Camden Streets - 7th Street

Streets
of
Camden, NJ

7th
Street

SEVENTH STREET was one of Camden's original streets, and over the years expanded far beyond it's original length, now running south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Morgan Boulevard to Pyne Point in North Camden. There are three major sections to Seventh Street; from Federal Street north the Pyne Point; from Benson Street south to Kaighn Avenue, and from Van Hook Street south to Morgan Boulevard.

In the early 1940s, during World War II the Chelton Terrace public housing project was built, with homes in the 2100 block of South Seventh, between Chelton Avenue and the railroad tracks that run east from Broadway along Bulson Street. These homes were owned and operated by the Housing Authority of the City of Camden.

Homes and business along Seventh Street between Van Hook Street and Ferry Avenue were razed in the early 1950s to make way for the Roosevelt Manor public housing project, also owned and operated by the Housing Authority of the City of Camden. Roosevelt Manor is slated for demolition in late 2004 and 2005, and new construction is expected to take place.

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

Phil Cohen

1000 Block of North 7th Street

Benjamin Cooper Mansion
at
Pyne Point

Pyne Point Park

1947 Pyne Point Community House
Otis Smith
Caretaker

Intersection of Erie Street & North 7th Street

900 Block of North 7th Street 916 to 932 North 7th Street
	932 North 7th Street 1947 Emil Jentsch Sr. 1947 Emil Jentsch Jr. plumbers
	930 North 7th Street 1947 John Rettew
	928 North 7th Street 1947 William W. Curriden contractor
	926 North 7th Street 1947 Frank E. Lobach
	925 North 7th Street 1947 Rubert P. Thompson
	924 North 7th Street 1947 Harvey R. Deacon
	923 North 7th Street 1947 unknown
	922 North 7th Street 1947 Paul Pascu
	921 North 7th Street 1947 Anthony G. Masters
	920 North 7th Street Technician Fifth Class William W. Phengar
	920 North 7th Street 1940s-1956 William Pheneger Sr.
	919 North 7th Street 1947-1950s John Bailey
	918 North 7th Street 1947 James J. Speer 1947 William Rose
	916 North 7th Street 1947 Alden G. Clement

Intersection of Bailey Street & North 7th Street

900 Block of North 7th Street 910 to 915 North 7th Street
	915 North 7th Street Private Beltrando Gianetti
	915 North 7th Street 1947-1960s Eliso Gianetti
	914 North 7th Street 1947 Richard J. Foster
	913 North 7th Street 1947-1959 Mrs. Edna C. Curry
	912 North 7th Street 1947 Arthur E. Ronan 1959 Miss Agnes Ronan
	911 North 7th Street 1947-1959 Arthur Bucciero
	910 North 7th Street 1947 Anna Moretti
	909 North 7th Street 1947 John P. Ward 1959 John William "Jack" Ward
	907 North 7th Street Samuel D. Payne 1940s - 1970s
	906 North 7th Street 1929-1947 Isaac Kyler 1956 Mrs. Helen Kyler
	905 North 7th Street 1947 Rusell L. Vogel
	905 North 7th Street 1950s-1960s A. Mori & Family Richard Mori
	905 & 907 North 7th Street circa 1994 On scene: Camden police Sgt. Anthony Martino. who happened to be in the 900 block of North 7th Street just as a fire started in row homes. warns pedestrians and motorists to stay clear of the area.
	904 North 7th Street 1947 Michael J. Korsey
	903 North 7th Street 1947 York Cleaners & Dyers Senekerim Papazian 1959 Mrs. S. Papazian
	902 North 7th Street 1924-1959 Rev. Paul C. Weber
	901 North 7th Street 1947-1959 Charles Barbarito barbershop
	900 North 7th Street 1947-1959 Louis Molotsky Candy Store
I was a resident of North 7th Street probably for the first 15 years of my life. I lived at 905 North 7th right next door to Sam Payne. He often would take me to his print shop on Elm Street where his sister lived upstairs above the shop. At 901 North 7th was Charles Barbarito's Barbershop where I got my haircuts. Next at 903 was Papazian's tailor shop and dry cleaner. 909 was the John Ward family who worked on the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore line Railroad with his son Jack. Next at 911 was the Bucchiero Family who moved to Berlin, NJ around 1960 and the house was sold to a Miller family. Next was the home of an undertaker whose name I can't recall, and the last house was the Gianetti family. Then came Bailey Street where the house was owned by a Mr. and Mrs. Bailey who was a collector of clocks. Mrs. Bailey use to invite me in for cookies when dozens of clocks would all start chiming the hour at the same time. On the opposite side of York Street on 7th was Sam Fritz's corner grocery store. Molotsky's Candy store was on another corner and the Matlack family had the last corner at 7th and York. Matlack had a small store at the rear of the house facing York which he opened only in late November till Christmas to sell Christmas trees, lights and ornaments. I use to hang out at Pyne Poynt park all the time and was probably the only kid in the neighborhood who got along with the park guard and caretaker Otis Smith. His wife (Sophie) was an invalid and he would ask me to stay with her while he made his rounds when the park closed at night. Afterward Mr. Smith would get his car and the three of us would go to Marbett's on Admiral Wilson Boulevard for hamburgers then he would drop me off at home. My name is Richard Mori, I am the owner of the Somerdale Bar and Grille on White Horse Pike in Somerdale. Stop in someday and you might meet quite a few past residents of North Camden. I recall many of the things about living there, the stores, the circus pitching tent just across the State Street Bridge next to the city dump, and just across State Street my Grandfather was one of the persons that had a 'Victory Garden' where he grew vegetables for the family. He had a small shack on the "farm" where he could escape for a few hours from my Grandmother. Richard Mori May, 2008

