Camden Streets - Buren Avenue

BUREN AVENUE, which is in the Cramer Hill section of Camden NJ, was named after President Martin Van Buren. That he was named for President Van Buren is a pretty easy deduction, given that many of the other streets in the immediate vicinity wee named after Presidents of the same era, Adams, Polk, Pierce, Harrison, and Tyler, to be precise. However, when Stockton Township was annexed by Camden, there already was a Van Buren Street, so the "van" was dropped and the street became simply "Buren".

Buren Avenue runs east from North 27th Street and ends at North 30th Street, between Harrison Avenue and Adams Avenue. The old Noecker & Rickenbach Shipyard was located in the 2700 block of Buren Avenue, and Jimmie's Tavern stood at 2802 Buren for many years.

Do you have an Buren Avenue memory or picture. Let me know by e-mail so it can be included here.

Phil Cohen

2700 Block of Buren Avenue
	2701 Buren Avenue 1924 Smith & Sinclair Machine Co. 1929-1947 John A. Neef machinist
	2714 Buren Avenue 1924-1929 William F. Stayton hauling 1947 William T. Stayton
	2716 Buren Avenue 1924 George Beam 1929 Clifford Kelchner 1947 William G. Trimbach
	2718 Buren Avenue 1924-1929 George Schenck 1947 Robert L. Trimbach
	2720 Buren Avenue 1924-1929 Frederick Trimbach 1947 Julius Trimbach
	2724 Buren Avenue 1924 Charles Twelves 1929 Mrs.Lottie Laird 1947 John M. Bergman
	2726 Buren Avenue 1924-1929 Nathan Rickenbach 1947 Alex Martin
	2735 Buren Avenue 1905-1908 Noeker, Rickenbach & Ake Shipbuilding Company 1908-1959 Noeker & Ake Shipbuilding Company

2800 Block of Buren Avenue
	2802 Buren Avenue 1924 No Listing 1929 August F. Oswald Jr. coal 1947 No Listing
	2802 Buren Avenue 1910s-1960s August F. Oswald Jr.
	2802 Buren Avenue 1947-1970s Jimmy's Tavern 1947 Camden City Directory Ad
	2802 Buren Avenue 1947-1970s Jimmy's Tavern Camden Courier-Post 1968
	2802 Buren Avenue Late 1970s The Step Inn
	2805 Buren Avenue 1924-1929 Frederick Will 1947 No Listing
	2806 Buren Avenue 1924 Peter McNichols 1929 No Listing
	2808 Buren Avenue 1924 Harry T. Carver 1929 Harry G. Meeks 1947 No Listing
	2810 Buren Avenue 1924 1929 No Listing 1947 No Listing
	2814 Buren Avenue 1924 No Listing
	2814 Buren Avenue 1929-2008 John E. Lingo & Son Inc. flag poles
	2819 Buren Avenue 1924-1929 Mrs. Bertha E. King widow of William King 1947 Richard Richardson
	2825 Buren Avenue 1924 Edmund Thomas 1929 No Listing
	2827 Buren Avenue 1980s-2008 Express Marine 1984-2008 Exact Boat Company
	2836 Buren Avenue 1924 No Listing 1929-1947 John B. Barry
	2839 Buren Avenue 1924 Edward Beideman 1929 Vacant 1947 No Listing
	2841 Buren Avenue 1924 Roy J. Krouse 1929 Mrs. Margaret DeHart 1947 No Listing
“Harry and Julia owned a two and half story block home next to Lingo' flagpole factory on Buren Avenue. It had a large side and back yard with several garages and an outside raised ramp to work on cars from underneath. A large weeping willow tree was the centerpiece of the yard. Back in the days before inside plumbing the outhouse used to get moved around the back yard as needed. They also raised chickens and had a garden. I remember a piano that played rolls as a child and loved to pretend to play the songs. They moved to Trenton during the war, and when the moving truck pulled away from the front of the house the front steps were caught on the tailgate of the truck and separated from the house. Elmer, Helen, and Ethel used to swim in the Delaware River as youngsters which was only a block away. They remembered boatloads of people coming from Philadelphia across to be baptized on the Camden side of the river. The river used to be a clean place for all sorts of recreation back then. ”- Harry C. Harry E. Strickler's grand-son.	2850 Buren Avenue late 1910s-1942 Harry E. Strickler
	2850 Buren Avenue 1947 Mrs. Emily DeLaney
	2852 Buren Avenue 1924 Vacant 1929 Earl S. Phillips 1947 Howard G. Johnston
	2854 Buren Avenue 1924 Louis Greis 1929 John Kantz 1947 Mrs. Emma Ulrich
	2859 Buren Avenue 1924 Clara V. Vandegrift 1929 Robert Brandt 1947 Mrs. Kate Mousely
	2865 Buren Avenue 1924 No Listing 1929 Charles T. Evans 1947 Raymond C. Vasey
	2868 Buren Avenue 1924 No Listing 1929 Alfred Nelson 1947 A. William Nelson
	2870 Buren Avenue 1924 Mrs. Catherine Williamson 1929-1947 Harry W. Clinger
	2871 Buren Avenue 1924-1929 William R. Reger 1947 Mrs. Lucretia Reger
	2872 Buren Avenue 1924 Cecil A. Thorne 1929-1947 Mrs. Mary E. Tyler widow of Edward King & William S. Tyler
SPRUILL-KING Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Bertha King of 2872 Buren Avenue, and Henry Clifton Spruill, 3532 Farragut Avenue, which took place on June 3 in the parsonage of the Broadway M. E. Church, Pitman, with the pastor, Rev. H. J. Belting, officiating. Miss Sarah Britt and Lucas Britt of this city, were the attendants.	2872 Buren Avenue 1933 Miss Bertha King Camden Courier-Post June 10, 1933
	2873 Buren Avenue 1924-1947 William C. Knoedler

