Camden Streets - Bulson Street

BULSON STREET runs East from Broadway to South 11th Street along the railroad tracks that run from Camden to the rest of South Jersey. A farmer named Gilbert Bulson owned a large parcel of land in the area in the 19th Century, and the street apparently was named after him. City Directories as far back as 1878 list Bulson Street as running from the Delaware River between Isay Street, possibly present day Chelton Avenue, and Florence Street.BAD

At one time the railroad tracks were at street level, then a bridge was built over the tracks. In modern times this has been known as "the hump". The old Camden Beer brewery stood at South 6th and Bulson for many years. There were other businesses homes on the south side of Bulson Street for many years, although today they only exist in the 900 and 1000 block. Around 2010 a new street, Ware Street, was laid out on the north side of the tracks between master and South 10th Streets, and homes have been built that back onto Bulson Street in the 800 and 900 blocks, with a "new" Bulson Street being provided, that being said, there are two Bulson Streets in the 900 block, one on each side of the railroad tracks.

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

Phil Cohen

600 Block of Bulson Street
	678 Bulson Street 1915 Nathan Wine 1910s-1930s Karl Eberhard & Family Karl & Anna Eberhard Howard H. Eberhard Lena Eberhard Wilhelmina Eberhard Henrietta Eberhard Karl Eberhard Richard Eberhard 1947 James Smith
	678 Bulson Street Technician Fourth Class Richard L. Eberhard
	680 Bulson Street 1947 Vacant 1980
	682 Bulson Street 1924 1929
	682 Bulson Street 1940 Joseph S. Betts & Family Joseph S. & Miriam Betts Joseph E. Betts Worthington Winfield Betts Miriam Betts
	682 Bulson Street Private First Class Worthington Winfield Betts
	682 Bulson Street 1947 Vacant 1969 1980
	684 Bulson Street 1947 Olaf A. Anderson 1969 1980
	686 Bulson Street 1924 1929 1947 Walter Russell 1969 1980

800 Block of Bulson Street
	824 Bulson Street 1924 1929
BABIES BORN IN APRIL GET B. & L. STOCK SHARES The first payment on one share of stock in the Kearsarge Building and Loan Association has been offered to parents of the following children born in the Fourteenth ward during the month of April: Norman Turner, 824 Bulson Street; Kathryn Jeanette Mahoney, 709 Morgan Street; Anna Mae Hollowell, 550 Grant Avenue; Janice Fem Crossett, 551 Woodland Avenue; Thomas Joseph Dorsey, Jr., 2929 Constitution Road; June Lonkert, 1515 Collings Road; Donald Embley Corson, 2512 Morgan Boulevard; Eileen Francis Patton, 1212 Yorkship Square; Philip Edward Gruber, Jr., 1232 America Road; Jean Marie Fanslow, 1659 Alabama Road; John Campbell, 539 Lester Terrace; William Richard Hook, 1577 Alabama Road; Carole Marie Davis, 2788 Yorkship Square, and Earl Purnell Lewin, 1228 America Road.	824 Bulson Street 1933 Norman Turner Camden Courier-Post June 10, 1933
	824 Bulson Street 1947-1956 Joseph Harrington & Family Joseph & Dorothy Harrington Rose Harrington Dorothy Harrington Mary Harrington 1969 1980
	828 Bulson Street 1921-1956 William H. Baldwin & Family William H. & Bertha Baldwin William Baldwin Lydia Baldwin Clara Baldwin Charles Baldwin Philadelphia Inquirer January 27, 1922 Dr. William Pratt Dr, Marcus Mines Destroyed by Fire October 12, 1956
	830 Bulson Street 1924 1929 1947-1956 Norman Smith & Family Norman & Frances Smith Charles Gantt Camden Courier-Post October 12, 1956 HEROINES AND RUINS of fire Thursday which wrecked the dwellings at 828 and 830 Bulson Street. Dorothy Harrington, 18 (left), and her sister Mary, 20, led the occupants of the 830 address, Norman Smith, 80, his wife, Frances, and their 18-month grandchild, to safety when they were trapped in the flames. A third sister, Rose, 13, also aided in the rescue. Destroyed by Fire October 12, 1956

900 Block of Bulson Street
	922 Bulson Street 1915 Emil Nagle Philadelphia Inquirer February 9, 1915 O. Glen Stackhouse
	928 Bulson Street 1919-1929 Father Joseph Halaburda 1924 Anna Susra 1929 1947 Benjamin Lagacki 1980 Josephine Lagocki
	936 Bulson Street 1924 1929 1947 James W. Clickstine 1969 1980
	962 Bulson Street 1924 1929 1947 Minnie Cheeseman 1969 1980
	964 Bulson Street 1924 1929 1947 Helen Wrotniewski 1969 1980
	966 Bulson Street 1878-1891 James Brown grocer Philadelphia Inquirer July 18, 1891
	966 Bulson Street 1924 1929 1933-1947 Walter Koscianski & Family Walter & Antonia Koscianski & Family Walter J. Koscianski Stephen V. Koscianski Anthony Koscianski Tillie Koscianski 1969 1980
	966 Bulson Street Private Walter J. Koscianski
	966 Bulson Street Technician Fifth Class Stephen V. Koscianski

1000 Block of Bulson Street

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1000 Bulson Street

1914
Joseph D. Channell & Family
foreman
Joseph D. & Mary A. Channell

1008 Bulson Street

1924
1929

Photograph from 1942

1947 John H. HArt
1969
1980

1008 Bulson Street

Photograph from May 2009

1017 Bulson Street

1924
1929
1947 Vacant
1969
1980

Intersection of Bulson Street & South 8th Street


Looking west from South 8th Street north of the railroad tracks at Bulson Street On the far right, rear of 2142 and 2144 Kossuth Street in Chelton Terrace Public Housing Project At far left, the Barry Bronze Bearing Company at 724 Bulson Street. John Yates photo, circa 1955

Intersection of Bulson Street & South 9th Street


Looking south on South 9th Street to the intersection at Bulson Street John Yates photo, circa 1955