Intersection of York Street & North 7th Street

Camden Courier-Post - circa 1998

5 escape Camden row house fire

By CLINT RILEY Courier-Post Staff

CAMDEN - Five people escaped from a string of burning row houses in North Camden Tuesday morning, moments before intense smoke and flames' erupted into the street.

A young woman, who inhaled large amounts of smoke and suffered minor facial bums while fleeing from 905 North 7th Street, was rushed to the trauma unit at Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden.

America Alicea, 23, no known address, was in critical condition in the trauma unit Tuesday, a hospital spokeswoman said. Two young men she was visiting in the row house where the fire started shortly after 10 a.m. escaped uninjured.

Authorities said they had not positively identified the men. '

There was water, but no electric or gas service to the row house, fire officials said. Authorities suspect the men were saying there without the owner's permission after the landlord closed the residence recently.

The Camden County Fire Marshal's Office and city police continue to investigate what caused the fire.

Authorities said Tuesday's blaze easily could have been worse.

"It spread real fast. A matter of seconds," said Virginia Danks, a neighbor who saw the fire when she glanced out the front door.

City police Sgt. Anthony Martino happened to be in the neighborhood just as the two-alarm blaze began to rage. He raced to alert people inside 905, 907, 909 and 911 North 7th Street.

Raul and Isabel Rodriguez "answered his calls and emerged from inside a brick row house two doors away from where the fire began.

"I was sleeping. Somebody walked on the porch and woke me," said Rodriguez, 51, of 909 North 7th Street.

The three people inside 905 North 7th Street escaped on their own, authorities said.

"We were lucky," said Martino, who was aided by partner Patrolman Mike Hughes. "Everybody was lucky."

Firefighters from two city battalions, equipped with aerial trucks, controlled the fire before flames spread beyond the Rodriguezes' front porch. Two adjoining row houses at 905 and 907 North 7th Street. were gutted by fire. Only 905 and 909 North 7th were occupied.

One firefighter was treated at Cooper for a minor puncture wound to his foot. He sustained the injury when he stepped on a sharp object while battling the blaze.

800 Block of North 7th Street 822 to 835 North 7th Street
	835 North 7th Street 1947 Mrs. Celia Brown butcher 1950s-1960s Samule Fritz grocery
	834 North 7th Street 1947 Joseph F. Herman real estate
	827 North 7th Street Camden Courier-Post January 20, 1938 Richard St. John Patrick St. John John Dieth Gene R. Mariano Firmin F. Michel

Intersection of
Grant Street & North 7th Street

Looking South from over Pyne Point
July 7, 1965

Grant Street is the first cross street, with the white house at lower left

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800 Block of North 7th Street
816 to 820 North 7th Street

800 North 7th Street

TAXI DRIVER HELD UP BY PASSENGER BUT HE FAILS TO GET MONEY

A taxicab passenger last night held up Alfred K. Shawcross, the driver, of 820 North Seventh Street, at Front and Federal streets, but obtained no money because Shawcross had none.

Shawcross told Detective Clarence Arthur the bandit, about five feet seven inches tall, weighing 145 pounds, wearing a brown suit and no hat, approached him at Sixth and Market streets and asked to be driven to Front and Federal streets.

When the passenger alighted he pressed a pistol against Shawcross and demanded his money. Shawcross told him he was making his first trip of the night and had nothing. The bandit ran east on Third Street and disappeared.

