Camden Streets - Cherry Street

Streets
of
Camden, NJ

Cherry
Street

CHERRY STREET is one of Camden's 'tree' streets, running east-west between Spruce and Walnut Streets.

The western end of Cherry Street, below South 3rd Street, was the original southern border of the Fettersville tract, named for Richard Fetters, a prominent citizen of 19th century Camden. Fetters played a vital role in establishing the City of Camden. Richard Fetters in 1833 purchased from Charity and Grace Kaighn the land lying between Line and Cherry Streets, extending from Third Street to the Delaware River. Fetters, a Quaker, was a political and civic leader light years ahead of his time in his commitment to address the needs of his fellow citizens. The town of Fettersville grew rapidly, and in 1835 an additional tract was purchased from the Kaighn family extending south to Mount Vernon Street.

Lots originally laid out by Fetters, measured 30x200 feet and in 1835 were assessed at $50 each. These low rates attracted many buyers of modest mean, a large portion of them South Jersey and Philadelphia blacks. He platted these lands into lots and sold them for $125 for a lot 40 x 100 feet. Fetter's plan placed the fronts on the streets running east and west in consideration of his design for a ferry to be located at the foot of Spruce Street. This ferry never was built, as the Kaighns' Point Ferry more than adequately serviced the area's needs.

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Phil Cohen

When I was a kid I remember that I was told that in I would guess the first twenty years or so of the 20th century, that Cherry Street was known for all the Italian umbrella makers and repairers, who lived in that neighborhood, and that some people called the west end of Cherry Street "Gas House" or "Coke House" because of the coke plant and PSE&G gas plant. A lot of the Italians that lived in that neighborhood were in the needle and garment trades years later.

John Ciafrani
October 2004

200 Block of Cherry Street

249 Cherry Street

1905 Rose Mitchell

Philadelphia Inquirer
December 18, 1905

Arthur Stanley - Maud Trusty -
Edward Nugent - O. Glen Stackhouse

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257 Cherry Street

1924 Mrs. Elizabeth Mackey
1929 Vacant

261 Cherry Street

1924 James Gardiner
1929 Vacant

263 Cherry Street

1914-1929 Donato Fanelle
rags
1938 Rocco Fanelle's Junkyard

1914-1929 Donato Fanelle
1938 George W. & Flora Jackson

265 Cherry Street

1924 Peter Leisen
1929 Vacant
1938 George W. & Flora Jackson

267 Cherry Street

1924 Mary E. Johnson
dressmaker
1929 Addison A. Thompson

286 Cherry Street
1930s-1970s
Steinberg Brothers Bag Company

286 Cherry Street
April 6, 2010

Camden Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke showing from the building with reports of people trapped. One victim was removed and transported to Cooper Hospital. One was D.O.A. The emergency evacuation tones were sounded as one firefighter fell through a floor. Minor injuries. Companies set up for a defensive operation. The fire consumed the entire vacant building.

Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke showing from the building with reports of people trapped. One victim was removed and transported to Cooper Hospital. One was D.O.A. The emergency evacuation tones were sounded as one firefighter fell through a floor. Minor injuries. Companies set up for a defensive operation. The fire consumed the entire vacant building.

286 Cherry Street

Camden Courier-Post
April 7, 2010

Camden Fire kills man, injures 2 other people

By GEORGE MAST
Courier-Post Staff

A three-alarm fire in an abandoned building on Tuesday left one person dead and two others injured, authorities said.

Identities were not available for victims of the blaze, which was reported around 10:30 a.m. in the 2200 block of Cherry Street in South Camden.

A man who was pulled from the fire was declared dead at the scene, said Camden City Chief Fire Marshal Ralph Roberts. A woman who was helped from the burning building suffered smoke inhalation, he said.

A fire captain was taken to Cooper University Hospital with minor injuries.

Rescue workers arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the building, Roberts said.

He said it was not known if the victims were living in the abandoned building, which was last used as an auto-detailing shop.

The fire's cause remains under investigation.