2900 Block of Buren Avenue
	2901 Buren Avenue 1924 Walter L. Kinsey 1929 Mrs. Annie Kinsey grocery 1929 Irwin S. Decker confectionary 1947 No Listing
	2904 Buren Avenue 1924-1929 John J. Barwick 1947 William C. Hawk trucking 1947 Emery A. Hawk carpenter
	2904 Buren Avenue Private Daniel F. Hawk
	2906 Buren Avenue 1924 Robert B. Montgomery 1929 Charles Eicholtz 1938 Earl Hawk
	2906 Buren Avenue Torpedoman's Mate Third Class Russell E. Vasey
	2906 Buren Avenue 1947 George B. Vasey
	2906 Buren Avenue 1950s-1995 William F. Large Jr.
	2907 Buren Avenue 1924 John Mount
	2907 Buren Avenue 1929-1981 John J. Burke Family John J. & Julia Burke Julia Burke
	2912 Buren Avenue 1924-1929 James M. Sherrard 1947 Albert J. Overkampf
	2914 Buren Avenue 1924-1947 James W. Bell
	2920 Buren Avenue 1924 Samuel A. Hatley 1929 Vacant 1947 Zachias Ray
	2922 Buren Avenue 1924 James J. Slonkowski 1929 Vacant 1930 Charles Becker & Family
	2922 Buren Avenue Private First Class Joseph E. Becker
	2922 Buren Avenue 1947 Earl W. Keller
	2933 Buren Avenue 1924-1929 Harry J. Baker 1947 Mrs. Martha A. Baker

Buren Avenue Remembered

The Large Family lived across the street. Also the Hawk Family lived across the street many many years ago. You’ll find members of the Hawk family all over Camden. They had a large family. The one son Bill moved up the street on 2800 block of Buren Avenue. He had a trucking company and five children. When the Hawk homestead in the 2900 block was sold, people by the name of Carr bought it and for a short time they turned a portion in to a store with a bumper pool table.

When I was growing up, there was a lady at the end of Buren Avenue by the name Baker [Martha A. Baker- PMC]. She died in the 50’ or 60’s.

In the late 40’s or early 50’s the city was going to turn the end of Buren Avenue to River Road in to a dump. It was a swamp [Baldwin's Run- PMC] until they dredged the river and blew the river bottom in there. All the neighbors stood in front of the trash trucks, moms & dads and children even ones in baby coaches blocked the street.

I remember standing there while the truck kept moving closer and closer to my mom and me. We all went to city hall where the people were screaming and shouting. But, eventually we won and the city gave the land to the Cramer Hill Boys Club to build baseball and football fields instead of a dump. When my sons were growing up they played ball on the same field. The dump was moved to where it is now. I know it is closed but at one time it was a mess.

Julia Burke
January 2008

Intersection of North 28th Street & Buren Avenue
	Northwest Corner of North 28th Street & Buren Avenue 2003