820 North 7th Street

1933 Alfred K. Shawcross

Camden Courier-Post
June 22, 1933

Intersection of
State Street & North 7th Street

Looking South from over Pyne Point
July 7, 1965

State Street is the second cross street, with the three story twin houses side by side at upper right.

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700 Block of North 7th Street 713 to 724 North 7th Street
	724 North 7th Street 1929 Dr. Samuel Goodman, M.D. 1947 vacant
	722 North 7th Street 1947 Lino Bartoloni
	720 North 7th Street 1947 Charles L. Bowen
	718 North 7th Street Walter P. Wolverton 1910s - 1929
	718 North 7th Street 1947 John W. Hyland
	716 North 7th Street 1947 Elwood A. Eskridge
	715 North 7th Street 1929-1947 James E. Barnes
	714 North 7th Street 1947 Mrs. Ida M. Mann
	713 North 7th Street 1924-1947 Harry J. Kline & Family Harry J. & Helen Kline Helen Kline Alma Kline

Intersection of Larch Street & North 7th Street

700 Block of North 7th Street 700 to 712 North 7th Street
	700 North 7th Street William J. Sewell Elementary School

Intersection of
Vine Street & North 7th Street

Looking South from over Pyne Point
July 7, 1965

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600 Block of North 7th Street|
619 to 638 North 7th Street

638 to 500
North 7th Street

July 7, 1965

638 North 7th is the store at lower left. 500 North 7th is the large building at top of the picture.

622 North 7th Street

April 2, 1912

"Hettie" writes to her father about the "cyclone" that hot North Camden.

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Intersection of Cedar Street & North 7th Street

600 Block of North 7th Street
600 to 618 North 7th Street

BRIDEGROOM MISSING

A 54-year-old bridegroom, missing from his home for nearly two months, was sought yesterday by Camden police.

Mrs. Lillie' Carlysle, 54, of 606 North Seventh Street, wrote to the police that she and Samuel Carlysle, 54, were married January 23 in the State Street M. E., Church by Rev. G. W. Hanners.

We lived very happily together until threee months ago," she continued.

"On April 16 he mysteriously disappeared leaving for work. He has not been seen or heard of since. 1 am sure something dreadful must have happened to him. He had some minor trouble with the man he worked for and I think that must have caused him to leave."

606 North 7th Street

1933 Samuel & Lillie Carlysle

Camden Courier-Post
June 14, 1933

600 North 7th Street

Intersection of Elm Street & North 7th Street

500 Block of North 7th Street 521 to 546 North 7th Street
10TH WARD G. O. P. CLUB TO MEET TOMORROW The Tenth Ward Organization Republican Club will hold its regular meeting tomorrow night at the clubhouse, Fifth and Pearl streets. Members of the club send their thanks to voters of the ward who made possible the re-election of their candidate, Henry I. Haines, to the county committee.	546 North 7th Street 1914-1930s Henry Isaac Haines meats (had moved to Williamstown by 1942) Camden Courier-Post June 7, 1933
	546 North 7th Street 1947 Frank's Fairlawn Market grocery meats
	531 North 7th Street 1947 John M. Noon stationary fireman Photo courtesy of Cynthia Ackley Nunn
	529 North 7th Street George Joseph Gleason Jr.

Intersection of Birch Street & North 7th Street

North 7th Street - 1952
225 to 521 North 7th Street
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500 Block of North 7th Street 510 to 520 North 7th Street
	521 North 7th Street John & Kate Daly Saloon 1896-1906 George Gmeiner Saloon 1908 Nittinger's Tavern 1920-1980
	519-521 North 7th Street Irvin Nittinger & Family - Nittinger's Tavern 1910s-1980s
	517 North 7th Street 1929 J.A. Dodd Company auto repairs John A. Dodd, proprietor Elmer M. Dodd, clerk
	517 North 7th Street C. Schmidt & Sons Beer Distributor 1952
	514 North 7th Street William A. "Billy" Dolan
	512 North 7th Street 1933 Ralph Skill Camden Courier-Post June 23, 1933
	510 North 7th Street
	500 to 638 North 7th Street July 7, 1965 500 North 7th is the large building at top of the picture. 638 North 7th is the store at lower left.

