Camden Streets - 27th Street

Streets
of
Camden, NJ

27th Street

27th STREET runs from the Delaware River, across River Road, Westfield Avenue, and Federal Street. In our time 27th Street is one of the main thoroughfares in Cramer Hill and East Camden, but in earlier times it was not only not called 27th Street, it ran parallel to the street which was referred to as Main Street!

27th Street lays in what prior to 1899 was Stockton Township. Originally called Fulton Street, it ran from the south end of what was then Cramer Park, the north end of which was 29th Street, then their terminus of the Cramer Hill Ferry. Fulton Street, our North 27th Street, runs across River Road past Engine Company 11 of the Camden Fire Department, the Pavonia Reservoir (present-day Veteran's Park) to a point where it intersected with Main Street, which we know today as North 26th Street. North 27th Street continues, passing the Pavonia Railroad Station on the left, and the Camden County Jail on the right at Howell Street, on the spot which has been Paul's Auto Glass since the late 1970s. 27th Street then continues across Westfield Avenue and Federal Street, where the East Camden Firehouse, the home of Engine Company 9 and Hook & Ladder Company 3, was built shortly after Stockton Township became a part of Camden. Once across Federal Street, the road is now South 27th Street, and runs straight through to Marlton Avenue and the border between Camden and Pennsauken Township.

Construction along 27th occurred over period of approximately 70 years, from about 1875 through about 1945, give or take a few either way. As shown by the map below, dated 1914, the streets south of Federal Street had not all received there present names; as a matter of fact, very few buildings had been erected on South 27th Street. Other twentieth century changes included the demolition of the Pavonia Rail Station and the completion of the "hump" over the railroad tracks, and the completion of Veteran's Park several years after the Reservoir walls failed, the resulting flood causing much property damage.

Row homes had been constructed to a point just short of Marlton Pike by the early 1940s. The construction of the Line Street Apartments at South 27th, Line, and Marlton Avenue completed development on 27th Street in the 20th Century.

Probably the most notable person ever to live on 27th Street was football player Mike Rozier, a star running back at Woodrow Wilson High School , in college, and in the professional ranks with the Houston Oilers in the National Football League.

Do you have a 27th Street Street memory or picture. Let me know by e-mail so it can be included here.

Phil Cohen

Cramer Hill & East Camden

Intersection of Buren Avenue & North 27th Street
	North 27th & Buren Street The Former Site of the Rickenbach, Noecker & Ake Shipyard 2003

1200 Block of North 27th Street
	1322 North 27th Street
	1304 North 27th Street

Intersection of Harrison Avenue & North 27th Street

1100 Block of North 27th Street
	1296 North 27th Street
	1225 North 27th Street

Intersection of Polk Avenue & North 27th Street

1100 Block of North 27th Street
	1214 North 27th Street
	1211 North 27th Street
	1203 & 1205, 1207 & 1209, 1209 North 27th Street Blue home is 1211 North 27th February 22, 2004
	1209 North 27th Street
	1207 North 27th Street
	1205 North 27th Street
	1203 North 27th Street
	1201 North 27th Street
	1200 North 27th Street

Intersection of Tyler Avenue & North 27th Street

1100 Block of North 27th Street
	1164 North 27th Street

Intersection of Pierce Avenue & North 27th Street
	North 27th Street Looking East from Pierce Street February 22, 2004

1100 Block of North 27th Street
	1124 North 27th Street
	1102 North 27th Street

Intersection of Wayne Avenue & North 27th Street

1100 Block of North 27th Street
	1101 North 27th Street 1919-1984 Pepeta's Cafe
	1100 North 27th Street

Intersection of Dupont Street & North 27th Street

1000 Block of North 27th Street
	1072 North 27th Street
	1070 North 27th Street
	1068 North 27th Street
	1066 North 27th Street
	1064 North 27th Street
	1058 North 27th Street
	1052 North 27th Street

