Streets
of
Camden, NJ

Spruce
Street


SPRUCE STREET is one of Camden's 'tree' streets, running east-west between Pine and Cherry Streets. 

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

 Phil Cohen


Foot of Spruce Street
Camden Municipal Pier

opened November 1921

  Camden Marine Terminal

Intersection of South Front &  Spruce Streets
   

100 Block of Spruce Street
  100 Spruce Street

Intersection of South 2nd &  Spruce Streets
Looking East
Towards the Intersection
of
South 2nd & Spruce Streets

October 2, 2005

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Looking East on Spruce Street
from South 2nd & Spruce

October 2, 2005

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200 Block of Spruce Street
203 to 225 Spruce Street
  200 Spruce Street
  221 Spruce Street

1922 Tony Decora

1928-1929
Rocco DeCord

  225 Spruce Street

1932
Benjamin Plevinsky
Grocery


Intersection of Locust &  Spruce Streets
  225 Spruce Street
Northwest Corner
of
Locust & Spruce Streets


1932
Benjamin Plevinsky
Grocer


200 Block of Spruce Street
235 to 269 Spruce Street
  269 Spruce Street

1883-2005
Macedonia A.M.E. Church


Intersection of South 3rd Street and Spruce Street
   

300 Block of Spruce Street
  300 Spruce Street
  301 Spruce Street
  302 Spruce Street

1860s-1870s
Adam Kolb Sr. Saloon
1880 Nathan Potts
bar (hotel)
1887-1888 John J. Gallagher
bartender
1887-1888 George F. Gallagher
clerk

1890s-1900s John McIntyre
saloon
1906-1914 Joseph Palese
Saloon
(home only in 1914, bar at 341 Kaighn Avenue)

1918-1919
Antonio Abbott Saloon
1940s
John & Josephine Tiziani Family
1920-1970s
Palese's Cafe

  304 Spruce Street

1906 Joseph Palese
barber

  307 Spruce Street

1872 William A.H. White

  310 Spruce Street

1920s-1930s
Nicholas Marinella

  313 Spruce Street

1920s-1940s
Marco Marino & Family

318 Spruce Street

1894
Edward Shaw
Cigar Store
Camden Courier - October 22, 1894

appeared before Justice Braker

  318 Spruce Street

1910s-1960s
Giuseppe Auletto & Family
Giuseppe & Mary Auletto
John Auletto
Teresa Auletto
Donato (Daniel) Auletto
Charles Auletto
Rocco "Roxie Allen" Auletto
Mary Auletto
Florence Auletto
Anita Auletto
Nancy Auletto

  319 Spruce Street

1920s-1940s
Nicolo & Caterina (Guerrera) Galasso Family
Costantina Galasso
Cyprian V. Galasso
Lena Galasso
Julia Galasso

Carolina Galasso

  320 Spruce Street

1906
G. Frank Travis
Tailor
Member of Camden Lodge 293, B.P.O.E.

  322 Spruce Street

1900s-1910s
Donato Fanelle

324 Spruce Street

1940s-1960s
Joseph Burgo

325 Spruce Street

1910 Rocco & Rose Fannelle

  327 Spruce Street

1920

  327-1/2 Spruce Street

1920
Lawrence Auletto & Family
Lawrence & Marie Auletto
Nicholas Auletto
Joseph Auletto
Frank  & Elizabeth Auletto
Marie Auletto
Laurence Auletto

328 Spruce Street

1906
Pasquale Santosuosso
Bottler

328 Spruce Street

1906
Pasquale Santosuosso
Bottler

  328 Spruce Street

1910s-late 1940s
The Sarubbi Family
Pietrantonio & Domenica Sarubbi
grocery
Vincent A. Sarubbi
Peter Sarubbi
Dante Sarubbi
Angelo Sarubbi
Victor Sarubbi
Michael P. Sarubbi

328 Spruce Street

1910s-late 1940s

Michael P. Sarubbi

330 Spruce Street

1906-1909
Antonio Mecca

  337 Spruce Street

Private Louis J. Certain Jr.

