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. |
![]() |
Looking
West from over North 24th Street & Howell Street |
Intersection Harrison Avenue & North 20th Street |
|
1200 Block of North 20th
Street |
|
1241 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing 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 Camden Courier-Post |
![]() |
1239 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
![]() |
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 |
|
![]() |
1237 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing Photograph Taken March 15, 2012 |
1236 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1235 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1234 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1233 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1232 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1231 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1230 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
![]() |
1229 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing 1924 No Listing Camden Courier-Post |
1229 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1228 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1227 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1226 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1225 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1224 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1223 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
![]() |
1223 North
20th Street
1910s-1929 |
1222 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1221 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1220 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
Intersection Pierce Avenue & North 20th Street |
|
1100 Block of North 20th Street |
|
1142 North
20th Street
1924 Vacant |
|
1139 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
![]() ![]() |
1139 North
20th Street
1941 Camden Courier-Post |
1137 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
![]() |
1137 North
20th Street
Early 1930s-1973 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 |
![]() |
Early 1930s-1973 Camden Courier-Post |
1135 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1133 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1131 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1129 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1127 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1127 North
20th Street
1943 |
|
1127 North
20th Street
1947 Percy M. Kay |
|
1125 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1123 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1121 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
1119 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
![]() |
1103 North
20th Street
1955 |
1101 North
20th Street
1924-1929 Emil Schafer |
Intersection Wayne Avenue & North 20th Street |
|
1000 Block of North 20th Street |
|
1049
North 20th Street
1924 Leroy Ferguson |
|
![]() |
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 |
1048 North
20th Street
1915-1980 |
1047 North
20th Street
1919-1931 1930
|
|
1045 North
20th Street
1924 Floyd H. McCurdy |
|
1043
North 20th Street
1924-1929 John A. Selin |
|
1041 North
20th Street
1924-1929 Emil Wiegand |
|
1038 North
20th Street
1924 |
|
1031
North 20th Street
1947 No Listing |
|
1025
North 20th Street
1924-1929 Lawrence W. Kane |
|
1014 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
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 |
Intersection River Road & North 20th Street |
|
900 Block of North 20th Street |
|
939 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
937 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
935 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
![]() |
935 North
20th Street
1943-1947 |
933 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
931 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
931 North
20th Street
1956-1959 |
|
929 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing 1945-1962 |
|
927 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
925 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
923 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
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 |
923 North
20th Street
1947-1960s |
921 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
919 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
917 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
915 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
![]() |
915 North
20th Street
1955 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
913 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
911 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
909 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
907 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
905 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
903 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
|
901 North
20th Street
1924 No Listing |
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 |
|
Intersection Federal Street & 20th Street |
|
Unit Block of South 20th Street | |
12
South
20th Street
1924-1929 John Veevers |
|
![]() |
16
South
20th Street
1894 Philadelphia Inquirer Peter Murphy's Hotel |
19
South
20th Street
1924 George N.
Grant |
|
![]() |
21 South
20th Street 1924
William Sanders 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 |
|
![]() |
23
South
20th Street
1924 Eli Knopp Photograph Taken March 15, 2012 Scheduled for Demolition in March of 2012 |
![]() |
25
South
20th Street
1924 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 |
![]() |
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 Click on Image to Enlarge |
|
![]() |
Intersection of Boyd Street, South 20th Street, & Carman Street Northwest Corner 2004 |
CAMDEN COURIER-POST * DECEMBER 13, 1930 | ||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
||
...continued... | ||||
|
![]() |
![]() |
||
...continued... | ||||
![]() |
![]() |