Intersection of Lincoln Avenue & North 27th Street

1000 Block of North 27th Street
	1039 North 27th Street
	1031 North 27th Street 1929-1947 German Maennerchoer
	1029 North 27th Street
	1028 North 27th Street 1947 Joseph A. Collins produce 1947 William E. Gehret Sr. Family William & Bernice Gehret William E. Gehret Jr. 1956-1975 George J. Kelley Jr. & Family George J. Kelley III
	1027 North 27th Street
	1026 North 27th Street 1950s-1960s William E. Gehret Sr. Family William & Bernice Gehret Sr. William E. Gehret Jr. 1960s-1970s William E. Gehret Jr. Family William & Sharon Gehret Jr.
	1021 North 27th Street
	1019 North 27th Street
	1017 North 27th Street
	1016 North 27th Street
	1014 North 27th Street 1890-1920s Samuel M. Welch Sr.
	1014 North 27th Street 1924 11th Ward Branch Socialist Party 1929 Davies Brothers Building Contractors William Davies & Arthur Davies 1939-1947 11th Ward Democratic Club
	1010 North 27th Street
	1008 North 27th Street
	1006 North 27th Street Jacob Leon, in his Shoe Repair Shop at 1006 27th Avenue. He lived there with his wife Rebecca and family from the 1920s through the 1960s. Photo Courtesy of Molly Conrad
	1006 North 27th Street 1000, 1002-1004 in background Edith Leon Schwartz, Rebecca Leon, Beatrice Leon Schwartz, & Jacob Leon, in his shoe repair shop at 1006 27th Street. The Leon sisters both married men named Schwartz, who were not related. Photo Courtesy of Molly Conrad
	1004 North 27th Street
	1002 North 27th Street David Tattersdill 1903-1908
	1000 North 27th Street September 22, 2003 This building was a bar for many years 1939 August W. Oswald Jr 1940-1947 Dick's Cafe 1959-1976 Rio Bar 1976 Connie's Corner
	1000 North 27th Street

Intersection of River Avenue & North 27th Street

900 Block of North 27th Street
	968 North 27th Street
	964 North 27th Street
4 FROM JERSEY FINISH AT BROWN PREP SCHOOL Four South Jersey students are members of the graduating class of Brown Preparatory School, Philadelphia, which held its forty-sixth commencement exercises last night in New Century Auditorium. They are Flora Mae Borgard, of 964 North 27th Street, and Denny Di Renzo, of 556 South 3rd Street, Camden; Emerson Green, of Cooper street, Woodbury, and Charles N. Nelson, of Seabrook Farms, Bridgeton. Green was vice president of the graduating class.	964 North 27th Street 1920s-1930s A&P Grocery Store Charles F. Borgard 1933 Flora Mae Borgard Camden Courier-Post June 9, 1933
	964 North 27th Street 1947 Lew's Market grocery
	960 North 27th Street 1946 Posnack's Hardware
	889 North 27th Street 1951 J. Ginsburg, Clothing
	954 North 27th Street 1934 Unknown Saloon This story most likely refers to the saloon at 854 North 27th Street

Intersection of Concord Avenue & North 27th Street

900 Block of North 27th Street
	939 North 27th Street
	933 North 27th Street Jacob Tischner operated a bar here from 1939-1947 known as the Silver Rail Grille
	927 North 27th Street 1914-1917 Herman F. Niessner
MOORE RALLIES TONIGHT IN 3 WARDS, ASHLAND Rallies in the interest of A. Harry Moore, gubernatorial candidate, and local candidates on the Democratic ticket will be conducted tonight in Ashland and in three wards of the city. The meetings and speakers are as follows; Sixth Ward Democratic Club, Fourth and Walnut Streets; E. George Aaron, Samuel P. Orlando, Boyd E. Morrison, Charles Degnan and Sabba Verdiglione. Third Ward A. Harry Moore Club, Third and Benson Streets: Samuel T. French, Orlando, Edward L. Canning, C. Lawrence Gregorio, Frank Homan and Anthon Ruffo, of Trenton. Eleventh Ward A. Harry Moore Club, 927 North Twenty-seventh street: Aaron, Canning, Isaac Eason, Marie V. Kelly and Judge Frank F. Neutze. Ashland Democratic Club, home of Ida May Heidrick, Burnt Mill road and Second Avenue: Thomas Madden, Leon H. Rose and Eugene Mariano.	927 North 27th Street Eleventh Ward A. Harry Moore Club 1931 Camden Courier-Post October 31, 1931

