Camden Streets - Chestnut Street

Streets
of
Camden, NJ

Chestnut Street

CHESTNUT STREET is another of the "tree streets", running east from the river to Haddon Avenue, where it becomes Park Boulevard. For most of its length, the street runs between Mount Vernon and Sycamore Streets.

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Phil Cohen

100 Block of Chestnut Street
	101 Chestnut Street 1910s-1929 The Brody Family
	101 Chestnut Street Private Jack Brody
	101 Chestnut Street 1933 Max Kleinfeld Bar
	109 Chestnut Street Hillman Bryant 1932
	111 Chestnut Street Harry Read 1932
	123 Chestnut Street Thomas Watson 1932
	145 Chestnut Street The Brody Family

200 Block of Chestnut Street
	201 Chestnut Street
	215 Chestnut Street Howard Elinor 1934
	217 Chestnut Street Zellie Ellis realtor 1945
	218 Chestnut Street
Intersection of Chestnut Street & Cresson Street
	219 Chestnut Street
*City Court Scene* Judge Dzick fined two men $10 each for assault and battery. Fined were John Tubman, 635 Locust Street, and James Jones, 238 Chestnut Street.	238 Chestnut Street 1954 James Jones Camden Courier-Post February 23, 1954
	241 Chestnut Street Private First Class Rocco R. Macchia
	244 Chestnut Street
Intersection of Chestnut Street & Locust Street
	245 Chestnut Street
	249 Chestnut Street Private Francis D. Myers
	254 Chestnut Street George & Hazel Hall 1931
CELLAR FIRE DISTURBS FAMILY AT NOON MEAL The noonday meal at the home of Natale Perticari at 263 Chestnut Street was interrupted Saturday when fire engines drew up at the door. Discarded newspapers stored in the cellar of the house had begun to smolder as the family sat in the kitchen. An unidentified passerby, who saw smoke pouring from the basement windows, sent in an alarm. No damage was reported.	263 Chestnut Street 1933 Natale Perticari Camden Courier-Post June 25, 1933
	273 Chestnut Street American Maid Bakers 1947
	280 Chestnut Street
Intersection of Chestnut Street & Emma Street
	281 Chestnut Street
	286 Chestnut Street Sylvester and Lulu Lester Willa Mae Brown 1920s-1930s
	289 Chestnut Street Michele & Maria (Giordano) Paradiso Family Raymond J. Paradise 1920s-late 1940s
2 Wives Give Same Block Duplicate Murder Scares And Two Hubbies on Warpath, Both Brandishing Knives, Subdued by Same Cop; Will Tell It to Same Judge Today Two wives, within two hours, excited the neighborhood of Chestnut Street in the 200 block by running into the street and calling "murder." . In both instances Motorcycle Patrolman Earl Wright was summoned to subdue ferocious husbands. The first call came from 290 Chestnut Street. Wright used jujitsu to stop William Passio, 24, from breaking up the furniture and threatening his wife, Catherine, with a bread knife. The cop arrested Passio and confiscated one case or 48 half-pint bottles of alleged whiskey and a punchboard. Sergeant Truax and Policeman Devine assisted. The second call came from 254 Chestnut Street. Wright and Sergeant Petit found George Hall, 28, at the back door with a carving knife up his sleeve. His wife, Hazel, said he attempted to kill her. Wright drew his pistol- Hall handed over the knife. Both men were given "suites" in the city jail pending arraignment today. Both were charged with "threats to kill.'	290 Chestnut Street William & Catherine Passio 1931
	290 Chestnut Street Ponte's Food Market 1940s-1960s Veterans Boxing Association Ring No. 6 1959 Banquet Program Advertisement
	295 Chestnut Street 1870s-1900s Charles S. Ayres Camden Daily Telegram MArch 21, 1893
	296 Chestnut Street
	298 Chestnut Street
	298-1/2 Chestnut Street