  339 Spruce Street

1900s-1910s Harry Neutze Family
Frank F. Neutze

 

343 & 345 Spruce Street

July 2004

 

345 Spruce Street

July 2004

1870s-1880s Ferdinand Netze

1918-1919 Peter DiVone Saloon
1926-1929 Mrs. Anna DiVone Saloon
1929-1931 Mrs. Anna Garguso Cafe

347 Spruce Street
(aka 841 South 4th Street)

1918-1919 Peter DiVone Saloon
1926-1929 Mrs. Anna DiVone Saloon
1929-1931 Mrs. Anna Garguso Cafe
August 1936 Tony Scola
1940s-1950s Louis Troiano Real Estate
2004 Norma's Grocery

 


Intersection of South 4th &  Spruce Streets
840-842 South 4th Street
Northeast Corner of
South 4th & Spruce Street

1870s-1920
Anthony Kobus
,
Henry Kobus & Joseph Kobus
Shoe Store

From 1920
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Parochial School

From 1920
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Parochial School
now known as the

San Miguel School
&
El Centro Day Care

Built in 1952

Photo taken July 10, 2004

Looking East On Spruce Street
from
South 4th Street
July 10, 2004
900 South 4th Street
Southeast Corner of
South 4th & Spruce Street
November 16, 2003

This building was the home of the
Vittorio Veneto Lodge 1378
of the
Sons of Italy

Northwest Corner
of
South 4th Street & Spruce Street

July 10, 2004
Looking West On Spruce Street
from
South 4th Street
July 10, 2004
901-907 South 4th Street
Southwest Corner of
South 4th & Spruce Street
July 14, 2004

 


400 Block of Spruce Street
410 to 420 Spruce street
  400 Spruce Street
  401 Spruce Street
  414 Spruce Street

1927-1928
Thomas Schneider


Intersection of Dauphin 4th &  Spruce Streets
Northeast Corner
of
Dauphin Street
&
Spruce Street

July 14, 2004


400 Block of Spruce Street
421 to 445 Spruce street
  421 Spruce Street
  422 Spruce Street

1910 Giuseppe & Maria Spinogatti
Frank Spinogatti
Michael Spinogatti

  423 Spruce Street
  428 Spruce Street

1920s-1940s
Matteo Pepe & Family
Michael Pepe

THIEVES TAKE CIGARS IN SONS OF ITALY HALL

A black leather pocketbook containing $5.50, papers and house keys, was stolen Wednesday night from the parked automobile of Violet Byers 413 Broadway, on Park Boulevard near Kaighn Avenue.

Cigars, cigarettes and candy valued at $18 were stolen from the Sons of Italy hall at 440 Spruce Street, it was reported by the janitor, Nick Pitrini. An empty cash register taken from the place. was found in the 
yard. Entrance was made through a side window. 

440 Spruce Street

1933-1939
Sons of Italy
Vittorio Veneto Lodge No. 1378

Camden Courier-Post
June 23, 1933


Intersection of South 5th &  Spruce Streets
847 South 5th Street
Southwest Corner of
South 5th & Spruce Street

1920s-1950s
William Denof

Funeral Parlor

1920s-1940s
Charles F. Denof

 

   

500 Block of Spruce Street
508 to 519 Spruce street
  508 Spruce Street
  513 Spruce Street

William Denof Sr.
1910s-1920s

518 Spruce Street

1910
George B. Wade & Family
Fire Fighter
George C. Wade
Marie Wade
Robert B. Wade
Raymond Wade
Earl Wade

  519 Spruce Street

Intersection of Coates Avenue &  Spruce Streets
   

500 Block of Spruce Street
520-527 Spruce Street
  523 Spruce Street

Edmund Tydeman Family
Vincent A. Tydeman
1888-1889

  527 Spruce Street

George "Gyp" Haines
1928-1929


Intersection of Broadway &  Spruce Street
836-840 Broadway
Northeast Corner
of Broadway & Spruce Street

1920s
H. Pinsky & Son Co.
1940s
Whitehill Furniture

843-845 Broadway

Berger Brothers Army, Navy, and Music Store

1920s-1940s

Camden Courier-Post
January 27, 1928

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  900 Broadway
901 Broadway

Collins Credit Clothing Store

October 3, 1936

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500 Block of Spruce Street
546-553 Spruce Street
550 Spruce Street

1910s-1920s
Frank Crawford

551 Spruce Street

Ss. & Paul Parochial School

553 Spruce Street

Ss. & Paul Roman Catholic Church

  553 Spruce Street

1890-1970s
Ss. & Paul Roman Catholic Church
Rectory

1970s-1980s
Camden Police Department
2nd District Headquarters

 


Intersection of St. John &  Spruce Street
   

500 Block of Spruce Street
554-577 Spruce Street

60-DA Y SENTENCE GIVEN IN THEFT OF WATCH

Sixty days in the county jail was the sentence meted out to Wilmer Brown, 52, of 3002 Thompson Street, when he was charged in police court yesterday with stealing a watch.

Arrested on complaint of Martin Nelson, 561 Spruce Street, Brown denied the charges and said he knew nothing of the timepiece. Nelson testified that he went to a house on Cherry Street near Sixth with Brown and fell asleep. His watch was taken while he slept, he said. He admitted he had been drinking.