MRS. HYLAND TO OPEN NEW DEMOCRATIC CLUB The Eleventh Ward Democratic Club, 923 North Twenty-seventh Street, will be opened formally tonight by Mrs. Emma E. Hyland, Democratic state committeewoman, and Samuel T. French, prominent attorney and worker for the party. Honor guests will be Mrs. Lillian Pisko and Charles Goldy, both members of the county committee, organizers of the club.	923 North 27th Street Eleventh Ward Democratic Club 1931 Camden Courier-Post October 14, 1931
	923 North 27th Street Philadelphia Inquirer August 28, 2009 Voted "Ugliest House in Cramer Hill"
	923 North 27th Street Philadelphia Inquirer August 28, 2009 Voted "Ugliest House in Cramer Hill"
	908 North 27th Street 1947 Biaggio P. Ardire
	901 North 27th Street Camden Fire Department Engine Company 11

	900 North 27th Street

Intersection of Hayes Avenue & North 27th Street

800 Block of North 27th Street
	891 North 27th Street
	889 North 27th Street 1951 Stiefel's Flower Shop
	868 to 850 North 27th Street May 7, 2005
	868 to 864 North 27th Street May 7, 2005
	868 North 27th Street May 7, 2005 The "Ghost Sniper" shot through the glass door of this store in January of 1928.
	866 North 27th Street May 7, 2005
	864 North 27th Street May 7, 2005
	860 & 858 North 27th Street May 7, 2005
	856 North 27th Street 1933 Gus Saccomano
	857 & 859 North 27th Street May 7, 2005
	854 North 27th Street 1918-1930 Leon Faerber's Saloon 1936 Pavonia Cafe 1939 Joe Wandy's Chateau 1947 Gone
	850 North 27th Street

Intersection of Garfield Avenue & North 27th Street
	Looking South down Haves Avenue from North 27th Street May 7, 2005

1100 Block of North 27th Street
	812 North 27th Street
	804 North 27th Street Roedel Funeral Home
	804 North 27th Street Roedel Funeral Home
	804 North 27th Street Roedel Funeral Home
	804 North 27th Street Roedel Funeral Home
	804 North 27th Street Roedel Funeral Home Courier-Post Advertisement May 19, 1964
	804 North 27th Street Roedel Funeral Home Courier-Post Advertisement July 31, 1971
	812 North 27th Street North 27th
	801 North 27th Street

Intersection of Arthur Avenue & North 27th Street
	North 27th Street & Arthur Avenue Veterans Memorial Park

700 Block of North 27th Street
	769 North 27th Street
	758 North 27th Street

Intersection of Cleveland Avenue & North 27th Street

700 Block of North 27th Street
	733 North 27th Street
	715 North 27th Street 1893-1900 Citizens Fire Company No. 1 Members of Citizens Fire Company No. 1 with hose carriage are pictured in front of their then-new firehouse in 1893. The building was located on "Cooper Avenue across from Cleveland Avenue", which, after 1899, was known as 715 North 27th Street. Click on Image to Enlarge
MRS. WILLIAM L. POWELL Who was Miss Esther C. Bauer, daughter of Mrs. Valeska Bauer, of this city, before her marriage to the son of Mrs. Ida Powell, of Merchantville. The bride, a graduate of Glassboro State Teachers college, is a member of the faculty of the Camden public school system.	718 North 27th Street 1943-`945 Mrs. Valeska Bauer Esther Bauer Camden Courier-Post August 15, 1945
	715 North 27th Street 1900-1914 Citizen's Hall 1924-1928 Red Men's Hall Black Hawk Tribe Improved Order of Red Men 1947 Harry's SIgn Shop 1947 Post Office Substation Number 8
	711 North 27th Street 1907-2005 C. Jackel Florist
	North 27th Street & Sherman Avenue Camden Courier-Post January 7, 1928
	701 North 27th Street 1930s-1940s Murphy Auto Body Works By 1956 this business had moved to Pennsauken, and back to Cramer Hill by 1959 at 1137 North 36th Street
	700 North 27th Street 1951 H.B. Davies Paint Company
	700 North 27th Street 1951 H.B. Davies Paint Company

