Camden Streets - Cox Street

COX STREET ran west from 1119 South 2nd Street for about half a block until it came to a dead end, roughly opposite Sycamore Street. The street was not in existence when the 1885 Sanborn Map was compiled. In July of 1888 the Philadlephia Inquirer ran a story about developer James Cox building houses on Cox Street. Cox Street first appears in City Directories in 1890, and by 1891 14 homes had been built, seven on each side of the street. Cox Street was renamed Sycamore Street shortly before the 1923 City Directory was compiled.

The land bounded by Kaighn Avenue, Chestnut, South 2nd, and Front Streets was consolidated after World War II for industrial development. By 1963 only four homes were left on what had been Cox Street. Shortly afterwards, Cox Street, Stanley Street, Boyer Street, and Nelson Street were erased.

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Phil Cohen

100 Block of Cox Street Street Renamed Sycamore Street around 1922 Click On Images to Enlarge
	140 Cox Street 1890 Harry Shemeley
	141 Cox Street 1890 John Grant
	142 Cox Street 1890 William T. Clements
	143 Cox Street 1890 No Listing
	144 Cox Street 1890 George R. Hamilton
	145 Cox Street 1890 No Listing
	145 Cox Street 1910 Rocco Zizak & Family Rocco & Pearl Zizak Vince Zizak Peter Zizak - Anthony Zizak Mary Zizak - John Zizak - Michael Zizak
	145 Cox Street 1893 Robert Milne Philadelphia Inquirer March 21, 1893
	146 Cox Street 1890 Charles Whitzell
	147 Cox Street 1890 Charles Sapp 1890 ELwood Sapp
	148 Cox Street 1890 Richard Ward 1890 William Ward
	149 Cox Street 1890 William J. Hanna
	150 Cox Street 1890 James Sample 1890 Francis Sample
	151 Cox Street 1890 Albert W. Crouch
	152 Cox Street 1890 No Listing
	153 Cox Street 1922 Thomas Talley