Camden Streets - Baxter Street

Streets
of
Camden, NJ

Baxter
Street

BAXTER STREET was officially known as Newton Street as late as 1878, and locally known as "Hog Alley" as late as 1894. As part of an ordinance that took effect early in 1882, Newton Street became Baxter Street. It appears to have been named after John Baxter, who at one time had a hides and tallow business on the southwest corner of South 6th Street and Kaighn Avenue.

Baxter Street originally ran east from 1125 South 7th Street to Mount Ephraim Avenue, between Kaighn Avenue and Sycamore Street. As late as 1924 there were homes in the 700, 900, and 1000 blocks of Baxter street, however by 1947 only two homes were still standing, in the 900 block.

The 700 block of Baxter Street still exists as of 2017, as the overgrown alley running from South 7th Street to Maurice Street bordering the Harmony House Apartments. The 900 block has been completely razed and paved over. Satellite images show faint signs of the 1000 block of Baxter Street for a half-block east of South 10th Street. Baxter Street west of Mt. Ephraim Avenue toward South 10th still exists as an unnamed alley. There are no active Baxter Street addresses active as of this writing.

Baxter Street was for decades notorious as a haven of illegal behavior... disorderly houses, gambling, drugs, speakeasies and the sight of more than a few shootings and stabbings. Many of these were reported without house numbers. News article found without house numbers are included on this page by date, below.

The immediate neighborhood of South 7th and Baxter remains a "hot spot" in the 2020s,,,,,,,,,.S

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

Phil Cohen
Thursday, February 20, 2020

700 Block of Baxter Street
	700 Baxter Street 1949 Frank Banks Camden Courier-Post November 12, 1948
	701 Baxter Street 1890-1891 Samuel Walker
	701 Baxter Street 1917-1918 Private Noah J. Palmer
	701 Baxter Street 1924 Mrs. William B. Moore 1940 Albert Brown
	702 Baxter Street 1895 Mary Walker 924Camden Daily Telegram June 8, 1895 Elizabeth Nevis Click on Image to Read the Complete News Article
	703 Baxter Street 1890-1891 Mrs. Harriett Primrose widow of William Primrose
	703 Baxter Street 1923 1927 Mamie Booker Camden Courier-Post February 7, 1927 Walter "Kentucky Rosebud" Edgerton Ivins Street - Joint Alley - Baxter Street Unity Hall - Addie Johnson - Ruth Smith Division Street - Pine Street - South 2nd Street Miriam Robinson - John Walker - Mary Walker June Loftus - Ruth Smith
	703 Baxter Street 1924-1940 Joseph Silva
\	704 Baxter Street 1882 Charles Brown & Family Charles & Della Brown Camden Daily Courier March 9, 1882 Charles Bruce
	705 Baxter Street Camden Post August 29, 1900 George Horneff Engine Company 3 John Helmbold Julia Lamott James Lewis Harman Shafer Mamie Boyle Amanda Cross Frank DuBois
	705 Baxter Street 1896 Alfred Robinson Camden Daily Courier December 18, 1896 Samuel Albert - Kaighn Avenue Charles Monroe - Liberty Street Edward S. Hyde William Ross
	705 Baxter Street 1924 Benjamin Gould 1940 Mabel Gaines
	707 Baxter Street 1887-1888 Augustus Stokes 1924 Alfred Freeman 1940 Gone
	707 Baxter Street 1917-1918 Private Charles Hersey Manders

	709 Baxter Street 1887-1888 Robert Harris 1887-1888 Walter Manning 1887-1889 Raymond Mills 1924 Gone
	710 Baxter Street 1888-1889 Frederick Rhones 1924 Gone
	713 Baxter Street 1887-1888 Augustus Stokes 1887-1889 Isaac Wheeler 1924 Gone
	717 Baxter Street 1921 Rebecca Baylor Camden Post-Telegram September 17, 1921 John Kowal - John Skolski James Smith - John Hallowell Curly McGee Clare Street Mary Gross Rosetta Blue
	719 Baxter Street 1930 Frank M. Bank
	719 Baxter Street 1887-1888 Isabella Freeman 1890-1891 Christopher Berry 1924 Emil Coston 1940 Gone
	721 Baxter Street 1890-1891 Benjamin Eldridge 1924 Charles E. Freeman 1940 Gone
	723 Baxter Street 1888-1889 Jesse Fussell 1924 Gone
	725 Baxter Street 1887-1888 Mark C. Overton stonemason 1888-1889 William Conaway 1888-1889 John W. Fisher 1924 Gone
Intersection of Baxter Street & Maurice Street
	727 Baxter Street 1887-1891 Allen Campbell 1888-1889 Alexander Campbell 1924 Gone
	728 Baxter Street 1890-1891 Mrs. Lavinia Fussell widow of Jesse Fussell
	729 Baxter Street 1887-1888 David Kelley 1887-1888 Benjamin Miller
	729 Baxter Street 1902 Vacant Camden Daily Courier December 29, 1902 George W. Jessup - Arthur Stanley Thomas Cunningham - George Donovan Albertson Matlack - Harry Mines George Nowrey William Rollins Ernest Baker Benjamin Counsellor Frank Smothers Hiawatha Monroe Click on Image to Read the Complete News Article
	729 Baxter Street 1924 Harry Merrick
	729 Baxter Street 1928 Donald Pollard Camden Courier-Post June 30, 1928 Mrs. Rose Fanelle Judge Bernard Bertman Line Street
	730 Baxter Street 1890-1891 Isaac S. Wheeler 1940 Gone
	731 Baxter Street 1887-1888 Jacob Fisher 1924 Mrs. Jane Fisher 1940 Gone
	731 Baxter Street 1911 John Gideon Camden Post-Telegram July 19, 1911 Click on Image to Read the Complete News Article
	731 Baxter Street 1924 Mrs. Jane Fisher 1940 Gone
	737 Baxter Street 1904 George Drigous & Family carpenter George & Margaret Drgous
	737 Baxter Street 1910-1911 Mrs. Carrie Jones & Family John Gideon (son) Anna B. Gideon (daughter) Frank Jones (son) Thomas Jones (boarder) Trenton NJ True American July 20, 1911 The stabbing victim was John Gideon. He was stabbed in front of 731 Baxter.
	737 Baxter Street 1924 William Johnson 1924 David Coston 1940 Gone
	740 Baxter Street 1887-1888 William Saunders 1888-1889 Jacob Fisher 1888-1889 Rachel Fisher 1924 Gone
	741 Baxter Street 1917 Herbert Lamb Philadelphia Inquirer February 9, 1917 & July 24, 1917 Harry Cross Charles W. Moore Sycamore Street O. Glen Stackhouse James Buck
	741 Baxter Street 1921 Rosetta Blue Camden Post-Telegram September 17, 1921 John Kowal - John Skolski James Smith - John Hallowell Curly McGee Clare Street Mary Gross Rebecca Baylor
	741 Baxter Street 1924 Tabor Boston 1940 Gone
Intersection of Baxter Street & Clover Street
	744 Baxter Street 1924 Charles Bird 1940 Gone
	746 Baxter Street 1924 Hannah Fisher 1940 Gone