Intersection of Sherman Avenue & North 27th Street

Intersection of North 25th Street & North 27th Street

Intersection of Pennsylvania Railroad/Conrail & North 27th Street
	Pavonia Rail Station 1908 27th & Sherman Streets as seen from Pleasant Street The track on the left curves and runs to East Camden, past Dudley Grange, and on to Merchantville, Moorestown, and Mt. Holly
	Looking South along North 27th Street from over the tracks May 11, 2007 Click on Image to Enlarge
	Looking North along North 27th Street from over the tracks May 11, 2007 Click on Image to Enlarge

Intersection of Pleasant Street & North 27th Street

500 Block of North 27th Street

555 North 27th

Stockton Coal 1913 to 1936
Keystone Coal 1947

550 North 27th Street

The Five-Fifty Cafe

1918-1921	Elizabeth Walz
1929-1931	Philip Hart
1939	Joseph J. Guetherman
1943-1947	Mrs. Elizabeth Roth

Intersection of Thompson Street & North 27th Street

500 Block of North 27th Street
Buying Power. Needed To the Editor: Sir-Buying power IS needed for the 90 percent. Ten percent of the people control 90 percent of our money. These 10 percent are of the high salaried class. The 90 percent people are of the low-salaried class. These 90 percent are the backbone of our nation and when they have buying power all is well with the nation and when the 10 percent have the buying power we then have a depression. T.H. Jepson 522 North 27^th Street	522 North 27th Street Holmes Lounge & Gardens
	506 North 27th Street Holmes Lounge & Gardens
	503 North 27th Street
	500 North 27th Street

Intersection of Howell Street & North 27th Street
	Intersection of Howell Street & North 27th Street from over the tracks May 11, 2007 Click on Image to Enlarge
	Intersection of Howell Street & North 27th Street from over the tracks May 11, 2007 Click on Image to Enlarge

400 Block of North 27th Street
	420 North 27th Street 1920s-1930s Joe Breghella grocery 1947 Edward J. Cuprys grocery
	415 North 27th Street First Sergeant Jerome L. Carpenter
	408 North 27th Street 1920s-1930s William Banford Family William & Verna Banford Raymond E. Banford
	408-406 North 27th Street Destroyed by Fire February 10, 2009 Photo February 25, 2009 Click on Image to Enlarge
	406 North 27th Street 1920s-1930s William Banford Family William & Verna Banford Raymond E. Banford

Intersection of Mitchell Street & North 27th Street

Intersection of Morrison Street & North 27th Street

300 Block of North 27th Street
	308 North 27th Street 1947-1957 Peter Curran Camden Courier-Post December 11, 1957l
	300 North 27th Street 1896-1900 William Penn Hook & Ladder Company No. 1
	300 North 27th Street 1900-1920s The William Penn Hall
G. O. P. WOMEN TO MEET The monthly social session of the Women's Auxiliary of the Twelfth Ward Republican Club will be held on Monday evening at the headquarters, 300 North Twenty-seventh Street. Mrs. Mercy Bolton is arranging a surprise program for the evening. Refreshments will be served.	300 North 27th Street 1924-1933 Twelfth Ward Republican Club Camden Courier-Post June 10, 1933
G. O. P. Club to Take Outing to Shore The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Twelfth Ward Republican Club will hold its annual outing to Atlantic City tomorrow. Buses will leave the clubhouse, 300 North. Twenty-seventh Street, promptly at eight o'clock in the morning.	300 North 27th Street 1924-1933 Twelfth Ward Republican Club Camden Courier-Post June 26, 1933
	300 North 27th Street 1936-1947 East End Republican Club Camden Courier-Post February 8, 1936
	300 North 27th Street Photo taken in 1994 Click on Image to Enlarge