286 Cherry Street

Camden Courier-Post
April 7, 2010

286 Cherry Street

Camden Courier-Post
April 7, 2010

286 Cherry Street

Camden Courier-Post
April 7, 2010

286 Cherry Street

Camden Courier-Post
April 7, 2010

286 Cherry Street

Camden Courier-Post
April 7, 2010

286 Cherry Street

Camden Courier-Post
April 7, 2010

286 Cherry Street

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286 Cherry Street

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292 Cherry Street

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292 Cherry Street

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292 Cherry Street

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Intersection of South 3rd Street and Cherry Street
	922 3rd Street 1890-1930s Johnny Carroll's

300 Block of Cherry Street Click on Images to Enlarge
	302 Cherry Street 1870s-1920s Harry F. Wolfe
	304 Cherry Street Staff Sergeant Augustine Burgo
	304 Cherry Street Joseph Burgo
	304 Cherry Street 1938 Stanley Thomas Young Camden Courier-Post February 22, 1938
	319 Cherry Street 1880 William B. Gordon Jr.
Harry Weeks, of 320 Cherry Street, had one of his feet crushed yesterday by a heavy stone falling on it while he was at work at Front Street and Kaighn Avenue. He was taken to Cooper Hospital.	320 Cherry Street 1900 Harry Weeks Philadelphia Inquirer July 8, 1900
	320 Cherry Street 1910-1960s Antonio Fugaro & Family Anthony & Amelia Fugaro Morris Fugaro Angelina Fugaro Joseph Fugaro Rose Fugaro Rocco Fugaro Nicola Fugaro Salvatore Fugaro Click on Image for PDF File Carrol P. Sherwood
	320 Cherry Street 1910-1960s Antonio Fugaro & Family In 1909 Antonio Fugaro purchased 320 Cherry Street from C. Moles. Click on Image to Enlarge
	320 Cherry Street 1910-1960s Antonio Fugaro & Family Water Bill, May 1909 Click on Image to Enlarge
	320 Cherry Street 1910-1960s Antonio Fugaro & Family Permit to install, May 9, 1913 Click on Image to Enlarge
	320 Cherry Street 1910-1960s Antonio Fugaro & Family Property Tax Receipt December 12, 1913 Click on Image to Enlarge
	322 Cherry Street 1908 Peter Celia Philadelphia Inquirer November 24, 1908
	327 Cherry Street 1897-1898 Solomon Clark
	327 Cherry Street 1906-1911 George H. Hunt
	329 Cherry Street 1871-1883 William H. Schwaab & Family William H. & Amanda Schwaab George Schwaab
	333 Cherry Street 1878-1879 William B. Gordon Jr.
	334 Cherry Street 1919 Michael Stellao
EARLY MORNING VISIT RESULTS IN $10 FINE Arrested early this morning by Policeman John Schott and charged with breaking and entering a Mechanic Street house, Rocco Martino, 35 years old, 335 Cherry Street, was fined $10 in police court this morning. The complaint was changed, to disorderly conduct after Martino said be couldn’t explain his actions at the home of Mrs. Helen Featherer, 323 Mechanic Streett. The woman testified she was awakened at 6:40 o’clock by pounding on the back door of her home. She said, Martino was trying to force the door and had broken a window.	335 Cherry Street 1925 Rocco Martino Camden Courier-Post January 25, 1928
	337 Cherry Street 1910-1912 Frank J. Cilberti Sr. & Family Frank & Rosa Ciliberti Bess Ciliberti Anthony Ciliberti Frank J. Ciliberti Jr. Josephine Ciliberti Mildred C. Ciliberti
	338 Cherry Street 1906 A. Valentine bartender
	342 Cherry Street 1878 G. Rudolph Tenner & Family G. Rudolph & Keturah Tenner Clara Tenner Casper Tenner II
	344 Cherry Street 1880-1927 G. Rudolph Tenner & Family G. Rudolph & Keturah Tenner Clara Tenner - Casper Tenner II After 1885 Wilmer Davis Family Wilmer & Clara Tenner Davis Clara Davis - Emma Davis - Ruth Davis Keturah Davis - Amelia Davis
	346 Cherry Street 1920s - 1969 Frank "Chick" Abbott
	347 Cherry Street 1871-1872 William B. Gordon Jr.
	348 Cherry Street 1887-1894 John Painter
	348 Cherry Street 1915 Owen Maley Philadelphia Inquirer March 21, 1915 Click on Image to Enlarge O. Glen Stackhouse
	354 Cherry Street 1915 Wargo Rossi Philadelphia Inquirer January 27, 1915 Click on Image for PDF File Fiore Troncone O. Glen Stackhouse Nellie Heard Broadway
MYSTERY SHOTS PIERCE DOOR OF CAMDEN HOME Mystery shots that splintered the door of a South Camden home yesterday started the police on a search for a group of youths seen loitering in the neighborhood. Mrs. James Falconiero, of 354 Cherry Street, reported to Detective Benjamin Simon that she was awakened at 5 a. m., by a series of shots. She said she looked out a window and saw several young men entering an automobile a short distance from her home. An inspection of the front of the house revealed several holes in the door caused by bullets. One missile, of 38-calibre was found buried in the plaster in the hallway.	354 Cherry Street 1933 Mrs. James Falconiero Camden Courier-Post June 17, 1933

