Streets
of
Camden, NJ

Twentieth
Street


TWENTIETH STREET begins in what was originally called the Pavonia section of what is now considered Cramer Hill and ends in East Camden at Federal Street. The street had already been laid out by the time the 1887-1888 Camden City Directory was published. The street began at Harrison Avenue and runs south, across River Road to the Pavonia railroad switching yard, then from Howell Street to Federal Street, and across Federal street for one block. In 1954, with the development of the MacgUire Gardens publich housing project, another section of south 20th Street was created, which ran from Watson Street to Bank Street. Fourteen homes were given South 20th Street addresses. All were razed when McGuire Gardens was torn down and rebuilt in the 1990s.

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

 Phil Cohen


 Cramer Hill & East Camden -1915

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Looking West
from over
North 24th Street
&
Howell Street

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Intersection Harrison Avenue & North 20th Street

   
   

1200 Block of North 20th Street
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1241 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Aleck D. Good
1947 Owen O. McLaughlin

Photos from 2010

1241 North 20th Street

Photograph Taken March 15, 2012

 

1239 & 1241 North 20th Street

Photograph Taken March 15, 2012

 

1240 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1927 Harry Lightman
1929 Edward B. Jones
1947 Charles B. Flickworth
sign painter

Camden Courier-Post
February 11, 1927

 John T. Cleary
Charles T. Humes

1239 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Louis Yonkers
1947 Paul s. Horos
1950s-1970s Ervin F. "Bud" Ray

1239 North 20th Street

Photograph Taken March 15, 2012

 

1237 & 1239 North 20th Street

Photograph Taken March 15, 2012

 

  1238 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 No Listing
1947 Joseph P. Sheller

1237 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 William Sauerwald
1929-1947 Edwin L. Miller

Photograph Taken March 15, 2012

  1236 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Clarence K. Lauer
1947 Mrs. June A. Care

  1235 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 George Hollopeter
1947 William R. Bishop

  1234 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929-1947 George Watson

  1233 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Herbert Helder
1947 Rocco Dolce

  1232 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 David H. Baker
1947 Robert M. Lester

  1231 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Vacant
1947 John Sweet

  1230 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Joseph Adams
1947 Ray D. Lane

1229 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1927 Harry Mans
1929 No Listing
1947 Kenneth Myers

1924 No Listing
1927 Harry Lightman
1929 Edward B. Jones
1947 Charles B. Flickworth
sign painter

Camden Courier-Post
February 11, 1927

 John T. Cleary
Charles T. Humes

  1229 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 No Listing
1947 Kenneth Myers

  1228 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Mrs. Minnie Hansen
1947 Stephen L. Duall

  1227 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Edward A. DeBise
1947 Howard B. Murphy

  1226 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Ernest I. McLaughlin
1947 Ralph K. Shelton

  1225 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Corson H. Stevens
1947 Michale Madish

  1224 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Herman J. Vollmer
1947 Willim Watkins

  1223 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Vacant

1223 North 20th Street

1910s-1929
Manuel Kane & Family
Manuel & Florence Kane
Elva Kane - Earl Kane

  1222 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Charles W. Shipe
1947 Robert H. Hamilton

  1221 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 John H. McDermott
1947 William F. Brennan

  1220 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 John H. Witlock
1947 Joseph C. Bussarello


Intersection Pierce Avenue & North 20th Street

   
   

1100 Block of North 20th Street

  1142 North 20th Street

1924 Vacant
1929 Edward B. Jones
1947

  1139 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Charles Kobel
1947


1139 North 20th Street

1941
Mrs. Stella Wright

Camden Courier-Post
July 31, 1941

Earl Wright

  1137 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Stephen R. Coffey
1947

1137 North 20th Street

Early 1930s-1973
William Langdon & Family
William "Bill" & Flora Langdon
Jeanne Langdon - Arnold Langdon
Milton Langdon - Grace Langdon
Margaret Langdon - Kermit Langdon

My grandparents Flora and Bill Langdon (and their children, including my mother Jeanne Langdon) lived at 1137 North 20th Street in the early 1930s (1932?) on.  At some point, their son Arnold Langdon, bought the house and he continued to live there until his death February 14, 1973. I remember visiting as a child in the 1960s.