Intersection of Saunders Street & North 27th Street

200 Block of North 27th Street
	220 North 27th Street 1980-2009 St. John's Apostolic Faith Church Photo February 25, 2009 Click on Image to Enlarge VIDEO: December 1, 2008 - Mother/Dr. Shirley Peterson and Pastor Bertha Maddred (both are sisters) dancing at St. John Apostolic where their niece, Pastor Arnetha Thompson, is the pastor.
	214 North 27th Street 1980 Walter Beihl
	212 North 27th Street 1920s-1930s Millard Thompson The Atger-Stinger Family
	212 North 27th Street Home of Sergeant Ray Smith & Private Charles A.B. Smith
	212 North 27th Street 1980 H. Bieber
	210 North 27th Street Photograph taken December 27, 2002 Home of Private William R. McKee
	210 North 27th Street Photograph taken December 27, 2002 Home of Private William R. McKee
	210 North 27th Street 1980 J.A. Foley
	209 North 27th Street 1980 Delduke Insurance Agency
	203 North 27th Street 1980 Metzger's Radio City
	201 North 27th Street 1980 The Hubbs Corner
	200 North 27th Street 1980 R. Santiago

Intersection of High Street & North 27th Street

100 Block of North 27th Street
	138 North 27th Street 1980 C.E. Lindsay 2008 Gone
	135 North 27th Street Early 1930s Van's Battery Service
	135 North 27th Street 1980 Gone
	134 North 27th Street 1947 1970s-2007 J&C Iron Art 2007 Camden Iron Railing
	132 North 27th Street 1947 Vacant 2008 Gone
	125, 127 & 129 North 27th Street January 2, 2008 Click on Image to Enlarge
	125 North 27th Street January 2, 2008
	127 North 27th Street January 2, 2008
	125 North 27th Street Pierson A. Hedden Family Camden Courier-Post February 22, 1927
	125 North 27th Street 1971-1986 Raymond V. Fuchs Sr. & Family Raymond V. & Julia Fuchs Raymond Fuchs Jr. Georgette Fuchs
	125 North 27th Street January 2, 2008 Click on Image to Enlarge
	125 North 27th Street January 2, 2008 Click on Image to Enlarge
	123 North 27th Street 1947 Vacant 1980 Rev. Allen Lindahl 2008 Gone
	120-130 North 27th Street 1947-1980s Grace Baptist Church 2008 Spanish Pentacostal Church
	120-130 North 27th Street 1947-10980s Grace Baptist Church 2008 Spanish Pentacostal Church

Intersection of Cramer Street & North 27th Street
	Southwest Corner of North 27th Street & Cramer Street January 2, 2008 Click on Image to Enlarge
	Looking West on Cramer Street from North 27th Street January 2, 2008 Click on Image to Enlarge
	View of Northeast Corner of Cramer Street and North 27th Street from 2600 Block of Cramer Street January 2, 2008 Click on Image to Enlarge
	Northeast Corner of North 27th Street & Cramer Street January 2, 2008 Click on Image to Enlarge
	Northwest Corner of North 27th Street & Carmer Street January 2, 2008 Click on Image to Enlarge

100 Block of North 27th Street
	115, 117 & 119 North 27th Street January 2, 2009 Click on Image to Enlarge
	118 North 27th Street January 2, 2009 Click on Image to Enlarge
	116 North 27th Street January 2, 2009 Click on Image to Enlarge
	113 North 27th Street January 2, 2009 Click on Image to Enlarge
	113 & 115-119 North 27th Street February 27, 2004
	112-110 North 27th Street January 2, 2009 Click on Image to Enlarge

Intersection of Westfield Avenue & North 27th Street
	A View West on North 27th Street from 2 North 27th Right: 113 & 115 N. 27th Street Below: 2649 Westfield Avenue February 27, 2004

