Camden Streets - Boyer Street

Streets
of
Camden, NJ

Boyer
Street

BOYER STREET, also known as Boyer Court, ran east from Nelson Street for about half a block until it came to a dead end at the rear of 1131 South 2nd Street. An alley between 1131 and 1133 South 2nd Street provided pedestrian access.

Prior to 1891 their had been a block of 5 wood frame homes that are referred to in the 1891 Sanborn Map as "Potters Old Block", and that are noted on the map that they were "to be removed" on the land where eight brick homes were later built on what became known as Boyer Street.

By the time the 1892 Camden City Directory was compiled, homes had been built on Boyer Street. Eight were eventually built, all on the north side of the street. As can be known from examining the 1891 and 1906 maps below, the 1100 block of Knight Street had been renamed Nelson Court and also had been extended to provide street access to the newly built homes on two new streets, Stanley Street and Boyer Street, and alley access to Cox Street.

The land bounded by Kaighn Avenue, Chestnut, South 2nd, and Front Streets was consolidated after World War II for industrial development. A few homes were still standing on Boyer Street as late as 1963. Shortly afterwards, Stanley Street, Boyer Street, Nelson Street, and the 100 block of Sycamore Street (formerly Cox Street) were erased.

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

Phil Cohen

Boyer Street - 1891 Sanborn Map
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The street at the far left is Kaighn Avenue. The 100 block of Knight Street was renamed Nelson Street. The 100 block of Cox Street was renamed Sycamore Street.

Boyer Street - 1906 Sanborn Map
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The street at the far left is Kaighn Avenue. The 100 Nelson Street was also known as Nelson Court. The 100 block of Cox Street was renamed Sycamore Street.

Sanborn Map
North Side of Kaighn Avenue
at
South 2nd Street

Last Edited 1963

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Intersection of Boyer Street & Nelson Street

1000 Block of Boyer Street
	129 Boyer Street 1892 William Jones
	129 Boyer Street 1910 Harry Broadwater Camden Daily Courier August 22, 1910 Click on Image to Read the Complete News Article
	129 Boyer Street 1928 George Bowyer contractor
	129 Boyer Street 1935 Jesse Murphy Camden Courier-Post February 21, 1935 John G. Opfer Fillmore Street Stanley Street
	129 Boyer Street 1940-1942 Thomas Smith & Family Thomas & Myrtle Smith Leroy Smith Earl Smith Camden Courier-Post October 15, 1940 Gene R. Mariano Vernon Jones George Weber Felix Guidotti - Chestnut Street Manual Lalrajo - Mt. Vernon Street Frank Manfredi aka Freddie Mack South 3rd Street Bert DiMatteo John Bianchi - Emma Street William DiBattista - Newton Avenue James Abbott - Haddon Avenue Anthony Manfredi
	129 Boyer Street 1940-1942 Thomas Smith & Family Thomas & Myrtle Smith Leroy Smith Earl Smith Camden Courier-Post June 4, 1942
	129 Boyer Street 1943 Mrs. Stella E. Martino 1947 Lacy R. Johnson
	130 Boyer Street 1908 Mrs. Sorg 1909-1911 Mrs Eugenia Dunham
	130 Boyer Street 1917 Mrs. Catherine Walrod Camden Post Telegram June 26, 1917 Frank Frost
	131 Boyer Street 1903 Mrs. Lang 1909 Lizzie Doughty
	1925 Mrs. Amanda Margaret Gaskill & Family Harry Gaskill Camden Evening Courier June 24, 1925 Click on Image to Read the Complete News Article
	131 Boyer Street 1931 Stanley Adams 1931 John Adams Camden Courier-Post October 22, 1931 Click on Image to Read the Complete News Article
	131 Boyer Street 1941-1943 Frank A. Delano & Family Frank & Eva Delano Camden Courier-Post October 28, 1941 Dr. Arthur L. Stone Lewis P. Munion Click on Image to Read the Complete News Article
	131 Boyer Street 1947 Mrs. Charity Allen
	133 Boyer Street 1912-1913 Michael Walsh & Family Michael & Elizabeth Walsh Camden Daily Courier July 24, 1912 O. Glen Stackhouse Click on Image to Read the Complete News Article
	133 Boyer Street 1912-1913 Michael Walsh & Family Michael & Elizabeth Walsh Camden Post-Telegram May 31, 1913
	133 Boyer Street 1927 Louis Music & Family Josephine Music Anthony Music Mary Music Camden Courier-Post January 15, 1927 Louise F. Walsh
	133 Boyer Street 1940 Peter Bercheskey Camden Courier-Post November 4, 1940 Click on Image to Read the Complete News Article
	133 Boyer Street 1943 William McHale Camden Courier-Post March 11, 1943 Meyers Baker
	133 Boyer Street 1947 Howard Thorpe
	135 Boyer Street 1892 Roswell Latchum 1941-1947 Edward Kuchinsky Camden Courier-Post December 3, 1941
	137 Boyer Street 1943 Lester J. Finch
	139 Boyer Street 1901 Chrissy Strang
	139 Boyer Street 1917 Ellen Burk Camden Post-Telegram August 10, 1917
	139 Boyer Street 1936 Harry Sheer Camden Courier-Post October 5, 1936 Click on Image to Read the Complete News Article
	139 Boyer Street 1943 Frank H. Rollo
	139 Boyer Street 1947 Ailer Edwards Jr. & Family janitor Ailer & Katie Edwards Margaret Edwards Ruth Edwards Walter Edwards
	141 Boyer Street 1929 1943 George E. Melson 1947 William Andrews
	143 Boyer Street 1919 Cordelle Masi & Family Cordelle & Mae Di Lue Masi Derona Masi Camden Post-Telegram October 9, 1919
	143 Boyer Street 1943 Ezel Lee 1943-1947 Mrs. Susan Patterson Camden Courier-Post October 3, 1945 Joseph Drummond George Williams
	145 Boyer Street 1901 Mrs. Annie Hamilton Camden Daily Courier March 23, 1901
	145 Boyer Street 1901 Mrs. Annie Hamilton Camden Post-Telegram March 23, 1901
	145 Boyer Street 1902 George W. Albertson George & Annie M. Albertson Camden Post-Telegram June 25, 1902
	145 Boyer Street 1925 Joseph Huber & Family Camden Post-Telegram December 22, 1925 Leonard C. Mathews John T. Cleary Stanley Wirtz Charles Smith
	145 Boyer Street 1927 Edward Hall Camden Post-Telegram June 23, 1927
	145 Boyer Street 1941-1943 Mrs. Violet C. Knettle & Family Mildred Knettle
	145 Boyer Street 1941 Daniel J. Lassby & Family Daniel J. & Mildred Knettle Lassby Camden Courier-Post November 27, 1941 Click on Image to Read the Complete News Article
	145 Boyer Street 1947 Elwood G. Briscoe
	145 Boyer Street 1954 Charles F. Scott Camden Courier-Post April 17, 1954 Louis Henderson William Lewis

