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Convention Hall
Locations: Camden has had two buildings known as Convention Hall, which can get a bit confusing, and the issue gets even more confusing when you add the fact that Camden had four different armories in the years between 1880 and 1960, and one of them was also called Convention Hall! It doesn’t help either that…
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Zuni Athletic Association
The Zuni Athletic Association sponsored semi-pro sports teams as early as the spring of 1930 and into the early 60s. It appears to have founded in that year. Founding members included Peter Barbalace, Pasquale “Pat” Barbalace, Emil Aceto, John LaPlaca, and Jack O’Neil. The Zuni clubhouse in its early years was at 464 Royden Street.…
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Royden Street
Royden Street, which was improperly spelled on the city plan, was named in honor of William Royden, who in 1681-82 became the owner of all the land between the present Cooper Street and Line Street. William Roydon was originally a grocer from London, England. He had apparently been interested in the development of the New…