Unit Block of North 27th Street
	16-18 North 27th Street
	14 North 27th Street
	12 North 27th Street 1940s-1970s Dr. Milton Gordon
	10 North 27th Street 1980 Dr. H.A. Sheldon
	8 North 27th Street
	6 North 27th Street 1980 Dr. Martin Zelnick
	6 North 27th Street Dr. Joseph A. Mirarchi February 27, 2004
	4 North 27th Street 1980 E.H. Williams 2004 Vacant

	Left: 2, 4, & 6 North 27th Street Freddy's Bar September 22, 2003 Below: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 North 27th Street February 27, 2004

	Above: 2, 4, 6, 8 North 27th Street Left: 2 North 27th Street Freddy's Bar September 22, 2003
	2 North 27th Street
	The Firehouse at 27th & Federal Street

Intersection of Federal Street & North 27th Street

27th & Federal Street in 1956 Boulevard Grille, still open in 2008 as Freddy's
A View West on North 27th Street from 2 North 27th Right: 113 & 115 N. 27th Street Below: 2649 Westfield Avenue - Feb. 27, 2004

Intersection of Federal Street & South 27th Street

Below: Looking at South 27th Street from across Federal Street

Above: 2600 Federal Street
Below: South 27th Street as seen from 2 North 27th Street

Below: South 27th Street as seen from the Firehouse

Above: 47 to 61 South 27th Street, as seen from 2 North 27th Street,
where Baird Boulevard and South 27th Street meet at Federal Street
Below: 2 views, looking East on South 27th Street from the Firehouse


Left: 49 South 27th St. as seen from 2 North 27th Street Right: 61 to 51 South 27th St.

Unit Block of South 27th Street 38 to 46 South 27th Street
	38 South 27th Street
	40 South 27th Street
	42 South 27th Street
	44 South 27th Street
	46 South 27th Street

Intersection of Carman Street & South 27th Street

Unit Block of South 27th Street 47 to 85 South 27th Street
	Left: 49 South 27th Street
	Left: 47 and 49 South 27th Street
	49 South 27th Street Josiah S. Pedigree Camden Police Officer Josiah & Carrie Pedigree 1900s-1936 Mrs. Carrie Pedigree 1900s-1950s
	51 to 61 South 27th Street
	55 South 27th Street 1969 H. Spuhler
	60 South 27th Street This building was used for many years as a funeral parlor 1926 James Robert Sudler 1936-1947 Sudler-Eichel Funeral Home Clarence Eichel 1969 Daley Funeral Home Mrs. T.R. Daley
	63 South 27th Street 1993-2002 Mrs. Ethel Vlerebome

100 Block of South 27th Street 101 to 147 South 27th Street
	101 South 27th Street
	106 South 27th Street 1924-1930s Earl A. Cryne Major, Air Corps Reserve, U.S. Army President, South Jersey Aviation Club Click on Image to Enlarge
	114 South 27th Street 1920s-1930s Earl Stopfer
	117 South 27th Street 1969 Anthony Saponare
	147 South 27th Street

Intersection of Mickle Street & South 27th Street

100 Block of South 27th Street 101 to 147 South 27th Street
	101 South 27th Street
	141 South 27th Street 1969 Urquhart Ward 1969 City Plumbing & Heating Co.
	147 South 27th Street

Intersection of Stevens Street & South 27th Street

100 Block of South 27th Street 150 to 174 South 27th Street
	150 South 27th Street
	152 South 27th Street
	161 South 27th Street
	162 South 27th Street
	162, 172 &174 South 27th Street December 11, 2005
	172 & 174 South 27th Street December 11, 2005
	172 South 27th Street
	174 South 27th Street

Intersection of Benson Street & South 27th Street

200 Block of South 27th Street 201 to 272 South 27th Street
	201 South 27th Street 1969 Anthony LaTorre
	253 South 27th Street 1969 Rabbi Max Weine
	259 South 27th Street
	270 South 27th Street 1947 Gophea Rovner
	272 South 27th Street
	276 South 27th Street 1969 Deal's Self Service Market

