Tag: Mount Ephraim Avenue
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Starr Avenue
Starr Avenue, later renamed Mt. Ephraim Avenue between 1914 and 1946, ran northeast from Border Street to Federal Street near the Cooper River and was named after Jesse W. and John F. Starr, founders of Camden Iron Works. The foundry’s former site has housed Campbell Soup’s corporate headquarters since the 1960s. Starr Avenue and Border…
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George D. Haley
George Denniston Haley was born on June 14, 1848, in New York City, NY. Orphaned at birth, he never knew his parents’ names — a fact confirmed in his Civil War pension records and on his death certificate, where his eldest son, George Jr., left the parental information blank. At just 14 years old, George…
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Browning Street
Browning Street, originally named Evergreen Avenue, stretches east from Mount Ephraim Avenue, opposite Evergreen Cemetery. It was likely laid out as early as the 1890s, appearing in the 1906 Camden City Directory and depicted on a map published in 1914. On March 4, 1920, Congressman William J. Browning passed away while fulfilling his duties at…
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Border Street
Border Street, renamed Mt. Ephraim Avenue in the 2000s, originally ran from Line Street and Haddon Avenue north along the railroad tracks, intersecting with Starr Avenue (also later renamed Mt. Ephraim Avenue). In later years, it ended at Starr Avenue, which continued northeast to 10th Street behind the Transport of New Jersey bus maintenance complex.…
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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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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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Broadway Trust
Broadway Trust, also known as Broadway Merchants Trust 938-944 Broadway, Camden, NJ The Broadway Trust Company building was built prior to World War I. The architect was Phillip Merz who was based in Rochester NY and the building was constructed by the J. Henry Miller Co. of Baltimore MD, who also built the building which…
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Amanda Alloway
Amanda Alloway, who was born in New Jersey in November 1843, had a notable life deeply intertwined with the historical tapestry of Camden, New Jersey. She married Joseph Alloway by 1863, and the couple had three children: Charles, born in December 1863, Joseph, born on November 22, 1865, and Ida May, born around 1867. The…
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New name for Camden street near planned HQ
Camden Courier-Post – August 10, 2016 CAMDEN – Subaru of America isn’t expected to move here until sometime next year, but the firm’s already had a change of address. City Council members voted Tuesday to rename one block of Mount Ephraim Avenue that runs past the construction site for the auto firm’s future headquarters. The…
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City to Limit All-Night Parking In Move to Clean Main Streets
Camden Courier-Post – December 26, 1953 By Ronald G. Van Tine Restrictions on nightlong parking on principal streets in the business district will be tried out early next year as a major step in a campaign to make Camden a cleaner city in which to live and work. Public Works Commissioner Abbott, who disclosed the…
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Dominick Persiani Rites Arranged for Saturday
Camden Courier-Post – May 21, 1953 High Mass for Dominick J. Persiani, 35, will be sung Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Sacred Heart R. C. Church. Relatives in the funeral home of Joseph A. Falco, 1020 S. 4th st., where friends may call Friday night. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Mr. Persiani, a…
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Storm Snaps Heat Plague; 4 More Drown
Camden Courier-Post – June 13, 1933 Man and Woman Struck by Lightning; Mercury Tumbles A violent electric storm, which paralyzed a South Camden woman, accompanied by a driving rain tumbled the mercury last night and ended, temporarily, the six-day heat wave. The storm came after four persons were added yesterday to the five drowning victims…
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Legion Auxiliaries Plan June Events
Camden Courier-Post – June 7, 1933 Both the Fairview and Mt. Ephraim American Legion Auxiliaries have scheduled events for this week. This evening the Fairview group will have its Installation of officers, and tomorrow evening the last of a series of monthly card parties will be held by the Mt. Ephraim women. Mr. C. Richard…
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Roxie Allen Held as One of Gang in Dice Game Holdup
Camden Morning Post – December 8, 1930 Pugilist and Pal Identified as 2 of 4 bandits in Landisville Robbery Players Lined Up, Relieved of $200 Robbers Flee in Stolen Car With Crippled Man at Wheel Roxie Allen, Camden’s famed welterweight boxer, and one of his pals were arrested last night and Identified, according to police,…