400 Block of Cherry Street
	403 Cherry Street 1911 Luigi Vernello
	406 Cherry Street 1878 Alexander Peacock
	406 Cherry Street 1879 William Jeffreys
	406 Cherry Street 1889-1881 William H.H. Clark
	406 Cherry Street This House was built in 1899 Anthony & Rose "Nellie" Tantonio I was pleased to find this photo of my Uncle Tony & Aunt Nellie’s Home. About Anthony and Rose Tantonio, Uncle Tony spelled the name as ‘Tantonio’ but my Grandparents spelled it ‘Tantone’. Records of when they arrived at Ellis Island and all other records indicate ‘Tantone’. They are buried side by side in Calvary; my maternal grandparent’s marker reads ‘Tantone’ and their marker ‘Tantonio’. According to his Sisters he felt the name sounded more Italian spelled as Tantonio. Anthony Venella September 2011
	410 Cherry Street 1916 Joseph Ferrari Philadelphia Inquirer August 14, 1916 Click on Image for PDF File
	412 Cherry Street 1940s - 1950s La Familia Sanabria
	414 Cherry Street 1940s Joseph DiMona Company Warehouse
	417 Cherry Street 1917 Charles R. Norris Philadelphia Inquirer April 30, 1917 The Majestic Theatre James Gimello Thomas Schneider Broadway Line Street Spruce Street Fiore Troncone
	418 Cherry Street 1932 John Vesper Camden Courier-Post June 6, 1932
Henry Shultz, the carriage builder, was held in bail by Recorder Braker last night for assault and battery on Pauline Gottenburg, of 422 Cherry Street.	422 Cherry Street 1890 Pauline Gottenburg Philadelphia Inquirer August 7, 1890 Henry Schultz - Benjamin Braker
	423 Cherry Street 1910 - 1930s Leonardo Mardino Family
	433 Cherry Street 1936 Joseph Mardino
	437 Cherry Street 1930 Joseph Mardino
	433-435-437 Cherry Street 1913 SOUTHWARK BOTTLING & SUPPLY CO. Charles F. Sattler Click on Image to Enlarge
	439 Cherry Street 1908-1909 John E. Applegate & Family John E. & Mary L. Applegate Martha Applegate Ethel May Ferdinand L. Applegate Miriam L. Applegate Lillian F. Applegate John F. Applegate Phildelphia Inquirer March 18, 1909
	443 Cherry Street 1914 Joseph P. Boone

500 Block of Cherry Street
	503 Cherry Street 1914 John J. Olden
	503 Cherry Street 1924 George B. Wade Battalion Chief, Camden Fire Department George B. & Mary Wade
	506 Cherry Street 1940s N. Fuhrman Company Warehouse
P. S. HONORS EMPLOYEE Charles J. Lack, 512 Cherry Street, Camden, completed 25 years' service' with Public Service February 3 and received a gold badge emblematic of' the occasion. He is employee at the Burlington Generating Station of Public Service Electric & Gas Company: Lack, started with Public Service at Camden and was transferred to Burlington in 1927.	512 Cherry Street Charles Lack Camden Courier-Post February 7, 1938

