Camden Streets - Bridge Avenue

Bridge Avenue is all but a memory today, but at one time it was one of Camden's most notable thoroughfares. It lay between Federal and Mickle Streets. There were buildings on both side of Bridge Avenue as far east as South 5th Street in the 1890. By 1924 Bridge Avenue ran on the north side of the railroad tracks that started at the Market Street Ferry, with Mickle Street running parallel on the south side of the tracks.

By 1924 Bridge Avenue below South 5th Street was gone. The street then began at Hudson Street and ended at Broadway, then began again at South 8th Street east for one block. By 1947 only the block east of South 8th Street was left, and it has been gone for many years. Today what was Bridge Avenue is part of the property at the rear of the Police Administration building.

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

Phil Cohen
Sunday, November 24, 2019

200 Block of Bridge Avenue
	209 Bridge Avenue 1878 W. Elwood Campbell
	209 Bridge Avenue 1878 Sarah A. Campbell 1878 John Cherry 1878 Frank G. Sapp 1878 Walter Patton 1878 Henry E. Warner
	209 Bridge Avenue 1888-1893 James W. Hope Family James & Susan Hope James W. Hope Jr. Henry "Harry" Hope - Emma Hope Eddie Hope - William Hope Harriet Hope - Carrie Hope
	211 Bridge Avenue 1869 James Cassidy
	212 Bridge Avenue 1887-1888 William Gleason & Family William & Ellen Ivins Gleason William J. "Kid" Gleason Harry Gleason - Walter Gleason Elizabeth Gleason - Theodore Gleason Samuel Gleason - John Gleason Marion Gleason - Isaac Gleason
	212 Bridge Avenue 1887-1888 William "Kid" Gleason 1924 Gone
	212 Bridge Avenue 1891 Anson H. Kelly & Family Anson H. & Katherine Mathews Kelley Anson Kelley
	213 Bridge Avenue 1884-1887 William McKinley
	214 Bridge Avenue 1887-1890 Anson H. Kelly & Family Anson H. & Katherine Mathews Kelley Anson Kelley
	216 Bridge Avenue 1878-1881 John H. Fine
	217 Bridge Avenue 1888 Richard Shannon Jr. sailmaker
	219 Bridge Avenue 1880 John Elberson & Family John & Rachel Elberson William P. Elberson Edith Elberson Mamie Elberson
	222 Bridge Avenue 1881-1882 Charles S. Elfreth
	223 Bridge Avenue 1883-1888 Thomas W. McCowan
	231 Bridge Avenue 1878 Anson H. Kelly & Family Anson H. & Katherine Mathews Kelley Anson Kelley

300 Block of Bridge Avenue
	316 Bridge Avenue 1887 1906 1924 Gone
	318 Bridge Avenue 1887 1898 Camden Day Nursery Philadelphia Inquirer November 23, 1898
	318 Bridge Avenue 1906 Gone
	319 Bridge Avenue 1887 1902
	320 Bridge Avenue 1887 1924 Gone
	320 Bridge Avenue 1895 William H.H. Coombs & Family William H.H. & Mary Jane Hevern Coombs Philadelphia Inquirer May 24, 1895 1924 Gone
	323 Bridge Avenue 1887 1901 Gone
	324 Bridge Avenue 1887 1906 1924 Gone
	326 Bridge Avenue 1880 Samuel Osler 1880 John Stockton 1887 1906 1924 Gone
	328 Bridge Avenue 1887 1906 1924 Gone
	330 Bridge Avenue 1887 1906 1924 Gone
	332 Bridge Avenue 1907 Jacob P. Laubach Philadelphia Inquirer January 22, 1897
	334 Bridge Avenue 1894 Emma Devinney 1906 1924 Gone
	330 Bridge Avenue 1887 1906 1924 Gone