900 Block of Baxter Street
	911 Baxter Street 1924 Mrs. Annie Kwartnek 1940 Octavius Bookman 1947 Mrs. Delia Lowe
	913 Baxter Street 1924-1940 Allen Jones Jr. 1947 Mrs. Elmira Jones
	918 Baxter Street 1895 Richard White Camden Daily Telegram April 23, 1895 Dr. William S. Jones
	922 Baxter Street 1893 Camden Post February 8, 1893 Alexander Briscoe Charles Jordan William Ripley William Butts
	934 Baxter Street 1895 Elizabeth Nevis Camden Daily Telegram June 8, 1895 Click on Image to Read the Complete News Article

1000 Block of Baxter Street
	1005 Baxter Street 1924 1947 Gone
	1009 Baxter Street 1924 James Gay 1947 Gone
	1024 Baxter Street 1924 Mrs. Hattie Pollard 1947 Gone
	1032 Baxter Street 1924 Abraham Singleton 1947 Gone

Intersection of Baxter Street & Mt. Ephraim Avenue

Camden Daily Telegram
December 4, 1894

Lavinia Tunnell
George Matthews
Benjamin Braker

Camden Daily Telegram
May 21, 1895

Lulu Roberts - Mary Jones
Benjamin Braker

Camden Post
July 24, 1895

Marwood "Sweeney" Derrickson
Charles Burton
Ida Parker
Harry Oliver
Mrs. Griffin
Mrs. Green
John L. Westcott
Baxter Street
Chestnut Street
William Harvey

Camden Post
August 4. 1896

Minnie Depew - Clara Green - Rachel Gibbs
John L. Westcott

	Camden Daily Telegram October 19, 1897 Sumner Derrickson - Charles Taylor Marwood "Sweeney" Derrickson John L. Westcott Baxter Street Ann Street aka Maurice Street Kaighn Avenue Sycamore Street Mrs. Zane - Mrs. Shaw Charles H. Fitzsimmons III Andrew Blair Frazee William Barnard Albert Myers George F. Kappell aka George Cable John Hill - Joseph Dodson Reed & Derrickson - Olive Park John Foster Edward Fortie - Ida Burton Lawrence Anderson - Aubrey Thompson Richard Golden

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Camden Daily Courier
February 10, 1900

Ernest Waples
Baxter Street
Samuel Dodd
F. Morse Archer
Mary Douglass
George Donovan
John Mason
Edwin E. Entriken
Julia Mason
E.A. Armstrong

*Camden Post-Telegram February 10, 1900**

Ernest Waples - Baxter Street - J. Fred Voight - F. Morse Archer - Mary Douglass George Donovan - Julia Mason - E.A. Armstrong

	Camden Post-Telegram July 2, 1900 Baxter Street George Donovan Lily Row O. Glen Stackhouse

Philadelphia Inquirer - December 29, 1900

Arthur Stanley - Charles W. Noyes
O. Glen Stackhouse - Pearl Welcome
Lizzie Purnell - Charles Green
Maud Moore, alias Givens
Jennie Wilson, alias Rose Mitchell
Mary Susan Jones - William Lockman
John Eckert - Kate Eckert
Robert Matthews - Norman Simmons
Maggie Dilks

Baxter Street - Sycamore Street
South 2nd Street
South 3rd Street - South 8th Street
Kaighn Avenue - Spruce Street
Division Street

Philadelphia Inquirer - December 29, 1902

Arthur Stanley - William Rollins - Benjamin Counsellor - Walter Chambers - Frank Smother - Hiawatha Moore
Baxter Street - Sycamore Street

Philadelphia Inquirer - May 25, 1903

Arthur Stanley - Edward Hyde - O. Glenn Stackhouse
Baxter Street - Edward Jackson - Mamie Douglas - Louis Smith Benjamin Jenkins - Mary Burk - Ida Phillips

Camden Morning Post - December 12, 1930

Clifford Baldwin - Samuel M. Shay - William T. Feitz - August Reihm - Floyd Alter Bell Frank. M. Bank - Van Buren Street - Baxter Street - 600 Kaighn Avenue - Railroad Avenue South 6th Street - Van Hook Street - Star Beef Company