Camden Streets - Saunders Street

SAUNDERS STREET is in East Camden, and was known as Saunders Avenue in the early 1900s. The Street runs east from 122 North 26th Street to the railroad tracks above North 30th Street, then begins again at Beideman Avenue, continuing to North 34th Street.

Prominent buildings on Saunders Street include Hosanna AME Church, the original Catto Elementary School, and the water tower that sits on the peak of what is the "hill" in Cramer Hill. Saunders Street was bisected not only by the railroad tracks, but from 1938 to 1999 by the Westfield Acres public housing project, and since that times by the newly built Baldwin's Run homes.

The corner of North 32nd and Saunders Street was also known as one of Camden's most notorious and dangerous drug corners for the bulk of the 1990s.

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

Phil Cohen
Wednesday, September 04, 2019

2700 Block of Saunders Street
	2711 Saunders Street 1924-1929 No Listing 1969 A.S. Bowne printer
	2714 Saunders Street 1924-1929 Frank A. Zondler 1969 Rev. J Richardson 1969-1970s The Paynter Family Lewis Paynter
	2720 Saunders Street 1924 1929 1947 1969
	2725 Saunders Street 1924 1929 1947 1969
	2731 Saunders Street 1924 No Listing 1929-1947 Electrical Coil Winding Company
	2731 Saunders Street 1955-1969 Tele-coil Inc.
	2731 Saunders Street 1955-2009 Tele-coil Inc. Photo Taken February 25, 2009 Click On Image to Enlarge
	2737 Saunders Street 1929 John A. Carter
	2739 Saunders Street 1929 Irene Waller
	2741 Saunders Street 1924 No Listing 1929 No Listing 1947 1969
	2743 Saunders Street 1924 No Listing 1929 Vacant 1947 1969
	2745 Saunders Street 1924 No Listing 1929 1947 1969 Emmett Primas
	2745, 2747, 2749 Saunders Street Photo taken in 2008
	2747 Saunders Street 1924 No Listing 1935-1996 John Houston & Family Camden Police department John & Florence Houston Thelma Houston Thomas Phyllis Houston Brown Logan Carter Camden Courier-Post August 22, 1978
	2749 Saunders Street 1924 No Listing 1929 Vacant 1930 Lawson Jones & Family Lawson & Eliza Jones Jesse Milton Jones 1947 1969
	2751 Saunders Street 1924 No Listing 1929 No Listing 1947 1969
	2753 Saunders Street 1924 No Listing 1929 No Listing 1947 1969 No Listing

2800 Block of Saunders Street
	2810 Saunders Street 1924 1929 1947 1969 No Listing
	2812 Saunders Street 1924-1929 Rev. Joseph E. Ingram 1947 1969 No Listing
	2814 Saunders Street 1924-1929 Robert S. Primas 1947 1969
	2816 Saunders Street 1924-1929 Otto Betz 1947
	1020 Penn Street 1951 Harry L. Archie Jr. Camden Courier-Post September 15, 1951 Augusta S. Dickinson
	2816 Saunders Street 1953 Raymond Bennett 1969
	2818 Saunders Street 1912 Richard Dunn Philadelphia Inquirer December 23, 1912 Peter Pfeffer Dr. David F. Bentley North 24th Street Click on Image for PDF file of Complete Article
	2818 Saunders Street 1924-1929 Harry Presser 1947 1969
	2819 Saunders Street 1924 1929 1947 No Listing 1969 Soble Construction Company
	2820 Saunders Street 1924 1929 1947 1969
	2827 Saunders Street 1924 1929 1947 1969 No Listing
	2829 Saunders Street 1924 1929 1947 1969
	2839 Saunders Street 1924 1929 1947 1969
	2843 Saunders Street 1924 1929 1947 1969 No Listing

2900 Block of Saunders Street
	2901 Saunders Street 1924 1929 1947 1969
	2909 Saunders Street February 25, 2009 Click on Image to Eenlarge
	2917 Saunders Street First Sergeant Jerome L. Carpenter
	2917 Saunders Street 1924 Mrs. Mary Carter 1929 1947 1969 C. Rex photo taken 2003
	2917-2919 Saunders Street photo taken 2003 Click on Image to Enlarge
	2919 Saunders Street photo taken 2003 Click on Image to Enlarge
	2919 Saunders Street 1929 William O. Quinton 1947 1969 Mrs. L. Moon photo taken 2003
	2922 Saunders Street 1924 No Listing 1929 No Listing 1947-1955 Watson's Auto Paint Shop Clarence G. Watson Camden Courier-Post November 15, 1955 Click on Image to Read the Complete News Article High Street
	2927 Saunders Street 1924 No Listing 1929 Gardner J. Smith 1947
	2928 Saunders Street 1924 Gardner Ingram 1929 No Listing 1947 No Listing
	2929 Saunders Street 1924 Aubrey Jones 1929 1947 No Listing
	2930 Saunders Street 1924 Harvey Brown 1929 Gone 1947 No Listing
	2934 Saunders Street 1929-2008 Octavius V. Catto Elementary School 2008-2009 Camden City Public School District Truancy Center
	2935 Saunders Street 1924-1929 Mrs. Martha Browning
	2937 Saunders Street 1924 Mrs. S.C. White 1929 No Listing
	2940 1890s-2009 Hosanna AME Church Click on Image to Enlarge
	2940 1890s-2009 Hosanna AME Church Click on Image to Enlarge