300 Block of Chestnut Street
	300 Chestnut Street
	301 Chestnut Street
	306 Chestnut Street Charles Darpino 1934
	322 Chestnut Street George W. Shields 1887-1888
	322 Chestnut Street Peter B. Carter 1890s-1900s
WOMAN KILLED, TRUCK DRIVER HAD NO LICENSE Two Arrested in Fatal Accident at Eighth And Kaighn Avenue A 44 year-old South Camden woman was fatally injured at Eighth and Kaighn Avenue last night by a loaded brick truck driven by an unlicensed driver. The woman was Mrs. Mollie Katz, of 1146 South Third Street. She died in West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital of a fractured skull. The driver of the truck, Thelmer White, 32, colored, of 333 Chestnut Street, told police he was driving without a license but with the consent of his employer, Charles Moore, house-wrecking contractor, of 829 Kaighn Avenue. White was held in $5000 bail on a technical charge of manslaughter, while Moore was arrested for allowing an unlicensed driver to operate his automobile, and held in $500 bail. Both will be given a hearing today. According to White, Mrs. Katz stepped from the curb directly into the path of his truck and he could not avoid striking her. The Second District Patrol, en route to Eighth and Sycamore Streets on another call, was directly back of the truck at the time of the accident and took the woman to the hospital.	333 Chestnut Street 1933 Thelmer White Camden Courier-Post June 16, 1933

Intersection of South 4th Street & Chestnut Street

Southeast Corner
South 4th & Chestnut Street

1102-04 South 4th Street

1880s-1890s John J. Brown Saloon
William D. Brown
1917 Daniel Lamb
1926-1929 Anibale Corda was listed as the proprietor from 1926 through 1929
Luigi Corda 1929-1930s
Marsilio Daziani 1930s
Monte Carlo Cafe
1937-1964 Luigi Cinaglia & Family
Pete Cinaglia Pete's Cafe
1966 Joe's Cafe
1970s Baron's Lounge
1980s Phase 2
1990s Pauline's
1990s-100s Cotton Club

400 Block of Chestnut Street
	400 Chestnut Street

	409 Chestnut Street
	411 Chestnut Street Daniel A. Gottlieb & Family 1920s-1930s
	413 Chestnut Street Adam Schlorer John A. Schlorer 1880s-1900s
	415 Chestnut Street Edward Schlorer 1880s-1907 Khaki Shirts of America Frank Spinogatti June 1933
	419 Chestnut Street Robert Bradshaw 1928 Samuel Goldstein & Sons Morris Goldstein Late 1920s-1930s
	422 Chestnut Street 1906 Robert Milne Camden Daily Telegram March 21, 1893

500 Block of Chestnut Street 500-518 Chestnut Street
	501 Chestnut Street Charles F. Denof 1953
	503 Chestnut Street
	505 Chestnut Street
	506 Chestnut Street Simon & Rebecca Sosenko Jacob Jerome "Jay Jerome" Sosenko Anna Sosenko 1929-1931 Sixth Ward Republican Club 1947
	507 Chestnut Street
	509 Chestnut Street
	510-512 Chestnut Street
	511 Chestnut Street Theodore Guthrie 1880s
	511 Chestnut Street Theodore Guthrie 1890s
	513 Chestnut Street
	514 Chestnut Street
	516 Chestnut Street
	518 Chestnut Street

Intersection of Broadway & Chestnut Street

Southwest Corner
Broadway & Chestnut Street
January 14, 1964

Engine Company 8 with deckpipe from hose wagon, operates master stream into top floor of commercial building during Third Alarm at Walmart Clothing at Broadway & Chestnut Streets. Captain Leonard Iannelli of Ladder Company 2 died in the line of duty while fighting this blaze.4.

Engine Company 1 Engine Company 8 Ladder Company 2

500 Block of Chestnut Street 551-576 Chestnut Street
	551 Chestnut Street Henry Klein Umbrella repair 1947
	553 Chestnut Street Mrs. Wilhelmina Bornheimer 1947 553 Chestnut Street is at left Photographed May 2004 Click on Image to Enlarge
	555 Chestnut Street Second Police District Headquarters 1890s-1950s Photographed May 2004 Click on Image to Enlarge
	562 Chestnut Street Eli Kogan Tailor 1947
	563 Chestnut Street Butcher-Young Post Veterans of Foreign Wars October 1931 Veterans Hall Post 1297 Veterans of Foreign Wars 1947
	564 Chestnut Street Roxy Colantuono Confectioner 1947
	565 Chestnut Street 1947
	567 Chestnut Street Denbo's Furniture Store 1947
	569 Chestnut Street 1947 Vacant Store 1965 Denbo's Furniture Store Camden Courier-Post Advertisements November 30, 1965
	570 Chestnut Street Theodore Guthrie 1920s - late 1940s47
	572 Chestnut Street William H. Green 1910s-1936 Thomas Bearn 1947
	574 Chestnut Street 1947
	576 Chestnut Street Solomon Cohen 1936 Building was gone by 1947
	576 Chestnut Street Frank Crawford 1936-1960s
	576 Chestnut Street 1900s-1930s Benjamin Baker Family 1900s-1910s Herman J. Baker 1947 GONE

Intersection of Baring Street & Chestnut Street
	Baring Street Looking South from Chestnut Street May 14, 2004 These homes were built in 1888 by developer Wilson Ernst.