Chip Barkel
August 2, 2
010

1137 North 20th Street

Early 1930s-1973
William Langdon & Family
William "Bill" & Flora Langdon
Jeanne Langdon
Arnold Langdon
Milton Langdon
Grace Langdon
Margaret Langdon
Kermit Langdon

Camden Courier-Post
April 2, 1952

Epiphany Lutheran Church

  1135 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Harry R. Clark
1947

  1133 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Robert C. Altman
1947

  1131 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 No listing
1947 Dominick Croge

  1129 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 No listing
1947 Lambert Kofoet

  1127 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 No listing

  1127 North 20th Street

1943
Joseph P. McEvoy & Family
Joseph & Laura V. McEvoy
James P. McEvoy

  1127 North 20th Street

1947 Percy M. Kay

  1125 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 No listing
1947 John T. Henderson Jr.

  1123 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Daniel J. O'Brien
1947 Mrs. Catherine S. O'Brien

  1121 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Frank L. Lees
electrical contractor
1947 Harold V. James

  1119 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Charles. P Leutz
1947 August Fischer

1103 North 20th Street

1955
Edwards Washer & Dryer Service

  1101 North 20th Street

1924-1929 Emil Schafer
1947 Albert Oster


Intersection Wayne Avenue & North 20th Street

   
   

1000 Block of North 20th Street

  1049 North 20th Street

1924 Leroy Ferguson
1929 vacant
1947 Harold E. Domako
plumber

1049 & 1047
North 20th Street

April 1990

1049 & 1047
North 20th Street

April 1990

1049 & 1047
North 20th Street

April 1990

1049 & 1047
North 20th Street

April 1990

My ancestor Gus Lemmerman built his home 1048 N. 20th St himself in 1915 and lived there until he died in 1980. He was a very stubborn man and refused to move out of the home, even when the area was getting semi-dangerous. I know that Gus’s mother Emma moved in with him to help out when Gus’s wife Augusta was having mental problems and wasn’t able to act like a proper mother. My grandpop was Gus’s youngest son Lester, and he had talked about it his “Nanny” as he called her (Which was his grandmother Emma) and how she took care of him and his older brothers. After Lester and his wife divorced, Les and his son Rick moved in with Gus for a while and that was around 1969 and he lived here for close to ten years.

Christian Emick
April 5, 2020

1048 North 20th Street

1915-1980
Gustav Lemmerman & Family

  1047 North 20th Street

1919-1931
David J. Rolle & Family
David J. & Grace Rolle
Ralph Rolle
Edna Rolle

1930
Louis Ellis Sr. & Family
Louis & Edna Rolle Ellis
Louis Ellis Jr.
Grace Ellis


1947 Roy C. Himes

  1045 North 20th Street

1924 Floyd H. McCurdy
1929 Charles C. Pierson
1947 

  1043 North 20th Street

1924-1929 John A. Selin
1947

  1041 North 20th Street

1924-1929 Emil Wiegand
1947

  1038 North 20th Street

1924
George W. Hicks & Verna M. Hicks
Dry Goods 
1929-1947 George W. Hicks

  1031 North 20th Street

1947 No Listing

  1025 North 20th Street

1924-1929 Lawrence W. Kane
1947 Mrs. Henrietta Kane

  1014 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 David W. Rolle
confectionary
1947

ELEVENTH WARD FROLIC TO AID BOY ATHLETES

Street dancing and exhibitions of boxing and wrestling will be features of a pinochle party to be held by the Eleventh Ward Athletic Club on the grounds adjoining the club house at 1014 North Twentieth street, a week from tomorrow night. Proceeds will be used toward providing better athletic quarters for boys of the ward, and possibly towards playground facilities for the smaller children. Four champions will be among those taking part in the exhibitions. Prizes will be awarded winning card players, and an orchestra will play for the dancing, Dr. Ethan A. Lang, president of the club, announced. 