Intersection of Berkley Street & South 27th Street

300-400 Block of South 27th Street 306 to 337 South 27th Street
	303 South 27th Street 1947 No Listing 1969 Milton D. Ross
	306 South 27th Street 1969 Yale D. Plotnick
	308 South 27th Street
	310 South 27th Street
	312 South 27th Street 1970s-2007 Howard W. Carey
	312 South 27th Street
	315 South 27th Street
	316 South 27th Street
	317 South 27th Street
	321 South 27th Street 1969 Maurice Denbo
	337 South 27th Street

Intersection of Clinton Street & South 27th Street

300-400 Block of South 27th Street 339 to 370 South 27th Street
	339 South 27th Street
	351 South 27th Street 1947 No listing 1969 Ernest DiPaola
	353 South 27th Street
	354 South 27th Street
	355 South 27th Street
	356 South 27th Street
	357 South 27th Street
	358 South 27th Street
	370 South 27th Street

Intersection of Royden Street & South 27th Street

300-400 Block of South 27th Street 371 to 383 South 27th Street & 402-420 South 27th Street

	383 South 27th Street Second Engineer Harry Jackson Mote SS Meriwether Lewis Click on Image to Enlarge
	383 South 27th Street 1942 Mr. & Mrs. Harry Jackson Mote 1947 Mrs. Josephine Buthe 1847 Walter Buthe 1954- May 1971 Sam & Ethel Glostein Merle Glostein Photograph June 2002 Click on Image to Enlarge
	412 South 27th Street 1947 David Kerr 1969-1980 Mrs. Bella B. Kerr
	414 South 27th Street 1947 1980
	416 South 27th Street 1947 1980
	418 South 27th Street 1947 James M. McCabe 1969-1980 Gertrude T. McCabe
	420 South 27th Street 1947 Albert M. Mattson contractor
	420 South 27th Street 1959-1967 Emanuel Rubin & Family Emanuel "Manny" & Natalie Rubin Monica Rubin Connie Rubin Jay Rubin
	420 South 27th Street 1969 unlisted 1980 M. Talley

Intersection of Line Street & South 27th Street

400 Block of South 27th Street 458-466 South 27th Street

	458 South 27th Street 1965 Henry L "Harry" Barroway

Aerial View of East Camden published July of 1926
"Bridge Boulevard Estates"

This aerial view of East Camden was part of a July 1926 ad by the Suburban Home Realty Company, located at 325 Market Street in Camden, run by Edward S. Miller.

You can see South 27th Street as the diagonal dotted line on right side of picture. There are no homes built on South 27th when this photo was taken.

Click in Image to Enlarge

Camden Courier-Post * May 19, 1942

383 South 27th Street
June 2002

Camden Courier-Post * May 12, 1934

Maryland-born had vcome to Camden by 1920 when he was living at 2637 Westfield Avenue. During the 1920s he established a funeral home at 60 South 27th Street. During the 1930s James Sudler took on an apprentice, a boy who had grown up nearby, Clarence Eichel. In 1936 Clarence Eichel became a partner, and eventually took over the business after Mr. Sudler passed. The EIchel Funeral Home later moved to Pennsauken, and still is in business as of 2004.

Camden Courier-Post * May 12, 1934

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210 North 27th Street, Camden NJ Photograph taken December 27, 2002

Philadelphia Inquirer - August 28, 2009

Camden's 'ugliest house' a hazard, but still standing

By Matthew Spolar
Inquirer Staff Writer

As about 40 people looked on, a Camden activist climbed the step at 923 N. 27th St. in the city's Cramer Hill section yesterday and tacked a bright-orange "Imminent Hazard" sign to the entrance of the abandoned shell.

It wasn't easy. The unhinged door, propped against piles of debris inside the ruined home, nearly caved in at the touch.

The house was the newly crowned "winner" of a contest devised by Camden Churches Organized for the People (CCOP), in which residents cast votes to decide which of 13 abandoned properties was the area's "ugliest house." The nonprofit group hopes the negative attention will spur Camden officials to become more aggressive about demolishing eyesores.