Intersection of Marion Street & Chestnut Street

Intersection of South 6th Street & Chestnut Street

600 Block of Chestnut Street
	604 Chestnut Street Louis H. Stehr Jr. 1890s-1900s
	607 Chestnut Street Sixth Ward Colored Democratic Club 1947
	613 Chestnut Street Anna Dezenhall
RAIDERS ARREST THREE, SEIZE WASH BOILER STILL Second District police seized a "wash boiler" still and arrested three persons last night when they raided a dwelling at 954 South Ninth Street. Arrested were George Young, 29; his wife, Ethel, 19, and Anna Fussel, 37, of 614 Chestnut Street. Police also took along the Young's three year-old son, Julian, and lodged him in the detention room under the care of a police matron until his parents obtain bail. The raid was staged by Sergeant Walter Mattison and District Detectives Vernon Jones and Thomas Cheeseman. Young was held as proprietor and the others as material witnesses. He will be given a hearing today.	614 Chestnut Street 1933 Anna Fussel 1947 Gone Camden Courier-Post June 2, 1933
	618 Chestnut Street S. Yaffa Sons scrapyard Camden Courier-Post Advertisements November 30, 1965
	621 Chestnut Street Lewis H. Stehr Jr. 1900s-1931
	626 Chestnut Street William D. Sayrs Jr. 1870s-1880s
	655 Chestnut Street Leonard White 1928

The Intersection of South 7th & Chestnut Street The former Gustav Schwoeri Sr. businesses Photographs taken June 24, 2003
701, 703-705, & 707 Chestnut Street	701, 703-705, & 707 Chestnut Street


703-705 Chestnut Street was built in 1898. After the liquor store opened across the street at 700 Chestnut, the bar remained open, and was called The Original Schwoeri's. It was later known as The Chestnut Bar. A bar later opened at 707 Chestnut Street. Known as Deggy's and The Hole In The Wall, it remained open into the mid-1990s.

703-705, & 707 Chestnut Street	700 Chestnut Street, now known as Eddie's Liquors
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Intersection of South 7th Street and Chestnut Street

Camden water main springs leak

A 16-inch water main in the vicinity of 7th and Chestnut streets sprung a leak and water company workers installed a plate on Wednesday as a precaution.

United Water will begin repairing the leak Monday, city officials said.

The repairs may result in some customers losing service and noticing discolored water from their taps.

If residents loose water service or see discoloration, they should call (856) 488-2041 immediately, said Patrick Keating, director of public works.

