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MILTON STREET was in Camden's Poet's Row neighborhood. The three blocks of houses that came to be known as Poet's Row first appear in the Camden City Directory of 1890-1891. Named for famous figures of English literature, the streets ran east and west from North 2nd Street, north of Erie Street. The first street north of Erie was Byron Street, followed by Burns Street and Milton Streets. Only a few homes are noted in the 1890-1891 directory on Milton Street, at either end of the block, and only the 200 block is listed. This would indicate that Byron Street was built first, from the ends in, then Burns, and lastly Milton Street. A 300 block of Byron Street was built later, and also a 500 block Byron Street. North Camden in the 1890s offered many employment opportunities. Camden's industries were booming, and entrepreneurs came to Camden to set up shop. The new houses were snapped up mostly by tradesmen and skilled workers, with more than a few taking advantage of the short walks to the Vine Street and Shackamaxon ferries to commute back and forth to Philadelphia. The builder also made provisions for corner stores so the residents could shop conveniently. The sidewalks, like many of that era, were brick, and the streets were paved with cobblestone. The Poet's Row neighborhood remained a vibrant place for decades, until, of course, after World War II, when the jobs began to leave North Camden. Perhaps it was poetic, with no pun intended, that the disaster that destroyed Poet's Row occurred when a recently closed factory building caught fire; the fire spreading to the homes, and in one hellish night destroying Milton Street, Burns Street, and the north side of Byron Street, where only two homes at the east end of the block, 241 and 243 Byron Street, were saved. Milton Street was no more. When dawn broke on August 24, 1972 Milton Street was gone. |
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Do you have an Milton Street memory or picture. Let me know by e-mail so it can be included here. Phil
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| Camden NJ - 1914 Milton Street is the northernmost street in North Camden on this map |
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Milton Street in the
1910 Census |
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234, 232, 230, 228, 226, 224, 222, 220, 218, 212, 210 Milton Street |
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211, 213, 215, 217, 219, 221, 225, 227, 229, 231 Milton Street |
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| 200 Block of Milton Street | |
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Milton Street 1907 1918 1924 Charles
Danley |
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Milton Street 1909 Evan T. Evans Philadelphia
Inquirer William
Searle - Cox Street |
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Milton Street 1907-1910 Philadelphia
Inquirer John Harmstead - Fulton Place |
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Milton Street 1919-1920 1924 Samuel
Norwitz |
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Milton Street 1906 Mary A. Kenney 1918 1918 1924-1947 Louis Bittner |
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Milton Street 1907 Thomas T.
Evans 1918-1919 1919-1920 1924 William
Campbell |
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Milton Street 1906 William
F. Driscoll 1918 |
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204 Milton Street |
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Milton Street 1906-1907 Andrew J. Hall 1918 1919-1924 |
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QQUINN, on March 2, 1902, Bella, daughter of Patrick and the late Sarah Quinn in her 14th year. Funeral on Wednesday morning at 7 o'clock from the residence of Patrick Kennedy, 206 Milton Street, Camden, NJ. Internment at Bridgeport, Montgomery County, PA. |
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Milton Street 1902 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Milton Street
1909 Walter Bryen |
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Milton Street 1909 Evan Mitchell Philadelphia
Inquirer |
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Milton Street 1924 Thomas
Cummings |
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Milton Street 1907 George P. Macklin 1918-1924 1924 Clifford Zane |
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Milton Street 1906 Walter Bryen Philadelphia Inquirer Robert Beasley
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Street |
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Milton Street 1918-1929 1947 Maurice F. Moharter |
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Milton Street 1906 Samuel R.
Beach 1918 1924 Jonas C,
Reighn |
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Milton Street 1898 Philadelphia
Inquirer |
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Milton Street 1906-1907 David E. Leisher 1918 1924-1929
James J. Maloney |
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Milton Street 1897-1898 |
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Milton Street
1906-1907 Joseph Baxter |
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Milton Street 1900 My grandfather, Isaac Bennett Keller (top) lived on 211 Milton Street in 1900 along with his wife Lilly (bottom), his son Joseph, his mother-in-law Julia Palmer and his two sister-in-laws, Laura and Jennie Palmer. Dorothy Ouram |
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Milton Street 1900 My grandfather, Isaac Bennett Keller (top) lived on 211 Milton Street in 1900 along with his wife Lilly (bottom), his son Joseph, his mother-in-law Julia Palmer and his two sister-in-laws, Laura and Jennie Palmer. Dorothy Ouram Top Left: Julia Palmer |
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Milton Street 1907 Paul D.