Coates Alley & Cherry Street Coates Alley originally ran parallel to Broadway from Division Street to Walnut Street
	Coates Alley & Cherry Street July 10, 2004
	Looking North on Coates Alley from Cherry Street July 10, 2004

Intersection of Broadway & Cherry Street
	July 10, 2004

Intersection of South 6th Street & Cherry Street

600 Block of Cherry Street
	601 Cherry Street 2012 Gone
	602 Cherry Street 1904 Lee Sears Philadelphia Inquirer July 30, 1904 Click on Image for PDF File of Complete Article Edward S. Hyde Park Storage Warehouse William Chambers George Beach Thomas Sherman Austin Foster Thomas Melton Cherry Street North 9th Street Haddon Avenue
	603 Cherry Street 2012 Gone
	604 Cherry Street 1906 John Butcher Philadelphia Inquirer September 12, 1906 2012 Gone
	606 Cherry Street 2012 Gone
	607 Cherry Street 1947 Sixth Ward Colored Democratic Club 2012 Gone
	608 Cherry Street 1878-1880 John D. Cooper & Family 2012 Gone
	610 Cherry Street 2012 Gone
	611 Cherry Street 1935 Private First Class Worthington W. Betts 2012 Gone
	612 Cherry Street 2012 Gone
	614 Cherry Street 2012 Gone
	616 Cherry Street 2012 Gone
	618 Cherry Street 2012 Gone
	619-621 Cherry Street 1906 Camden Van Compnay storage 1920s-1930s Camden Courier-Post January 7, 1928 Garages in foreground built after 1906 2012 Gone
	620 Cherry Street 2012 Gone
	622 Cherry Street 2012 Gone
	623 Cherry Street 2012 Gone
	624 Cherry Street 1896-1898 Lewis E.W. Banks & Family driver, Camden Van Compnay Lewis E.W. & Nellie Banks Sallie Banks 1910 Albert Boggs Damaged by Fire June 2012
	624 & 626 Cherry Street Damaged by Fire June 2012 Click on Image to Enlarge
	625 Cherry Street 1920 2012 Gone
	626 Cherry Street 1908-1909 Mrs. Eliza Holloway & Family widow of James L. Holloway Oley R. Holloway Robert J. Holloway James Holloway
	626 Cherry Street 1909 Miller & Holloway ice cream O. Miller & Mrs. Eliza Holloway
	626 Cherry Street 1910 Oley R. Holloway 1910 Robert J. Holloway 2011 Vacant 2012 Destroyed by Fire June 2012
	627 Cherry Street 2012 Gone
	628 Cherry Street 1879 William H. Whaland & Family William H. & Mary Whaland Lillian Whaland Charles Whaland William K. Whaland 2012 Gone
	629 Cherry Street 1900 Howard Harrington & Family Howard & Margarette Harrington Howard F. Harrington 2012 Gone
	630 Cherry Street 1884-1890 William Wynn & Family William & Sarah Wynn Alice Wynn Anna May Wynn 2012 Gone
MARRIAGE LICENSES CAMDEN Anderson Williams, 48, and Anna English, 56, both of 630 Cherry street.	630 Cherry Street 1938 Anderson Williams Camden Courier-Post February 15, 1938
	631 Cherry Street Photograph Taken October 3, 2011 Click on Image to Enlarge 2012 Gone
	631, 633 & 635 Cherry Street Photograph Taken October 3, 2011 Click on Image to Enlarge 2012 Gone
	632 Cherry Street 2012 Gone
	633 Cherry Street Photograph Taken October 3, 2011 Click on Image to Enlarge 2012 Gone
William Stroud, aged 16, living at 634 Cherry Street, was badly injured yesterday while at work in Dialogue's ship yard. He was removed to Cooper Hospital.	634 Cherry Street 1890 William Stroud Philadelphia Inquirer June 7, 1890 John H. Dialogue
	634 Cherry Street 2012 Gone
	635 Cherry Street Photograph Taken October 3, 2011 Click on Image to Enlarge 2012 Gone
	636 Cherry Street 2012 Gone
	637 Cherry Street 2012 Gone
	638 Cherry Street 1920s-1930s John F. Blackson 2012 Gone
	640 Cherry Street 2012 Gone
	642 Cherry Street 2012 Gone
	650 Cherry Street 1890 Frederick Funk saloon Philadelphia Inquirer August 7, 1890 Jesse Pratt

