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Streets Cooper
Street |
| Unit, 100 & 200 Blocks | 300 Block |
| 400 Block | 500 Block |
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Streets Cooper
Street |
| Unit, 100 & 200 Blocks | 300 Block |
| 400 Block | 500 Block |
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COOPER STREET is one of the oldest streets in Camden, and is named after the Cooper family. William Cooper was one of the first settlers in this part of New Jersey. Camden was known as Cooper's Ferries for many years prior to the city being incorporated in 1828. The curb line of Cooper Street, from Front Street to the tracks of the Camden & Atlantic Railroad Company, were moved twelve feet towards the center, and the street paved with Belgian blocks in 1881. In 1927 the curb lines were moved back twelve feet from 4th Street to 9th Street. This improvement was completed in September of 1927. Cooper Street runs from the waterfront east to 9th Street, with a short block of homes and business still standing above 11th Street. Prior to the construction of Interstate Route I-676, Cooper Street ran all the way to 12th Street. Cooper Street was for many years one of the most prestigious addresses in Camden, and many homes of historic significance, due to both the residents and the architects of said homes, were and still are on Cooper Street. The "beginning of the end" for Cooper Street came in the early 1920s, when three mansions were torn down to make room for the Walt Whitman Hotel. On June 30, 1940 all the homes on the south side of the 900 block were destroyed when the R.M. Hollingshead chemical factory, which occupied most of the block, fronting on 9th and on Market Streets, exploded and burned to the ground. Little known outside of East Camden is the "other" Cooper Street, which runs between North 19th and East State Street. This short street only has one single family home and a block of 13 row homes. |
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Do you have an Cooper Street memory or picture. Let me know by e-mail so it can be included here. |
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Journalist Will Paul wrote an article around 1940 about growing up on Cooper Street in the 1880s. Be sure to read his Memories of Old Cooper Street. |
| Cooper Street, East of North 3rd Street - 1925 |
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Cooper Street Looking East from North 4th Street About 1910 |
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Cooper Street Looking East from North 4th Street - February 7, 2004 |
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| 400 Block of Cooper Street | |
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400 Cooper Street Judge Mitchell H.
Cohen Click on Images to Enlarge |
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403
to 429 Cooper Street February 7, 2004 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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403
& 405 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
| 403 Cooper Street Wilbur F. Rose |
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405 Cooper Street |
| 405 Cooper Street Dr. Paul Mecray |
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405
& 407 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge
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406 Cooper Street Dr. A. Haines
Lippincott Jr.
Photograph taken in
1978 |
| 407 Cooper Street |
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| 408 Cooper Street 1929-1933 Sarah Dollar |
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408 Cooper Street 1931-1990s Camden Courier-Post
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408 Cooper Street 1931-1990s 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
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408 Cooper Street 1931-1990s Camden Courier-Post
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408 Cooper Street Charles
T. Murray The funeral home used both 410 (at left) and 408 Cooper Street for business purposes. The photo was taken in 1978. In the 1990s, these buildings were razed to make way for the Judge Mitchell Cohen Federal Courthouse. Click on Images to Enlarge |
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407
to 429 Cooper Street February 7, 2004 Click on Images to Enlarge
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411 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Mrs. Bertha Kephart Click on Images to Enlarge
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412-414 Cooper Street Camden
Motorcycle Police |
| 412-414 Cooper Street Camden Medical Arts
Building |
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412-414 Cooper Street 1970s |
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413 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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413 Cooper Street 1955 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
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413 Cooper Street 1955 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
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413
& 415 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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415 Cooper Street Family Dental Association |
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415 Cooper Street Family Dental Association Arthur
Truscott |
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415,
417 & 419 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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417 Cooper Street Family Dental Association Camden Courier-Post |
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417 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Dr.
Henry H. Davis Click on Images to Enlarge |
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419 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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419 Cooper Street 1955 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
| 420
Cooper Street
Wilfred
W. Fry Playground |
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419
& 421 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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421 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
| 423 Cooper Street |
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425
& 427 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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425,
427 & 429 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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425,
427 & 429 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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Architect's Drawing House
for Mr. James S. White Made
for King Architects Philadelphia PA |
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427
& 429 Cooper Street April 2003 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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427 Cooper Street April 2003 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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429 1894 Philadelphia Inquirer Click on Image for PDF
File |
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429 Cooper Street Joseph J. Read October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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429 Cooper Street Camden Courier-Post January 8, 1938 |
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430 Cooper Street Centenary also known as as seen from Northwest
Corner February 7, 2004 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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Cooper Street
Centenary as seen from Northeast
Corner |
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Cooper Street
Centenary as seen from Northeast
Corner |