1014 North 20th Street

ELEVENTH WARD ATHLETIC CLUB

Camden Courier-Post

June 9, 1933

 

  1010 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 No Listing
1947James R. Dessalet


Intersection River Road & North 20th Street

   
   

900 Block of North 20th Street

  939 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Edna Fillion
1947

  937 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Vacant
Late 1930s-1942 William E. Jaeckel
1947

  935 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 William Reilly
1947

935 North 20th Street

1943-1947
Henry J. "Beanie" Keating & Family
Daniel Keating
Susan Keating
Jack Kating
Henry J. Keating Jr.
Patrick Keating

  933 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Robert E. Jscques
1947

  931 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 August R. Welck
1947 Andrew T. Hernandez

  931 North 20th Street

1956-1959
Joseph P. McEvoy & Family
Joseph & Laura V. McEvoy
James P. McEvoy

  929 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 William Baxter

1945-1962
Frank McNichol & Family
Frank & Mary McNichol

  927 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 John F. Brumbach
1947

  925 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Vacant
1947

  923 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Edward A. Auwaerley

My DAD, William F. Campbell lived in Cramer Hill most of his life. He was a man of few words but a man who helped his community and friends when there was need. He was former President of the Cramer Hill Boys Club, an organization that gave a lot to the community for many years. He never looked for recognition, just believe in his quiet way that giving was part of life. He played for the Cramer Hill Wildcats years and year ago, boxed until he realized that maybe there was a better way to enjoy life. He loved Long Beach Island, and fished for enjoyment (I do not remember the two fishing clubs of which he was a member). He worked for Max Reihmann & Son roofing. When the family needed help he worked as a bartender at the Pavonia House Café at  River Road and 26th Street. His integrity was unquestioned. His loyalty to his friends, his church, St. Anthony and the Boys Club were well known. Many ex-leaders of the Boys Club remember Bill although not many are alive today. Bill Bridges wrote a piece in the Camden Courier at the time of his death that said it all. I always wished that I was the father he was, the man that he was.

My memory fails me, I have not lived in Cramer Hill for almost 50 years, but I always remember 923 North 20th Street, as my HOME. Washington Elementary, VETS, WWHS, Mike's Sub Shop, the #15 bus, my local friends, Frankie Z, Ben, Teddy, Gus, Bobby N. and I could go on.

Cramer Hill was a good place to live. We unfortunately were isolated from the total integration of the rest of the city, we only had one black family in the community and they were the best educated family in the “Hill”. I Could say much more, but it is only important to me to remember my DAD and MOM, sisters and brother and friend. 

Bill Campbell
Lagos Nigeria
November 11, 2012

923 North 20th Street

1947-1960s
William F. Campbell III & Family
William F. & Elizabeth Campbell
William Campbell

  921 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Gerald Clements
1947

  919 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 George Collins
1947 Raymond N. Ruhan
electrician

  917 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Bartine A. Shaw
1947 George W. Agin

  915 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Arthur D. West
1947

915 North 20th Street

1955
Ray F. DiAngelo

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Ad

  913 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Mary Blakely
1947

  911 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 August Kruger
1947

  909 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Charles R. Byrnes

  907 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Clara Kavano
1947

  905 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1919 Charles T. Keller
1947

  903 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Elmer N. Undercoffler
1947

  901 North 20th Street

1924 No Listing
1929 Gustav Beringer
1947 John T. Jennings


Intersection Hayes Avenue & North 20th Street

   
   

Intersection Arthur Avenue & North 20th Street

   
   

Pavonia Railroad Yards

   

Intersection Howell Street & North 20th Street

   
   

100 Block of North 20th Street

  128 North 20th Street
  126 North 20th Street
  125 North 20th Street
  124 North 20th Street
  123 North 20th Street
  122 North 20th Street
  121 North 20th Street
  120 North 20th Street