Intersection of Cherrier Place & Cherry Street

Intersection of South 7th Street & Cherry Street

700 Block of Cherry Street

701 Cherry Street

1894-1899
Samuel S. Buzine

704 Cherry Street

1890-1891
John C. Edwards & Family
John C. & Martha Ann Edwards
James Edwards
Lydia Edwards

712 Cherry Street

1938
John P. Kintzel & Family
John & Minnie Mintzel
John G. Kintzel
William R. Kintzel
Howard H. Kintzel
Marie Kintzel

Camden Courier-Post
February 22, 1938

712 Cherry Street

1938
John P. Kintzel & Family

Camden Courier-Post
February 23, 1938

712 Cherry Street

1938
John P. Kintzel & Family

Camden Courier-Post
February 26, 1938

713 Cherry Street

1910s-1918
Corporal Arlington Baltimore

721 Cherry Street
June 17, 2006

Intersection of Cherry Street and Douglas Street

June 17, 2006
Busy 24 Hours in Camden NJ
6 Working Fires along with a Rescue

Camden Firefighters had a Busy 24 hour tour starting on June 16th and ending on June 17th with Four All Hands Fire and Two second alarms all in the South Camden section of the city.

The first job was a working fire in a row of two story dwellings in the 1200 block Morton Street. Later that day they had a working fire in the middle of a row of two story dwellings in the 700 block of Spruce Street a few hours latter in

the AM hours they were call to the 700 block of Cherry Street.

First in companies found heavy fire show in a large 3 story brick dwelling that put all companies to work with in minutes part of the structure collapsed Battalion 1 called for a second alarm. A few minutes latter while to fire was going another alarm came in for a working fire at 908 Haddon Avenue, about 6 blocks away.

As the companies were coming in they found another blaze a block away from the first job, in a row of 2 story dwellings at 903 Haddon Avenue.

Fire Radio put in a Special call to Camden County Fire Units to respond into the City, Fire Companies from Gloucester City, Oaklyn, Westmont, Collingswood, Pennsauken Township were put to work fight these blazes. By 4:30 AM all the fires were placed under control.

A few hours later Firefighters were dispatched to 620 Sycamore Street for an Explosion and Fire with reports of people trapped. Engine 8 was first in with Captain Dan Baker. He reported he had the end of a row brick 2 story dwelling that had exploded and had numerous people injured and one victim still trapped on the collapsed second floor and he requested the Second Alarm to be transmitted.

Rescue 1 was arriving with Captain Frank Sandrock and Battalion 1 Chief Daryl Lewison along with Squad 7 and Engine 1 and Ladder Companies 2 and 1 and Battalion Chief 2 Mike Dipascale on the second alarm with Engine Companies 6 and 9, Ladder 3 and Special Operations Rescue unit and Car 3 with Deputy Chief Mike Harper and Chief of Department Joseph Marini in Car 1.

Firefighters could hear a female calling for help from the collapsed second floor.

Firefighters went to work shoring up the collapsed building. Captain Sandrock of Rescue 1 was OPS Officer. About 30 minutes later firefighters were able to get to the badly injured woman. She had burns over 70 percent of her body. Rescue 1 firefighter Eli Hall was sent up the ladder to bring her down. Camden EMS removed her to Cooper Hospital Trauma.

Two other males were blown out of the second floor of the building onto the street and were taken to the hospital by Camden EMS. Two of the victims were admitted in critical condition. Car 3 Harper place the assignment control.

The explosion is under investigation by the Camden Fire Marshal Office and Camden Police Arson Unit along with the ATF.