William Pollard, of 751 Cherry Street, said he was in the back yard of the house on Cherry Street when Nelson and Brown appeared. An hour after they entered the place, he said, Brown asked him for a pair of pliers to cut it chain.    

In sentencing Brown, Police Judge Pancoast said he believed the man wanted the pliers to cut Nelson’s watch chain. 

561 Spruce Street

1924-1933 Martin B. Nelson
ironworker
1924-1956 Martin B. Nelson Jr.
policeman

Camden Courier-Post
June 3, 1933

562 Spruce Street

1947
Rox Saponare

  564 Spruce Street

1920s - late 1940s
George W. Frost

  566 Spruce Street

1910s - 1920s
George W. Frost

567 Spruce Street

1947
Joey Straiges

569 Spruce Street

1920s-1936
Frank Crawford

571 Spruce Street

1920s-1930s
Albert Stutzke Family
John A. Stutzke

  578 Spruce Street

1918-1919
Charles Geiges Saloon
1926-1928
George Shaw Cafe
1929
Phillip Hammell Cafe
1936
J. Granhan Cafe
1939
Ella M. Passwater Cafe
1959
M.H. Passwater Cafe
1964-1966
Marge's Cafe
1970
Afro Lounge
1980
Spinning Wheel Lounge
1981
Faces Lounge


600 Block of Spruce Street
600-610 Spruce Street
  600 Spruce Street

Mrs. Emily Baldwin Hurd entertained at luncheon at her home, 602 Spruce Street, yesterday afternoon. Cards followed. 

602 Spruce Street

1933 Mrs. Emily Baldwin Hurd

Camden Courier-Post
June 21, 1933


Intersection of Newton Avenue &  Spruce Street
   

600 Block of Spruce Street
614-640 Spruce Street
619 Spruce Street

1950s Harry J. Bates
1957 Charles Harry Bates Sr.

Camden Courier-Post
December 6, 1957

620 Spruce Street

1910s-1920s
William D. Sayrs

623 Spruce Street

Private Joseph E. Becker

 

625 Spruce Street

Corporal Albert R. Luzi

 

625 & 627 Spruce Street

2003

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625 Spruce Street

Private First Class
Worthington W. Betts

 

  631 Spruce Street

1893-1896
John C. & Martha Edwards
James S. Edwards


Intersection of South 7th &  Spruce Streets
   

700 Block of Spruce Street
700-718 Spruce Street
  700 Spruce Street
  703 Spruce Street

1900s-1910s
John H. Eastlack Family
John H. & Annie Eastlack
Walter D. Eastlack

 

  706 Spruce Street

Private First Class
Anthony Brunetti

  709 Spruce Street

1914-
Joseph & Rita Horneff

Moved to 889 Beideman by 1920

  710 Spruce Street

1890 John H. Eastlack Family
John H. & Annie Eastlack
Ralph Eastlack
Walter D. Eastlack

Courier-Post - March 28, 1932

CAMDEN VET GRANTED MAXIMUM U.S. PENSION

Washington March 27.— Alfred Beardsley, 2992 Constitution roan, Camden, N. J ., who served in the Spanish-American 'War and who has been on pension for several years, has been granted the maximum federal limit as a result of favorable action on a petition presented by Congressman Charles A. Wolverton.

Another resident of Camden, Chester Burnett, 710 Spruce Street, a veteran of World War service, has been granted disability allowance, Wolverton, sponsor of Burnett's petition, was advised.

710 Spruce Street

Chester Burnett
March 1932

  718 Spruce Street

Intersection of Douglass &  Spruce Streets
   

700 Block of Spruce Street
720-751 Spruce Street
  720 Spruce Street

1940s
Louis L. Dorflinger
Real Estate

  720 Spruce Street

Liberty School

  724 Spruce Street

1870s-1880s Samuel Buzine

  732 Spruce Street

1870s-1880s Lewis Buzine Family
Lewis A. Buzine

733 Spruce Street

Horace R. Dixon
1920s-1930s

  735 Spruce Street

Private First Class
Robert E. Lee

  739 Spruce Street

1918-1930s
George Weber & Family
George & Mary Weber
George T. Weber
Leo F. Weber
Harry E. Weber

  751 Spruce Street

Intersection of Bella Place &  Spruce Streets
   

700 Block of Spruce Street
755-783 Spruce Street
  755 Spruce Street

1933
Albert Barlow

  757 Spruce Street

1880s-1930s
Rudolph Sylvester Warrington

  765 Spruce Street

1900s-1910s Samuel Buzine

783 Spruce Street

1918-28
John N Schultz 
1940
George Shapiro
Harmony Tavern
1947
Mrs. Ruth Shapiro
Harmony Tavern
1949-1966
Bill's Bar & Liquor Store
1970-2004
Bill's Liquor Store