400 Block of Bridge Avenue
	401 Bridge Avenue 1887 1890 Samuel L. Durand owned bar around corner at 4th & Taylor 1902 Gone
	402 Bridge Avenue 1887 1906 1924 Gone
	403 Bridge Avenue 1880 Jacob Browning & Family Jacob & Rebecca Browning Walter W. Browning 1887 1895-1897 Emma Devinney 1902 Gone
	404 Bridge Avenue 1887 1906 1924 Gone
	405 Bridge Avenue 1887 Andrew B.F. Jakway grocery 1902 Gone
	406 Bridge Avenue 1887 1906 1924 Gone
	407 Bridge Avenue 1887 1902 Gone
	408 Bridge Avenue 1888-1893 William J. Maguire
	408 Bridge Avenue 1887 1906 1924 Gone
	409 Bridge Avenue 1887 1902 Gone
	410-426 Bridge Avenue 1877-1906 Sixth Regiment Armory Destroyed by Fire March 17, 1906
	411 Bridge Avenue 1880 Benjamiln L. Kellum 1887 1902 Gone
	413 Bridge Avenue 1887 1902 Gone
	415 Bridge Avenue 1887 1902 Gone
	417 Bridge Avenue 1887 1902 Gone
	419 Bridge Avenue 1887 1902 Gone
	421 Bridge Avenue 1887 1902 Gone
	423 Bridge Avenue 1887 1902 Gone
	425 Bridge Avenue 1887 1902 Gone
	427 Bridge Avenue 1887 1902 Gone
	428 Bridge Avenue 1887 1906 1924 Gone
	429 Bridge Avenue 1887 1902 Gone
	430 Bridge Avenue 1887 1906 1924 Gone
	432 Bridge Avenue 1887-1890 Gardner F. Corson 1906 1924 Gone
	434 Bridge Avenue 1887 1906 1924 Gone
	436 Bridge Avenue 1887 1896 John H. Lutts 1906 1924 Gone
	440 Bridge Avenue 1887 1906 1924 Gone
	442 Bridge Avenue 1894 Morris Odell & Family Morris & Althea F. Odell Lawrence Odell Mabel Odell Floyd Odell Philadelphia Inquirer February 20, 1894
	442 Bridge Avenue 1895 Mrs. Sarah E. Morrison & Family widow of J.J. Morrison Philadelphia Inquirer April 29, 1895
	442 Bridge Avenue 1908 1924 Gone
	444 Bridge Avenue 1887 1906 1924 Gone
	446 Bridge Avenue 1887 1906 1924 Gone
	448 Bridge Avenue 1887 1906 1924 Gone

500 Block of Bridge Avenue
	East Corner of South 5th Street & Bridge Avenue 1887-1888 Avenue Hotel August C. Miller, proprietor 1924 Gone
	North side of Bridge Avenue 1924 Irwin D. Levengood luncheonette 1947 Gone
	508 Bridge Avenue 1892 Joseph C. Prickett Philadelphia Inquirer September 11, 1892
	513 Bridge Avenue 1880-1885 John J. Logan
	516 Bridge Avenue 1902 Mrs. Maria C. Hess widow of Louis Hess Philadelphia Inquirer May 16, 1902
	519 Bridge Avenue 1879 Isaiah Collins
	519 Bridge Avenue 1879 Isaiah Collins 1888 Andrew B.F. Jakway grocery 1924 Gone
	523 Bridge Avenue 1897 John H. Lutts
	524 Bridge Avenue 1869-1873 Elwood Cline 1924 Gone
	529 Bridge Avenue 1887-1888 Thomas J. Hambrose saloon 1890 William L. Hurley The "other" William L. Hurley, plumbing and gas fittings 1924 Gone

500 Block of Bridge Avenue
	557 Bridge Avenue 1860s-1890s Isaac M. Shreeve fireman, policeman 1924 Gone
	563 Bridge Avenue 1891-1900 Hugh Boyle & Family Driver for bottler; appointed to Camden Police Department 8/1/1898 Hugh & Mary Boyle Walter Boyle Catherine Boyle
	569 Bridge Avenue 1899-1900 Charles C. Croasdale Sr. & Family Charles C. Emma Croasdale Charles C. Croasale Jr. 1Philadelphia Inquirer January 6, 1899
	569 Bridge Avenue 1899-1900 Charles C. Croasdale Jr. 1924 Gone
	579 Bridge Avenue 1887 Charles C. Croasdale Sr. 1924 Gone
	589 Bridge Avenue 1887-1888 Hugh Boyle & Family foreman, Knickerbocker Ice Company; later Camden Police Department Hugh & Mary Boyle Walter Boyle Catherine Boyle - Ella Boyle
	591 Bridge Avenue 1889 Mrs. Dickinson Philadelphia Inquirer December 21, 1891
	591 Bridge Avenue 1895 Frank Shaw Philadelphia Inquirer September 4, 1895
	593 Bridge Avenue 1894-1895 Walter W. Browning 1924 Gone
	595 Bridge Avenue aka 39 South 6th Street 1890 New Junction Hotel Mrs. William Zimmerman, Proprietress
	595 Bridge Avenue aka 39 South 6th Street 1900s-1910s Hotel Dubosq
	595 Bridge Avenue aka 39 South 6th Street 1924 Hotel Aldine 1947 American Red Cross Production Department