Judge |
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Milton Street 1909 John Williams Philadelphia
Inquirer E.E.
Jefferis - William Oberman |
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Milton Street
1918
1924 William
Jenkins |
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Milton Street
1915-1926 George Zweigart |
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Milton Street
1929-1937 Left: Ruth V. Marshall and her father, William B. Marshall. Ruth Marshall married Richard E. Phillips. They later moved to 715 York Street. |
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Milton Street
1927-1937 Camden Courier-Post |
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Milton Street
1947 Richard E. Phillips |
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Milton Street 1906 Hugh
McCaffery |
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Milton Street 1913-1914 Camden Post-Telegram |
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Milton Street 1918-1924 1929 Grover C. Stackhouse |
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Milton Street 1906 Detlef Schlueter 1918 1924 Mrs. Mary
Simpkins |
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Milton Street
1947 Thomas
Winstanley |
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Milton Street 1918 1924-1947 Peter Zastampilo |
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Milton Street 1906 Oscar T. Ellis 1918 1924-1929
Joseph Varga |
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Milton Street 1909 Mrs. Sarah Evans Philadelphia
Inquirer |
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Milton Street 1924 Isidore
Strauss |
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Milton Street 1906-1924 |
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Milton Street 1902-1911 Philadelphia
inquirer |
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Milton Street
1929 George W. Reeves |
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WHITTINGTON, on the 2nd inst.,Sarah A., wife of Alfred Whittington, aged 28 years. |
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Milton Street 1897 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Milton Street 1890s-1900s
Frank McDonald Sr. |
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Milton Street 1906-1908 Philadelphia
Inquirer |
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Milton Street
1918
1924 Frank
Lange |
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Milton Street 1906-1918 Philadelphia
Inquirer |
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Milton Street 1924 John F.
Taylor |
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Milton Street 1907 John F.
Fry |
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Milton Street 1906 Elizabeth
E. Jesser |
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Milton Street
1916 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Milton Street
1916 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Milton Street 1924 John
Shablack 1969 R.T. Williams |
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Milton Street 1906-1910
Louis A. Hock |
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Milton Street
1967 Patricia Gibbs Camden Courier-Post Click on Image Arthur
Batten
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Milton Street 1906 George Salverson Philadelphia
Inquirer |
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Milton Street 1918 1924 Mrs. Anna
Morak |
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Milton Street 1907-1910 |
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Milton Street 1894 Michael
Hallahan 1918-1947 |
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Milton Street 1906 Paul Kirstein Philadelphia
Inquirer Henry Kurz
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Milton Street 1918 1924 Oscar E.
Gross |
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Milton Street 1907 William E. Mitchell 1918-1920s 1924-1929
Joseph S. Beatty |
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Milton Street 1918-1929 1947 Thomas L. Richards |
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Milton Street 1906 Charles
Klein 1918-1920 1924 Harry
Garwood |
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Milton Street 1906 Mabel Young 1918-1929 1947 Mrs. Stella Nece |
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Milton Street 1907 Lucien Beque 1918 1924 Joseph L.
Kline |
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LOCKE, on August 17, 1896, Theodore, husband of Sarah A. Locke, aged 52 years. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late residence, No. 233 Milton Street, Camden, NJ. Internment at Evergreen Cemetery. |
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Milton Street 1896-1910 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Milton Street 1916 George W. Smith Philadelphia
Inquirer |
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Milton Street 1918 1924 Thomas A.