Intersection of Boyer Street & South 2nd Street

Camden Daily Courier
November 19, 1894

John W. Helmbold
William Thompson

Camden Post-Telegram
December 26, 1912

Camden Daily Courier
May 1, 1913

John Tomlin
O. Glen Stackhouse

CAMDEN COURIER-POST - June 24, 1933

Bandits Rip Off Trousers And Take Worker's $500 Cash
Trio Attacks Man on Way to Shipyard and Menaces Barber Who
Goes to Aid With Revolver; Hurl Torn Garment in Victim's Face

After holding him up and tearing off his trousers completely from his legs three bandits robbed Adam Wallace, 61, of 1021 South Second Street, of $500 at 7:00 a.m. yesterday.

A South Camden barber who at tempted to assist the man as the bandits were struggling with him was threatened with death by one of the thugs who pointed a revolver at his face.

Wallace told Detective Sergeant Gus Koerner he was walking along South Second Street on his way to work at the New York Shipbuilding Company when three colored men approached him at Boyer's Court, which is between Sycamore Street and Kaighn Avenue.

One of them grabbed him around the neck, he said, and he was dragged into a small alley. He at tempted to struggle with the men he told Koerner, but they overpowered him and threw him to the ground. They then tore his trousers and took $500 he had in one of the pockets.

While the thieves were struggling with the man, Herman Bird, colored, a barber, of 1131 South Second Street, who was washing the windows of his shop less than 100 feet away heard the commotion and ran to Adam’s assistance.

One of the trio stopped him before he reached the alley and placed the revolver against his mouth and told him to "go back where you came from or you will get shot."

After taking the trousers the bandits found the money and hurled the torn garment back at Wallace who was still lying on the ground.

He returned to his home less than two squares away and reported the theft to detectives. The money, he said, was cash that he has saved up in several years employment at the shipyard. He did not tell detectives how he happened to be carrying it today.

Camden Courier-Post
November 21, 1934

Marion Richards