Camden Streets - Joint Alley

JOINT ALLEY runs for one block, east from South 3rd to South 4th Street, between Spruce and Walnut Streets. The street first appears in city directories in 1850, but there may not have been houses built there until 1888, as none appear in the 1887-1888 City Directory, but several are listed in the 1888-1889 edition. There were only six houses left on Joint Alley by 1947. No buildings have stood on Joint Alley for many years.

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Phil Cohen

Intersection of South 3rd Street and Joint Alley
	Looking East on Joint Alley from South 3rd Street December 22, 2005
	Looking East on Joint Alley from South 3rd Street December 22, 2005
	Looking East on Joint Alley from South 3rd Street September 1, 2006 Click on Image to Enlarge Photo by Enrico Doganiero

I walked down Joint Alley as a youth thousands of times. It was about one block from our barber shop. It was a small alley street running from 3rd to 4th Street between Cherry and Spruce. It has a very interesting history and was the residence of a popular Camden figure- Johnny Carroll- who rented horses and wagons to Camden City before Camden had its own fleet. He also had a beautiful tavern, for its time, and some beautiful girls, as I am told by my brothers.

Where the red building is used to be a candy store owned by Mr. Abbott. Most children would stop there on their way to school in the morning and after lunch for one-penny candy. The gray building across the alley on the right is where Mr. Carroll had his saloon & stables.

Enrico Doganiero
September 1, 2006

300 block of Joint Alley
	318 Joint Alley 1888-1891 Isaac Campbell
	318 Joint Alley 1917 Walter "Kentucky Rosebud" Edgerton Minnie Smith Edgerton Camden Post-Telegram November 20, 1917 Philip Facenda Mary Cericola Ferry Avenue Walnut Street Nellie C. Jubb Joint Alley Guy P. MacKenzie William D. Brown
	318 Joint Alley 1927 Unity Hall Camden Courier-Post February 7, 1927 Walter "Kentucky Rosebud" Edgerton Ivins Street - Joint Alley - Baxter Street Addie Johnson - Mamie Booker Division Street - Pine Street - South 2nd Street Miriam Robinson - John Walker - Mary Walker June Loftus - Ruth Smith - Ethel Davis
	318 Joint Alley 1947 Brooklyn Jones
	320 Joint Alley 1888-1891 Mrs. Anna Goss 1890-1891 William Roselle 1947 William Brown
	328 Joint Alley 1888-1889 Henry Weaver 1890-1891 Mrs. Letetia Suders 1890-1891 William Suders
	330 Joint Alley 1884 John W. Baynard Philadelphia Inquirer August 8, 1884 Josiah Matlack - Sylvester Kelly H.H. Franks - Charles Peterson George M. Johnson Claudius Bradshaw
	330 Joint Alley 1890-1891 Thomas White 1890-1891 William Walker 1947 Raymond L. Boyd
	332 Joint Alley 1888-1889 Mrs. Rebecca Darrah 1888-1889 James Fisher 1890-1891 Frederick D. White 1947 Mrs. Hettie McConnell
	334 Joint Alley 1888-1889 Joseph Matlock 1890-1891 Charles H. Bowers 1944 realtor Zellie Ellis 1947 Harold S. Daniels
	345 Joint Alley 1888-1889 Charles Longbeck 1890-1891 Charles Langenbeck 1947 Mrs. Mary Shaw
	348 Joint Alley 1890-1891 Andrew Fleckenstein 1947 Mrs. Mary Shaw
	350 Joint Alley 1888-1891 Charles Lonenbeck

Intersection of
Joint Alley & South 4th Street

Looking West
on
Joint Alley
from
South 4th Street

December 22, 2005

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Looking West
on
Joint Alley
from
South 4th Street

September 1, 2006

Click on Image to Enlarge

Photo by Enrico Doganiero