Campbell |
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MANNING, on March 16, 1901 - Grace Elva, daughter of John H. and Luella I. Manning and granddaughter of William T. and the late Mary Dawson, aged 6 months. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services on Tuesday afternoon, March 19, at 2 o'clock at the residence of her parents, 234 Milton Street, Camden, NJ. Internment at Evergreen Cemetery. |
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Milton Street 1901 Philadelphia Inquirer |
234 Milton Street 1906 Charles
M. Richmond 1918 1924 Erich
Laisi |
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Milton Street 1906 James G. Mould 1918 1924 Cornelius
Cheeseman |
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Milton Street 1907 George Coleman 1916 1919-1924 1929 vacant |
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Milton Street 1906-1910 1959 S.D. Swift |
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LAWS, on October 25, 1894, Lillie H., daughter of Enoch D. and Annie E. Laws, aged 15 years and 11 months. The relatives and friend of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from her parents' residence, 238 Milton Street, Camden, NJ. Internment at Evergreen Cemetery. |
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Milton Street
1894 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Milton Street 1902-1906 Philadelphia
Inquirer Reuben Titis |
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Milton Street 1918-1929 1947 Thomas F. Contravo |
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Milton Street 1906-1918 1918 1924 Adolph
Veit |
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Milton Street 1907 Harry Schramm 1918 January 1920 Vacant 1924 George
Lohmiller |
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Milton Street 1906-1924 1924 Marie F. Wood 1929 Joseph H. Deroche |
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Milton Street 1907 Samuel H.
Hollingsworth 1918-1920 1924 Vacant |
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Milton Street 1907-1910 1929 Arthur Lochard |
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Milton Street 1906 James P.
Moore 1918-1920
Frederick Kohlenberg |
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Milton Street
1906 1914 |
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Milton Street 1918-1920 Philadelphia
Inquirer John Murray
- Dr. William H. Pratt |
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Milton Street
1924 Hilyard Rodman |
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Camden
Courier-Post
August 13, 1942 Click on Image to Enlarge
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Milton
Street
August 15, 1942 Click on Image to Enlarge Photo courtesy of Marianne Papaycik McMaster |
THE DEATH OF MILTON STREET
THE POET'S ROW FIRE
Byron, Burns, & Milton Streets East of North 2nd Street
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Fire Started in the former John R. Evans Co. leather factory, a block long factory building at North 2nd and Erie Streets in North Camden on a hot summer night, August 23, 1972. Inadequate water pressure, combined with a stiff breeze from the south indicated that there was trouble ahead. The first responding Fire Company, Engine Company 6, sounded the Second Alarm upon arrival. |
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This photograph, taken from the 3rd Street end of Milton Street, shows the houses on the 2nd Street end already ablaze. |
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Pandemonium in Poets Row as residents attempt to hurriedly evacuate homes of furnishings as the conflagration took off. High winds and flying embers, combined with the intense radiant heat created fire storm conditions. The Fire Companies arriving on the scene in response to the Greater Alarms entered the Poets Row streets to find everything burning- buildings, trees, fences, parked cars, and telephone poles. Live electrical wires were down and arcing everywhere. |
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The 200 Block of Burns Street, as seen form North 3rd Street. The photos of Engine Company 3 doing everything it could with its deck pipe and hand-held hose to cutoff the rapidly spreading fire. In the early stages of the fire Engine Companies often found themselves alone on an entire block, desperately trying to make a stand while awaiting reinforcements. Several units, driven back by the intense fire, would disconnect from the fire hydrants, fall back to the next hydrant further down the street, only to be driven back once again as the fire continued to spread. Engine Company 3 operated by itself for nearly one half-hour until assisted by a subsequent mutual aid fire company. |
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Ruins of original fire building and surrounding neighborhood at Poets Row, North Camden, in the aftermath of the worst conflagration in the history of the Camden Fire Department. |
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Looking East on the 200 block of Burns Street on the day after the fire. |
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Engine Company 3 stands in stark contrast with the devastation surrounding an area of four square city blocks. Ten alarms with aid from fire departments outside of Camden and over two hundred firefighters worked for eight hours before bringing the fire under control. Forty-two homes and the original John R. Evans factory building, where the fire started, completely collapsed, and an additional thirty houses were severely damaged. Hundreds of Poets Row residents lost everything. Although there were scores of injuries to both firefighters and civilians, miraculously all were minor in nature. |
| POET'S ROW - The 200 Block of Byron Street - July 5, 2004 | |
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East from North 2nd & Byron Street Click on Image to Enlarge |
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214,
212, 210 Byron Street
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Remaining
homes on the South Side 200 Block of Byron Street Click on Image to Enlarge |
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Looking
West from North 3rd & Byron Street Click on Image to Enlarge |
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