Camden Courier-Post

November 23, 2006

700 Block of Chestnut Street
	700 Chestnut Street June 25, 2003 Eddie's Liquors Eddy Azcona June 25, 2003 Click on Images to Enlarge
	700 Chestnut Street Eddy's Liquors 1991 Advertisement
	701 Chestnut Street 701, 703-705, & 707 Chestnut Street Click on Images to Enlarge
	702 Chestnut Street
	703-705 Chestnut Street 703-705, & 707 Chestnut Street Gustav Schwoeri Sr. Click on Images to Enlarge
	704 Chestnut Street Stewards Mate First Class Ralph Francis Adams Click on Images to Enlarge
	706 Chestnut Street
	707 Chestnut Street Click on Images to Enlarge
	709 Chestnut Street Jacob Silver 1890s-1900s
	720-722 Chestnut Street Union American Methodist Church 1868-2006 "Erected 1880 - Finished 1888" Click on Images to Enlarge
	720-722 Chestnut Street Union American Methodist Church Click on Images to Enlarge
	730 Chestnut Street Diplomat Arms Apartments Burned and razed in 1996 Click on Images to Enlarge
	730 Chestnut Street Diplomat Arms Apartments Burned and razed in 1996 Click on Images to Enlarge
	730 Chestnut Street Diplomat Arms Apartments Burned and razed in 1996 Click on Images to Enlarge
	730 Chestnut Street Diplomat Arms Apartments Burned and razed in 1996 Click on Images to Enlarge
Intersection of Chestnut Street & Maurice Street
	732 Chestnut Street
	734 Chestnut Street James H. "Uncle Jim" Young 1900s-1928
A number of colored citizens met at the home of Mrs. Mary Colding, 736 Chestnut Street, and arranged for the establishment of a Baptist Church for colored people in Camden. The first public service was held in a blacksmith shop at 6th and Kaighn Avenue. The meeting place was destroyed by fire in 1858. Services were then held in private houses until the meeting house at 7th & Kaighn Avenue was built in 1864. This was called the Mt. Zion Baptist Church. In 1873 the Seventh Baptist Church was dedicated. The old church property, which had been enlarged in 1884, was sold in 1905. On May 1, 1906, the cornerstone for the new church was laid and the building completed June of 1907. This new church was located at 9th and Kaighn Avenue and was dedicated as the Kaighn Avenue Baptist Church.	736 Chestnut Street Mrs. Mary Colding 1856
	736 Chestnut Street Mrs. Julia P. Parham real estate 1947
	737 Chestnut Street Ware's Confectionary Carol B. Ware 1947
	738 Chestnut Street Gus Davis Roy Thomas 1947
	739 Chestnut Street Mrs. Estella Raynor 1947
	740 Chestnut Street John G. Whittier School 1911-2006 Click on Image to Enlarge
	741 Chestnut Street James B. Miller 1947
	743 Chestnut Street Franklin T. Walker funeral director 1926-1960s Camden Courier-Post Advertisement July 17, 1967
	745 Chestnut Street Madison Morton 1947
Intersection of Chestnut Street & Anne Street
	751 & 753 Chestnut Street June 30, 2006
	751 Chestnut Street Naden's Furniture Warehouse 1947
	753 Chestnut Street Knights of Pythias Hall 1947
	759 Chestnut Street William C. Clark 1928
DRILL THIEF JAILED; BUYER IS FINED $50 A youth was given three months in jail by Police Judge Pancoast yesterday on charges of stealing an electric drill from a South Camden garage. A man charged with buying the instrument from him was fined $50. George Brown, 18, colored, of 1411 South Fourth Street was arrested Wednesday night on complaint of Isadore Mesrau, of 1411 Broadway, and confessed that he stole the drill because Mesrau owed him $1. He told Detective Frank Crawford that he sold the drill to John Casto, of 763 Chestnut Street. Casto when arraigned yesterday denied that he bought the drill but was found guilty and was fined.	763 Chestnut Street John Casto 1933 Camden Courier-Post June 2, 1933
	779 Chestnut Street Judson Gaines 1947
	785 Chestnut Street Mrs. Clara Redd George Spearman 1947
	789 Chestnut Street Philip Barr 1887-1888 John Gorman 1908 Walter D. Leonard 1918-1919 Weisfeld's Cafe Max Weisfeld Jack Weisfeld 1920s-1970s Mommie's Just Pals Krystal Lounge Late 1980s-2006

Intersection of South Eighth Street and Chestnut Street

AUTO GUNMEN LOSE STREET BATTLE HERE
Fire Five Shots, But Fail to Hit Man at Eighth and Chestnut

Three gunmen in a speeding automobile opened fire last night on an unknown victim near Eighth and Chestnut Streets and escaped before arrival of police.

Apparently no one was injured by the fire of the gangsters and police were unable to learn at whom the bullets were directed.

Five empty 12-gauge shotgun shells were found in the street after the gunmen had fled.

According to a meager description furnished police by pedestrians, several of whom narrowly escaped being hit by the bullets, the car containing the gunmen bore Pennsylvania license plates and was a closed sedan.

Two of the men were in the rear seat, each holding what appeared to be a pump-gun.

The description of the car was broadcast over the state police teletype system and a police net was thrown about the city, but no arrests had been made early today.