Intersection of South 8th &  Spruce Streets
   

800 Block of Spruce Street
807-848 Spruce Street
 
  831 Spruce Street

1913-1914
Joseph & Rita Horneff

817 & 819 Spruce Street

July 25, 2005
Fire at 819 Spruce Street

Camden City fights their 2nd all hands fire on the same street withing a 12 hr period. Squad 7, Engines 8 and 1, Ladder 1, Rescue 1 and Battalion 1 were dispatched to 819 Spruce St. for a dwelling fire. Squad 7 arrived to find a 2 story middle of the row with heavy smoke from the 1st and 2nd floor. Squad 7 went in service with 1 1 3/4 handline. Battalion 1 arrived and struck the all hands bringing in Battalion 2. Engine 8 and 1 both established water supplies as Ladder 1 went in service with ventilation and the Rescue with searches. 2 handlines were used to control the blaze around the 20 minute mark. All occupants were accounted for. Fire started in the kitchen area of the first floor. Red Cross is attending to the displaced residents. No extension to either side of the exposures. Fire is under investigation by the Camden City Fire Marshals. Story and Photos by Ted Aurig

http://www.phillyfirenews.com/default.asp

 

831 Spruce Street

Private First Class
George F. Schafer

  838 Spruce Street

1908
John C. & Martha Edwards
James S. Edwards
Bessie Edwards

... the Edwards, John C and Martha. John was a laborer for a R.D.Wood Co. and Grandpop James S.  was a laborer also, in 1908 they lived at two addresses 838 and 856 and Bessie my mom was born. Don't know which house...

Jim Bessing, August 2005

833, 835, 837, 839, & 841
Spruce Street

July 25, 2005

  844 Spruce Street

Private David H. Ross

  856 Spruce Street

1908
John C. & Martha Edwards
James S. Edwards
Bessie Edwards

... the Edwards, John C and Martha. John was a laborer for a R.D.Wood Co. and Grandpop James S.  was a laborer also, in 1908 they lived at two addresses 838 and 856 and Bessie my mom was born. Don't know which house...

Jim Bessing, August 2005


Intersection of South 9th &  Spruce Streets
   

900 Block of Spruce Street
901-926 Spruce Street
   

Intersection of Mount Ephraim Avenue &  Spruce Streets
   

1000 Block of Spruce Street
1002-1010 Spruce Street
  1004 Spruce Street

Private John Benjamin H. Baker

HENRY O. KEESE

Funeral services for Henry O. Keese, 1004 Spruce Street, who died Monday in Jersey City, will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. F. Castle, 15 Vreeland Terrace, Jersey City. Burial will b. at 2 p.m. Friday at Arlington Cemetery, Pennsauken Township. Mr. Keese died while visiting his daughter. He is also survived by his 
wife, Elizabeth Baker Keese. He was a member of Camden Lodge No. 15, Free and Accepted Masons; Lincoln Council, No.1. Junior Order United American Mechanics; P. R. R. Aide Society and Veterans and P. R. R. Square Club. He was an employee of the railroad.

1004 Spruce Street

1910s-1933 Henry O. Keese

Camden Courier-Post
June 8, 1933

 

  1006 Spruce Street

1920s-1930s
Theodore Lighthiser Sr. Family
Julius "Frankie 'Kid' Carlin" Lighthiser

  1010 Spruce Street

1924-1929 William J. Silverman
Grocery-Candy Store

7 SOUTH JERSEY YOUTHS GET PHARMACY DEGREES

Three Camden youths and four others from South Jersey were among graduates of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science receiving degrees at commencement exercises last night.

The Camden youths were Emanuel H. Modeck, of 806 North Fifth Street; Joseph Ness, of 983 Ferry Avenue, and Seymour Halbert, of 1010 Spruce Street.

The others were Isadore Rosenthal, of 126 Haddon Avenue, Haddonfield; Harry A. Levenson, of Lawnside; Linwood F. Tice, of Salem, and Harrison R. Boggs, of 214 Burwood Avenue, Collingswood.

1010 Spruce Street

1933 Seymour Halbert

Camden Courier-Post
June 8, 1933

 

  1010 Spruce Street

1947 Walter J. Migala
meats

  1010 Spruce Street

Intersection of Carbon Street &  Spruce Streets
   

1000 Block of Spruce Street
1011-1032 Spruce Street
  1011 Spruce Street
1026 Spruce Street

Louis Miller
1932

   
   

1000 Block of Spruce Street
as seen from Haddon Avenue - June 30, 2006
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