Camden Streets - Cresson Street

CRESSON STREET was a one block street that ran from Chestnut Street south to Sycamore Street, east of South 2nd Street and west of Locust Street. There were 20 houses on Cresson Street, numbering 1101 through 1120. Cresson Street did not appear in Camden City Directories prior to 1887, and does not appear in the 1885 Sanborn Map.

Cresson Street was erased in the 1950s as part of an urban redevelopment project meant to provide land for industrial development in South Camden. This project took out every building west of Locust Street from Walnut Street to Kaighn Avenue.

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Phil Cohen

1100 Block of Cresson Street
	1101 Cresson Street 1887
	1102 Cresson Street 1887
	1103 Cresson Street 1890 Peter Wolverton Philadelphia Inquirer December 28, 1890
	1103 Cresson Street 1890 Peter Wolverton Philadelphia Inquirer December 29, 1890 Charles G. Garrison - John I. Chalfont Joseph A. Porter
'FORGOTTEN' HOLDUP RECALLED IN CAPTURE OF FIFTH AS BANDIT Police last night cleaned up an old case of highway robbery that occurred at Second and Mt. Vernon Streets last August when Edward A. Turner, 48, of 1104 Cresson Street, was robbed of his watch, chain and knife. At the time of the hold-up, Turner told police there were four or five colored men in the robbery. Detectives Robert Ward and Clifford Carr arrested Earl Bundy, 17, of 819 Sycamore Street, who they said had the articles in his possession; also Charles Wing, 17, of 1012 Francis Street; Sherman Smith, 17, of 1061 Ivins Street and William Jackman, 16, of 152 Sycamore Street. The last three pleaded guilty and were sentenced to Rahway Reformatory by Judge Samuel Shay. Bundy pleaded not guilty and was lodged in the local jail. Last night Ward and Carr with Patrolman Luke captured Oscar Moore, 19, of 135 Mt. Vernon Street as the fifth bandit. He will be held without bail on the same charge as the others.	1104 Cresson Street 1931 Edward A. Turner Camden Courier-Post October 16, 1931
	1105 Cresson Street 1887
	1106 Cresson Street 1914 Alice Maloney
	1107 Cresson Street 1914 Mrs. Lizzie Anthony 1914 Bridget O'Neil
	1108 Cresson Street 1887
	1109 Cresson Street 1887
	1110 Cresson Street 1887
	1111 Cresson Street 1887
	1112 Cresson Street 1887
	1113 Cresson Street 1887
	1114 Cresson Street 1901-1905 Edwin Franck & Family Edwin & Martha Alber Franck Martha Edna Franck Philadelphia Inquirer June 4, 1902
	1115 Cresson Street 1887
	1116 Cresson Street 1887
	1117 Cresson Street 1887 1891
	1118 Cresson Street 1887
	1119 Cresson Street 1887
	1120 Cresson Street 1887

Cresson Street - 1891

Cresson Street - 1906 Click on Image to Enlarge

*Philadelphia Inquirer January 11, 1914**