Camden Courier-Post

October 31, 1931

Southeast Corner
South 8th Steet
&
Chestnut Street
June 15, 2003

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800 Block of Chestnut Street
	800-802-804 Chestnut Street Adam Schlorer Abbatoir 1888-1950s
	800-802-804 Chestnut Street June 15, 2003
	806 Chestnut Street Eugene Zaiss Bakery 1919 Jefferson A.A. 1919 Banquet Program Ad
	806 Chestnut Street Alter Grocery 1947 Jefferson A.A. 1919 Banquet Program Ad
	830 Chestnut Street Chestnut Street Cafe Mrs. Tillie Badyna 1947
	833 Chestnut Street George Henry Stout 1900s-1910s Charles C. Mayo 1947

900 Block of Chestnut Street
	900 Chestnut Street Loyal Cleaners & Dyers Eugene J. Weiser 1947
	908 Chestnut Street 1900s-1920s Harry Martyn Chambers fire fighter
FISHING TACKLE MAN HAS FISHERMAN'S LUCK Speaking of fisherman's luck, Louis Drueding, fishing tackle salesman at the store of Edward E. Tryon, 912 Chestnut street, has it. Drueding went to Grenloch lake and in a single cast hooked a sixpound bass. The fish was game and gave Drueding a tussle before it was landed.	912 Chestnut Street 1933 Edward E. Tryon fishing tackle Camden Courier-Post June 16, 1933

	918 Chestnut Street Lucy Mayo Camden Courier-Post August 12, 1933
	925 Chestnut Street Seventh Ward Democratic Club 1947

1000 Block of Chestnut Street
	1000 Chestnut Street Carter's Tea Room Charles B. Carter 1947
	1006 Chestnut Street Rock of Ages Holiness Church 1947
	1009 Chestnut Street George Henry Stout 1890s-1900s Building was gone by 1947
	1010 Chestnut Street
Intersection of Chestnut Street & Alder Street
	1013 Chestnut Street
	1024 Chestnut Street Julian Jagielski's Tavern 1947

1100 Block of Chestnut Street
	1112 Chestnut Street
	1122 Chestnut Street
	1135 Chestnut Street Andrew Masciak Pauline Masciak Judge Bernard Bertman 1928
Intersection of Chestnut Street & Orchard Street
	1157 Chestnut Street
	1159 Chestnut Street
	1171-1179 Chestnut Street No Listings in 1924 or 1929 Directories N.J. Steel Company 1933
	1171-1179 Chestnut Street Ehrlich-Newmark Trucking Company 1947
	1188 Chestnut Street Chester “Gassy” Szalinski 1935
	1189 Chestnut Street Seaman First Class Francis Lawrence Urbaniak
	1195 Chestnut Street Anton Lukaszewski Saloon 1903
	1195 Chestnut Street Israel Weitzman Union Bottling Company Israel Weitzman 1903-1910s
	1195 Chestnut Street Boulevard Inn Frank & Wladyslawa Wozniak 1910s-1940s Walter Wozniak 1940s-1969 Lydia Wozniak 1969-1970s
	1196 Chestnut Street
	1198 Chestnut Street

Israel Weitzman's
Union Bottling Company

Louis Street & Chestnut Street

1200 Block of Chestnut Street
	1200 Chestnut Street
	1201 Chestnut Street Israel Weitzman 1910s-1920s Camden County Beer Distributors 1933
	1201-1203 Chestnut Street Benjamin Cohen manufacturing chemist 1947
Intersection of Chestnut Street & Diamond Street

Intersection of Louis Street from Chestnut Street
	Looking South Along Louis Street August 26, 2001

1200 Block of Chestnut Street
	1200 Chestnut Street
	1210 Chestnut Street John & Hedwig Wojtkowiak Family 1890s-1920s Stanley Wojtkowiak Pvt. John Wojtkowiak Casmier Wojtkowiak
	1210 Chestnut Street Private Joseph F. Murawski 1920s-1930s
	1212 Chestnut Street Pvt. John Wojtkowiak
	1212 Chestnut Street Stanley Wojtkowiak White Mountain Coal and Ice Company 1918-1934 Stanley's Ice and Coal Company 1934-1930s Casmier Wojtkowiak 1910s-1920s
	1212 Chestnut Street Casmier Wojtkowiak 1920-1930s
	1212 Chestnut Street John R. White 1920-1930s
	1225 Chestnut Street John & Hedwig Wojtkowiak Family 1888s-1890s
	1226 Chestnut Street John Lenkowski 1920s-1930s