1924

  119 North 20th Street

1924

  117 North 20th Street
  115 North 20th Street
  113 North 20th Street
  112 North 20th Street
  111 North 20th Street

1924

  110 North 20th Street

1924

  107 North 20th Street
  105 North 20th Street
  103 North 20th Street
  101 North 20th Street

1924 


Intersection High Street & 20th Street

   
   

Intersection Scott Alley & 20th Street

   
   

Unit Block of North 20th Street
West Side
of
North 20th Street

1906 William Molt's Brewery

West Side
of
North 20th Street

1914-1929
De Zeng-Standard Company
optical Instruments

H.L. De Zeng, president
Charles H. Kerr. Vice-President & Secretary
Samuel W. Cafferty, assistant treasurer

The Optical Journal & Review
May 18, 1922 

 


Intersection Federal Street & 20th Street

   
   


Unit Block of South 20th Street
  12 South 20th Street

1924-1929 John Veevers
1947 Mrs. Jane Veevers
1947 James G. McGeehan

16 South 20th Street

1894
Samuel Collins

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 11, 1894

Peter Murphy's Hotel
Federal Street - 17th Street

  19 South 20th Street

1924 George N. Grant
baskets
1929-1947 Mrs. Emma Grant
2006 Gone

21 South 20th Street

1924 William Sanders
1924 vacant
1947 Leonard J. Schallus
2007 Vacant

Photograph Taken March 15, 2012

Scheduled for Demolition in March of 2012

21, 23 & 25 South 20th Street

Photograph Taken March 15, 2012

Scheduled for Demolition in March of 2012

21 South 20th Street

Photograph Taken March 15, 2012

Scheduled for Demolition in March of 2012

  22 South 20th Street

1924-1929 Mrs. Elizabeth Cotton
1947 Herbert Veevers
2007 Gone

23 South 20th Street

1924 Eli Knopp
1929 Fred Beck
1947 vacant
1980 M. Causey
2006-2008 - occupied
2009 Vacant

Photograph Taken March 15, 2012

Scheduled for Demolition in March of 2012

25 South 20th Street

1924
Frank L. Turner  & Laura I. Turner
grocery
1929 Mrs. Laura I. Turner
grocery
1947 Vacant
1980 No Listing
2006 Vacant

Photograph Taken March 15, 2012

Scheduled for Demolition in March of 2012

25 South 20th Street

Photograph Taken March 15, 2012

Scheduled for Demolition in March of 2012

21, 23 & 25 South 20th Street

Photograph Taken March 15, 2012

Scheduled for Demolition in March of 2012

25 South 20th Street

Photograph Taken July 2011

Scheduled for Demolition in March of 2012

25 South 20th Street

Photo by Gabriel Angemi
after March 2012

25 South 20th Street

Photograph Taken March 15, 2012

Scheduled for Demolition in March of 2012


Intersection of Carman Street, Boyd Street, & South 20th Street
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Intersection
of
Boyd Street,
South 20th Street,
& Carman Street
Northwest Corner

2004

   

Unit Block of South 20th Street
  200 South 20th Street

1954 D.Stocker

  202 South 20th Street

1954 J. Padilla

  204 South 20th Street

1954
1980 O. Leon

  206 South 20th Street

1954
1980 Luisa Diaz

  208 South 20th Street

1954
1980 G. Davis

  210 South 20th Street

1954
1980 J. L. Bill

  238 South 20th Street

1954
1980 P.H. Schenck

  240 South 20th Street

1954
1980 M. H. Benson

  242 South 20th Street

1954
1980 No Listing

  244 South 20th Street

1954
1980 Pola Olivo

  246 South 20th Street

1954
1980 J. Valentine

  248 South 20th Street

1954
1980 T. Hinch

  250 South 20th Street

1954

1969
Mrs. Gladys Jones

Camden Courier-Post
May 17, 1969

 

  250 South 20th Street

1954
1980 A. Rodriguez


CAMDEN COURIER-POST * DECEMBER 13, 1930
...continued...


Edward Hahn
Oscar Botts
Wilbur Prentiss
Wlliam Boettcher
Garfield Pancoast

Ernest McLaughlin
William Murphy
North 20th Street

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