3000 Block of Saunders Street
	3001 Saunders Street 1924 Mrs. Carrie Madison 1929 1947 1969 Robert Gantt
	3004 Saunders Street 1924 Edward Carpenter 1929 Gone 1947 gone
	3013 & 3015 Saunders Street February 25, 2009 Click on Image to Eenlarge
	3013 Saunders Street 1924 Lester Freeman 1929 Ulysses G. Winchester (3006) 1969 I. Hopkins
	3014 Saunders Street 1924-1929 Samuel Hopkins 1947 1969 No Listing 1980s Eric Walters 1990s Vacant
	3014 Saunders Street 2000s Collapsed Photograph Taken March 15, 2012 A cleanup of this property was scheduled by City of Camden in March 2012
	3015 Saunders Street 1924-1929 John W. Ingram 1947 1969 No Listing
	3015 Saunders Street Camden Courier-Post July 25, 1941 John J. Crean
	3015 Saunders Street 1947 1969 No Listing
	3016 Saunders Street 1910s-1920s Albert Carpenter Family Albert & Viola Carpenter Albert Carpenter Jr. Jerome L. Carpenter
	3016 Saunders Street 1924 Mrs. Venetta Milburn 1929 Gone 1947 Gone

3200 Block of Saunders Street

3210 Saunders Street

1924 No Listing
1929 No Listing
1947
1955-1958 Frank Garrett
1969

3212 Saunders Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Strathmore Alexander
1930s-1940s
Morris W. Rickenbach Sr. Family

3212 Saunders Street

Pharmacist Mate Third Class
Morris W. Rickenbach Jr.

3212 Saunders Street

1969

3214 Saunders Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Walter A, Gilbert
1947
1969

3216 Saunders Street

1924
1929-1930s
Daniel J. Grimes
1947
1969 No Listing

3218 Saunders Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Vacant

3218 Saunders Street

1930 Nicholas Romaine

3218 Saunders Street

1947
1969 No Listing

3220 Saunders Street

1924 No Listing
1929 James A. Henry
1947
1969 No Listing

3220 Saunders Street

From right to left:

3218, 3216, 3214, 3212, & 3210
Saunders Street
Camden NJ
2001

These properties were razed shortly after the picture was taken to make room for the new Carpenter's Hill homes, adjacent to the Baldwin's Run development

3222 Saunders Street

1924 No Listing
1929 David Vanetta
1947
1969

3272 Saunders Street

Built around 2003

3276 Saunders Street

Built around 2003

Camden man killed in his home by intruder

CAMDEN, N.J.-- A 22-year-old Saunders Street man was killed in his home here Wednesday. Luis Rolon Jr., 22, was shot at about 11:30 p.m. after a brief struggle with an intruder. Investigators believe Rolon was not a random victim.

No arrests have been made. Anyone with information is urged to contact Camden County Prosecutor's Office Investigator James Bruno at(856)225-8400 or Camden City Police Detective Cheryl Campbell at (856) 757-7420.

This is the city's 5th homicide in 2008.

3276 Saunders Street

2007-2008 Luis Rolon Jr.

South Jersey News Online
Thursday January 17, 2008, 4:08 PM

3283 Saunders Street

1924-1929 William J. Lees
1947
1969

3300 Block of Saunders Street
	3301 Saunders Street 1924 1929
WAR VETERAN RETURNS AFTER AMNESIA ATTACK Stricken with amnesia on January 27 and wandering aimlessly about the country until he recovered his memory near Pittsburgh two days ago, Herbert MacDonald, 36, of 3301 Saunders street, a World War veteran, returned home yesterday. MacDonald, who is subject to the attacks as a result of his war experience, left home on January 27 to go to the RCA Victor plant, where he is employed as a bookbinder. Arriving home yesterday he said he recovered his memory while hitch-hiking on a truck near Pittsburgh PA..	3301 Saunders Street 1933 Herbert A. McDonald
	3301 Saunders Street 1947 1969
	3307 Saunders Street 1924 1929 1947 1969
	3311 Saunders Street 1924 No Listing 1929 1947 1969
	3313 Saunders Street 1924 No Listing 1929 1947 1969
	3319 Saunders Street 1924 No Listing 1947 1969
	3321 Saunders Street 1924 No Listing 1929 1947 1969

2600 Block of Saunders Street
	2615 Saunders Street 1924 No Listing 1929 No Liating 1947 No listing 1969 Mrs. Alfred B/ smith
	2616 Saunders Street 1929 No Liating 1947 George K. Bartlett construction 1969 No listing
	2622 Saunders Street 1924 1929 1947 Joseph S. Swain 1969 No listing

Intersection of Saunders Street & North 27th Street
	Northwest Corner 300 North 27th Street Photo taken in 1994 Click on Image to Enlarge From 1896 to 1900 building was the home of William Penn Hook & Ladder Company No. 1

Northwest Corner of Saunders Street & North 27th Street - July 24, 2013

Intersection Saunders Street Morrison Street & North 29th Street

Intersection of Saunders Street & Beideman Avenue

May 1940 - The Intersection of Beideman Avenue and Saunders Street. Beideman Avenue then ran through the newly bult Westfield Acres public housing project, which had opened in 1938

Westfield Acres

Baldwin's Run