Intersection of Pearl Street & North 7th Street
	401 North 7th Street Southwest Corner of Pearl & North 7th Street R.M McAllister Inc. Coal Yard 1952
	639 Pearl Street Northwest Corner of Pearl & North 7th Street George D. Ellis & Sons Inc. Tin Box Manufacturer 1940s-1950s
	701 Pearl Street Northeast Corner of Pearl & North 7th Street William Buckley Barber 1947

400 Block of North 7th Street 420 to 438 North 7th Street
	434 North 7th Street Technician Fourth Class William Cummings
	432 North 7th Street Thomas J. Carroll 1910s - 1920s

Intersection of Fern Street & South 7th Street
	700 Block of Fern Street 707 to 728 Fern Street 1952

400 Block of North 7th Street 400 to 418 North 7th Street
HUSBAND, WOMAN HELD ON CHARGE WIFE MAKES Mrs. Bessie A. Gaunt, of 4115 Westfield Avenue, yesterday appeared in police court and charged her husband, Emerson Gaunt, 32, of 840 Pearl Street, and Mrs. Nellie Olsen, 33, of 408 North Seventh Street, with misconduct. The Gaunts have been estranged for some four years. Mrs. Gaunt told Police Judge Pancoast she had been keeping her husband under surveillance of late and on May 15, followed him to the Olsen home. Mrs. Gaunt said she parked her car near the house and saw her husband enter. Detective John Trout and Walter Smith arrested both Gaunt and Mrs. Olsen in the latter's house at 8 p. m. on May 30. Judge Pancoast held Gaunt and Mrs. Olsen in $500 bail each for the grand jury.	408 North 7th Street 1933 Mrs. Nellie Olsen Camden Courier-Post June 7, 1933
	406 North 7th Street 1933 Harry Adams bar
	404 North 7th Street Virginia Ogden Camden Courier-Post August 8, 1933
	404 North 7th Street Paul M. Maguigen 1940s
	401 North 7th Street R. McAllister Inc. Coal Yard

Intersection of Linden Street & South 7th Street

300 Block of North 7th Street 318 to 338 North 7th Street
	318-338 North 7th Street BRIDGE PLAZA GARAGE 1952 Click on Images to Enlarge
	318-338 North 7th Street BRIDGE PLAZA GARAGE 1954 Click on Images to Enlarge
	318-330 North 7th Street Davve's Camden Bridge Garage Camden Courir-Post September 12, 1929
	318-330 North 7th Street King Auto Finance Camden Courier-Post June 12, 1933
	318-330 North 7th Street EDSTAN MOTORS Ford Dealership F. Stanley Bleakly 1930s - early 1940s
	330-318 North 7th Street EDSTAN MOTORS Ford Dealership Ed Myers & F. Stanley Bleakly 1930s - early 1940s
	319 North 7th Street Mrs. & Mrs. Raymond Chase 1933

Intersection of Penn Street & South 7th Street

North 7th Street - 1952
225 to 521 North 7th Street
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200 Block of North 7th Street 220 to 236 North 7th Street
	234 North 7th Street Earl Wright 1940s
	225 North 7th Street William P. Weiser 1910s-1920s

Intersection of Lawrence Street & South 7th Street

Intersection of Cooper Street & South 7th Street

100 Block of North 7th Street 100 to 116 North 7th Street


	110 North 7th Street John C. Demmert - 1936
	110 North 7th Street Epiphany Lutheran Church 1887-late 1940s
	105 North 7th Street John A. Damiani & Associates Insurance Camden Courier-Post May 19, 1964
	103 North 7th Street Zed Gandy Late 1920s

Intersection of Market Street & South 7th Street

Unit Block of North 7th Street

33 North 7th Street

M. Buten & Sons
paint

Camden Courier-Post
October 13, 1931

12 North 7th Street

Intersection of Federal Street & South 7th Street

South 7th Street

Intersection of
Benson Street & South 7th Street

CAMDEN CITY HALL
As it appeared from about 1890 through 1931

Viewed from on Haddon Avenue, looking southwest from about 40 yards north of Benson Street. The red brick three-story building at left stood on the corner of South 7th and Benson Street. The rowhouses to the right of that building are still standing and for the most part in use as of April 2005.

400 Block of 7th Street
	401 South 7th Street

Intersection of
Clinton Street & South 7th Street

650 Clinton Street
Southwest Corner
of
Clinton Street & South 7th Street

McKenna's Cafe

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500 Block of 7th Street
	511 South 7th Street

600 Block of 7th Street
	600 South 7th Street

Intersection of Line Street & South 7th Street

Intersection of Newton Avenue & South 7th Street
	South 7th Street & Newton Avenue About 1993 The former J.D. Johnson Plumbing Supply Co. building
	J.D. Johnson Plumbing Supply Co. building October 30, 2004
	J.D. Johnson Plumbing Supply Co. building October 30, 2004
	J.D. Johnson Plumbing Supply Co. building October 30, 2004
	J.D. Johnson Plumbing Supply Co. building October 30, 2004