"It's not just about getting publicity. It's about letting the city know we're serious about this problem," the Rev. Jud Weiksnar of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church said yesterday.

The impetus for the project was a campaign begun by Weiksnar in March 2006 to have the city remove a deteriorating house next to the church's school on nearby River Road.

More than three years later, Weiksnar estimated, he's still about 15 months away from his goal.

Last month, Weiksnar and CCOP staff took one hour to come up with a baker's dozen houses they thought should be demolished. The group took photos and asked parishioners at St. Anthony, Hope Memorial Baptist Church, and St. Joseph's Pro-Cathedral to select the worst.

The 125-year-old house at 923 N. 27th won, with 51 out of about 300 votes cast. The contest organizers requested that the property be demolished within 48 hours.

The runner-up, a house erected in 1793 that served as a stop on the Underground Railroad, landed 35 votes. Had it won, the organizers planned to recommend that the historic structure be renovated rather than razed, said CCOP executive director Josh Chisholm.

The 27th Street home was ravaged by fire last August and is a refuge for drug users, residents say. The graffiti-covered gray-and-red structure has a gaping hole in its second-floor exterior. The first floor is a heap of trash and rotten timber.

According to city records, the property was purchased in 1980 for $7,000 and in 2004 had an assessed value of $28,000. According to the tax assessor's office, the owner is behind $56,000 in taxes and utilities.

Aida Soriano, 26, moved next door in late June. She said she often looks out her bathroom window and sees people using drugs behind the house. Last month, she said, she left rat poison inside, in an effort to kill rodents that were creeping onto her property.

Mayor Gwendolyn Faison, who attended yesterday's event, said she was disgusted by the conditions she saw and hoped to have the house demolished before she leaves office after November's election.

"I am one mayor that's sick and tired of trash and abandoned houses," Faison said. "As soon as I leave here, I'm going to be on the phone."

The problem with abandoned and hazardous properties in Camden runs deep. There are 199 abandoned homes in Cramer Hill - a neighborhood that accounts for about an eighth of the city's population - and 57 are in the same condition as yesterday's winner, said Manny Delgado, director of the Cramer Hill Community Development Corp.

There are as many as 9,800 vacant buildings in Camden - 35 percent of the city's structures, according to Stephen Singer, head of CamConnect, a Camden research firm. Most are abandoned, he said.

City Public Works Director Pat Keating said that demolishing the house on 27th Street was "doable," but "not feasible."

"Unless they know how they're going to pay for it," he said.

Keating has $26,000 at his disposal to complete emergency demolitions of homes on the city's imminent-hazard list. The 27th Street property, which he said would cost about $19,000 to raze, was added to the list in October 2008.

The 28 homes now on the list will not be handled on a first-come, first-served basis, Keating said. When money arrives, he asks code enforcement officials what is in most severe need of demolition. During the last fiscal year, 36 homes were eliminated from the imminent-hazard list at a cost of roughly $667,000, he said

Keating said that his department could receive up to $500,000 in federal block grant funding by the end of the month. Yesterday's contest winner might be taken down with that money, he said.

The house is the first in a row of five abandoned properties on 27th Street near River Road. Keating said it would be more cost-effective to get rid of all five at once, though only yesterday's winner is on the high-priority list.

In 2005, a revitalization report proposed knocking the entire row down and replacing it with commercial development.

"The neighborhood isn't going to move forward until these homes are demolished," Delgado said.

Following the event, which concluded with the cutting of a cake decorated with the likeness of the dilapidated winner, a bulldozer happened to drive down the street.

On the sidewalk, members of the throng - many of whom carried signs shaped like bulldozers - shouted in excitement, hoping that help had arrived.

"Aqui!" yelled Martha Checo, a 32-year-old member of St. Anthony's.

The driver smiled, but shook his head and continued on.

Second Engineer Harry Jackson Mote SS Meriwether Lewis

Second Engineer
Harry Jackson Mote
SS Meriwether Lewis