800 Block of Bridge Avenue
	815 Bridge Avenue 1924 Isaac Cotton 1947 Gone
	817 Bridge Avenue 1896 Amanda Boulton & Sons Charles Boulton Gilbert Boulton Edgar Boulton Left: Edgar Boulton 1924 James Grinnage 1947 Mrs. Anna Hunt
	819 Bridge Avenue 1924 Harry H. Burton 1947 George L. Pratt
	821 Bridge Avenue 1924 Oscar Conway 1947 Robert Davis
	823 Bridge Avenue 1924 Gustave Tompkins 1947 Jessie Trotman
	825 Bridge Avenue 1924 Lawrence Mosely 1947 Margaret E. Moore
	827 Bridge Avenue 1890 Thomas J. Hambrose stone cutter 1924 Thomas Warren 1947 Clarence E. Pratt
	829 Bridge Avenue 1924 Thomas Brown 1933 Vacant RAZED JUNE 1933 Camden Courier-Post June 19, 1933 Click on Image to Enlarge
*Wreckage Where Man Was Hurt* Vacant houses at 829 and 831 Bridge Avenue are shown above after the front walls collapsed yesterday afternoon. Jerry White, 22, of 759 Carman Street, who was sitting on the steps of 829 Bridge Avenue, was injured by falling bricks. The buildings are believed to have been weakened by the removal of supports by vandals.	831 Bridge Avenue 1924 Merl Phillips 1933 Vacant RAZED JUNE 1933 Camden Courier-Post June 19, 1933
	833 Bridge Avenue 1879-1880 William H. Hawkins & Family William & Adelaide Hawkins J. Miller Hawkins
	833 Bridge Avenue 1924 Mrs. Lillian Royston 1947 Gone
	835 Bridge Avenue 1906 Philip Dorsey 1924 Arthur Hayes 1947 Gone Philadelphia Inquirer July 27, 1905 Kaighn Avenue West Jersey & Seashore Railroad Camden Lime Company
2 ICE DEALERS· HELD AS LICENSE VIOLATORS Camden's drive against unlicensed ice dealers last night netted two alleged violators of the city ordinance. On complaint of Dr. David D. Helm, city health inspector, Alphonso D'Alonzo, 45, of 804 South Fourth street, and Isaac Anderson, 29, colored, of 837 Bridge avenue, were arrested by Policemen Howard Harden and George Clayton. They will be arraigned in police court today.	837 Bridge Avenue 1924-1933 Isaac Anderson 1947 Mrs. Betty M. Anderson Left: Camden Courier-Post August 15, 1933
	839 Bridge Avenue 1887-1888 William J. Maguire
	839 Bridge Avenue 1924 Daniel Cottman
2 BROTHERS ARRESTED ON SUIT THEFT CHARGE Two brothers were arrested yesterday on charges of larceny of a suit of Charles Parker, colored, of 225 Stevens Street. The men held are Alfred Scott, 18, of 839 Bridge Avenue, and his brother, Norman, 20, of the Stevens Street address. Both are colored. The former admitted they had sold the suit. They were arrested after an investigation by Detectives Walter Smith and John Trout.	839 Bridge Avenue 1933 Alfred Scott 1933 Norman Scott Left: Camden Courier-Post February 10, 1933
	839 Bridge Avenue 1947 Jesse A. Pearson
	841 Bridge Avenue 1924 Mrs. Lydia Jackson 947 Lawrence A. Hall
	843 Bridge Avenue 1924 Andrew Jackson 1947 Charles Hammond
	845 Bridge Avenue 1891-1894 Samuel Curriden
	845 Bridge Avenue 1924 Charles Robinson 1947 Gone

Camden Courier-Post - June 19, 1933

2 Houses Collapse, Bricks 'Bury' Man
Vandals Are Blamed for Destruction of Vacant Home
VICTIM IS HURLED DOWN INTO CELLAR

Buried under a ton of bricks when the fronts of two vacant houses collapsed, Jerry White, 22, of 759 Carman Street was admitted to Cooper Hospital for observation yesterday afternoon.

The houses, unoccupied for a number of years, were at 829 and 831 Bridge Avenue. They are believed to have been weakened by vandals who had stripped the interiors of
wooden supports and fixtures. Recent damage by vandals throughout the city has been estimated at $500,000.

White was sitting on the front steps of 829 Bridge Avenue when the front walls of the three-story brick buildings caved in. One of the falling bricks stunned him and the weight of the others dropped him through the porch and into the cellar.

Lee Hackney of the Carman Street address had left the spot a short time before, He and Spencer Hunley of 843 Bridge Avenue, extricated White from the ruins. Sergeant Edward Carroll and a detail of patrolmen roped off the front of the damaged area while firemen were engaged in razing the remaining sections of the structures.

White's condition was not believed to be serious, according to hospital attaches.

Intersection of South 2nd Street & Bridge Avenue
	Southeast Corner of South 2nd Street & Bridge Avenue 1887 Samuel B. Goff patent medicine

Intersection of Haddon Avenue & Bridge Avenue
	Corner of Haddon Avenue & Bridge Avenue 1890 Joseph F. Pockerton saloon 1924 Gone