Intersection of Pine Street & South 7th Street

Intersection of Division Street & South 7th Street

Intersection of Spruce Street & South 7th Street

900 Block of 7th Street
	902 South 7th Street
	909 South 7th Street 1929 Herman J. Baker - fire fighter
TILL TAPPING CHARGED Because Harold Waters, 32, of 913 South Seventh Street, hurried from a South Camden restaurant before he had finished his sandwich and coffee he was sent to the county jail Saturday, starting a 30-day sentence on a charge of "tapping" the restaurant's cash register for $10. Waters was arrested on complaint of Mrs. Ida Breer, proprietor of the restaurant at Ninth and Walnut streets. She said Waters ordered a cup of coffee and sandwich, and while she was preparing the order, $10 disappeared from the cash register. Waters hurriedly left the restaurant after paying for his food, she said, and then she discovered the loss. Waters' defense was that he only had 25 cents so he couldn't have taken the $10. Judge Pancoast decided a man with only 25 cents would not spend 10 cents, for coffee and sandwich and leave the restaurant before he had finished eating..	913 North 32nd Street 1933 Harold Waters Camden Courier-Post June 12, 1933

Intersection of Cherry Street & South 7th Street

Intersection of
Walnut Street & South 7th Street

Intersection of Mount Vernon Street & South 7th Street
	700 Mount Vernon Street Southeast Corner South 7th Street & Mount Vernon Street Arthur Gelhaar Grocery 1920s - late 1930s New Deal Cafe 1947 Pat's Bar 1956 Pat Caridi's Bar 1959 Mike's Corner 1967

Intersection of Chestnut Street & South 7th Street
	700 Chestnut Street Southeast Corner South 7th Street & Chestnut Street Schwoeri Liquor Store 1930s - late 1970s Eddie's Liquors 1980s - 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge
	701 Chestnut Street Northeast Corner South 7th Street & Chestnut Street Jacob Denbo & Son Wholesale Confectioners Click on Images to Enlarge
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

Intersection of Sycamore Street & South 7th Street

Intersection of Baxter Street & South 7th Street

Intersection of Kaighn Avenue & South 7th Street
	National Electric Supply 1960s Northwest Corner South 7th Street & Kaighn Avenue Click on Images to Enlarge
	VICTORY GARAGE aka EARL SCHEIB AUTO PAINT SHOP aka EARL'S SONS AUTO REPAIRS Southwest Corner South 7th Street & Kaighn Avenue Click on Images to Enlarge
	701 Kaighn Avenue Northeast Corner South 7th Street & Chestnut Street 7th & Kaighn Lounge aka Bazemore Lounge 1970s-1990s aka Rudy & Chink's Bar 1950s-1970s aka Brady's Cafe 1940s-1950s Click on Images to Enlarge

Intersection of Van Hook Street & South 7th Street
	696 Van Hook Street Southwest Corner South 7th Street & Van Hook Street Gaetano D'Annunzio Saloon 1918-1919 Cleophus Hood Candy Store 1947
	699-1/2 Van Hook Street Northwest Corner South 7th Street & Van Hook Street Peter Szyszkoski Cafe 1939 Fred Johnson Shoe Repair Shop 1947

1700 Block of 7th Street
	1741 South 7th Street 1910s - 1920s Private First Class Walter Lehman

Intersection of
Central Avenue & South 7th Streets

699 Central Avenue
Northwest Corner
of
Central Avenue & South 7th Street

Nick and Sophie's Tavern

Nick & Sophie Del Grande-Domenices

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1700 Block of South 7th Street

Intersection of Ferry Avenue & South 7th Streets

1800 Block of South 7th Street
	1811 South 7th Street 1910s - 1920s Private First Class Alexander Slowey
	1822 South 7th Street 1930s - 1940s Private First Class Walter Lehman
	1823 South 7th Street 1940s - 1960s The Zawoyski family

1900 Block of South 7th Street
	1914 South 7th Street Mt. Olivet Seventh Day Adventist Church 1947
	1929 South 7th Street 1910s-1920s Peter Koszarecki 1924 Thomas Murray 1929 Eugene Madeline 1947 Rocco Dolce

Intersection of Jefferson Street & South 7th Streets

2000 Block of 7th Street
	2000 South 7th Street Jefferson House 1910s - 1930s Jules' Grill Late 1930s- Early 1940s Wite 60 Minute Cleaning Service 1952-1960s Click on Images to Enlarge
	2006 South 7th Street Private Theodore E. Bayruns
	2006 South 7th Street & 2006 South 7th Street December 2002 Click on Images to Enlarge
	2008 South 7th Street Catherine Corbett

Intersection of Chelton Avenue & South 7th Streets

2100 Block of 7th Street
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