Levi
E.
Farnham

LEVI E. FARNHAM was born in Massachusetts around 1856. By 1887 he had relocated to Camden NJ, and was employed as the assistant city surveyor, making his home at 550 Berkley Street. By 1890 he was promoted to city surveyor. Shortly thereafter he was made City Engineer, in which he served for 30 years.

By 1920 Levi Farnham, still employed by the City of Camden, had purchased a home that he and his wife Georgeanna lived in at 443 Chambers Avenue, around the corner from the Berkley Street address. Among those on his staff in the City Engineer's office was Thomas J. Daley. Mrs. Farnham was an active member of the Womans Club of Camden.

Levi E. Farnham, for over thirty years City Engineer of Camden, died October 13, 1923 at the age of 67.

On December 1, 1927 the City Commission of the City of Camden re-named Forest Hill Park, between Kaighn Avenue and Baird Boulevard and along the Cooper River, Farnham Park in appreciation of Levi Farnham's services to the city. 

Postcards of Farnham Park in the 1930s

Farnham Park - 2003