Cherry Hill Twp Canteen Unit RIT team and Rehab Unit, and County Fire Police and Camden County Field Com units were Special called. This was a Busy 24 hours with 4 All Hands and 2 second alarm fire and a life saving rescue.

Intersection of Cherry Street and Douglas Street
	722 Cherry Street 1890s-1900s Thomas & Julia Higgins Gertrude L. Higgins Helen Higgins 1900s-1910s Norman O. Payne Sr.
YOUNG WIFE FOUND BEATEN ON STREET Charges She Was Robbed -Estranged Husband Identifies Her Blackjacked and contending she was robbed, a pretty 20-year-old South Camden married woman is in Cooper Hospital with a fractured skull. Her condition is reported as serious. The woman was identified yester day as Mrs. Margaret Templeton by her husband, William Templeton, of 722 Cherry Street. He said he has been estranged from her for some time. Police are searching for the driver of a taxi and a man known to them as "Harry," whom the injured woman told police took her from a cafe in Gloucester. Police learned Mrs. Templeton and a man were deposited at Second and Penn Streets from a taxicab at 1:40 a. m. The woman was found on the same corner at 6:30 a. m. She first told police her name was Martha Shay and later changed it to Margaret Shane. She gave an address at 401 Kaighn Avenue, but was not known there. Then she said she lived at the Cherry Street address of her husband. He denied this, although he identified her. Police say the woman was struck over the head with a blackjack or blunt instrument. She will be questioned further when her condition improves. It was learned last night that Mrs. Templeton has been living a 1148 Kaighn Avenue.	722 Cherry Street 1933 William Templeton Camden Courier-Post June 12, 1933
	722 Cherry Street April 7, 2013 FIRE
	729 Cherry Street 1891 Lewis Munson Philadelphia Inquirer July 15, 1891
	738 Cherry Street 1897-1898 John C. Edwards & Family John C. & Martha Ann Edwards James Edwards Lydia Edwards
	740 Cherry Street 1920 John P. Kintzel & Family John & Minnie Mintzel John G. Kintzel William R. Kintzel Howard H. Kintzel Marie Kintzel
	742 Cherry Street 1898 Charles Cornog & Family Charles & Mary Cornog Anna May Cornog Albert L. Cornog Marguerite Cornog Ruth Cornog Andrew Cornog Charles Cornog Jr.
	744 Cherry Street Camden Courier-Post April 6, 1940 Anna Fitch
	751 Cherry Street 1938 Howard Cannon Camden Courier-Post February 26, 1938
	756 Cherry Street 1884 Andrew Miller & Family 1884-1885 Charles H. Robinson Sr. & Family
	760 Cherry Street 1914 David R. Ellis
	764 Cherry Street 1900s George B. Heckenhorn
	764 Cherry Street 1900s-1910s Henry Heckenhorn
	772 Cherry Street 1900s-1952 George B. Heckenhorn

800 Block of Cherry Street
	814 Cherry Street 1914 Edgar Blaine Trites Camden Post-Telegram December 11, 1914
	822 Cherry Street 1927 Charles W. Cooke

900 Block of Cherry Street

MAN GETS 30 DAYS IN ROW OVER 9 CENTS

An argument over a 9-cent gambling debt yesterday sent Charles Minor, colored, 32, of 911 Cherry Street, to county jail for 30 days in default of a $25 tine for assault and battery on William Jackson, 913 Cherry Street.

Sentence was imposed by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast after Jackson testified that Minor struck him on the chin with some blunt instrument and knocked him down. Jackson said he and Minor had played cards Wednesday and Minor had accused him of cheating him out of 9 cents. 'The argument continued, Jackson added, when Minor struck him. Minor denied the charge.

911 Cherry Street

1933 Charles Minor

Camden Courier-Post
June 17, 1933

913 Cherry Street

1933 William Jackson

Camden Courier-Post
June 17, 1933

George Strain, aged 28 years, of 938 Cherry Street, who was killed by a train Friday, was buried yesterday.

938 Cherry Street

1905 George Strain

Philadelphia Inquirer
July 12, 1905

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