Streets
of
Camden, NJ

Mt. Vernon Street


MOUNT VERNON STREET, named for the home of George Washington, was in earlier days known as Jordan Street and Chew Street. 

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 Phil Cohen


100 Block of Mt. Vernon Street

 

100 Mount Vernon Street

1934 James Davis

 

102 Mount Vernon Street

1906

 

104 Mount Vernon Street

1906

 

106 Mount Vernon Street

1906

 

108 Mount Vernon Street

1906
110
Mount Vernon Street

1905
Edward Roosevelt

Philadelphia Inquirer
July 2, 1905

Joseph Fine
Bessie Hickey
Edward Oswald
Thomas Croker

Dauphin Street
Division Street
South 6th Street

South 2nd Street

Sycamore Street

Taylor Avenue

Cooper Hospital

Thomas Croker

112 Mount Vernon Street

1892 William Brach

Philadelphia Inquirer
August 20, 1892

114
Mount Vernon Street

1906 Leonard Furman

Philadelphia Inquirer
August 1,1906

Louis Certain
Washington Street

114
Mount Vernon Street

1922
Daniel Washington & Family
Daniel & Mary Washington

Camden Evening Courier
July 27, 1925

Frank Truax
O. Glen Stackhouse


Intersection of Ivins Street & Mt. Vernon Street

 

 

100 Block of Mt. Vernon Street

116
Mount Vernon Street

1912-1913 John Thompson

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 5, 1913

S.C. Childs
O. Glen Stackhouse
John Painter
Charles Young
John Cross
Francis J. Bunker
George R. Pelouze

 

118 Mount Vernon Street
  120 Mount Vernon Street

 

122 Mount Vernon Street
124 Mount Vernon Street

1930
Walter "Kentucky Rosebud" Edgerton

Camden Courier-Post
May 8, 1930

  126 Mount Vernon Street
128 Mount Vernon Street

1918
William Jones & Family
William & Lucinda Jones

Philadelphia Inquirer
May 28, 1918

  129 Mount Vernon Street

1881-1892
Thomas Allen Farnham & Family
Thomas Allen & Chloe Eliza Farnham
Edwin Farnham
  130 Mount Vernon Street

Intersection of Francis Street & Mt. Vernon Street

 

 

100 Block of Mt. Vernon Street

 

131 Mount Vernon Street

 

132 Mount Vernon Street

 

133 Mount Vernon Street
  134 Mount Vernon Street

 

135 Mount Vernon Street
136 Mount Vernon Street

1888
William H. Hawkins & Family
William & Adelaide Hawkins
J. Miller Hawkins

 

137 Mount Vernon Street

 

138 Mount Vernon Street

 

139 Mount Vernon Street
  140 Mount Vernon Street
141
Mount Vernon Street

1917-1943
Glen Brown & Family
Glen & Mattie Brown
Beulah Brown - Carey Brown
Rudolph "Rudy" Brown - Gladys Brown
Naomi Brown - Rosa Brown 

Camden Evening Courier
July 27, 1925

141
Mount Vernon Street

1917-1943
Glen Brown & Family
Glen & May Brown
Carey Brown

Camden Evening Courier
December 9, 1930

Charles Smith
Garfield S. Pancoast
Kaighn Avenue
South 4th Street
South 5th Street

  142 Mount Vernon Street
  143 Mount Vernon Street

1892-1893
Edwin Farnham

  143 Mount Vernon Street

1920-1926
Arthur Miller
pool hall

  143 Mount Vernon Street

1924
Walter "Kentucky Rosebud" Edgerton

 

  143 Mount Vernon Street

199-1931
Robert L. Mack
pool hall

1947
Everett Brown
pool hall

143 Mount Vernon Street

1955
Rudy's Pool Room

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Ad


200 Block of Mt. Vernon Street

205 Mount Vernon Street

1891-1916
Robert L. Hunter & Family
Robert L. & Elsie Hunter
Raymond S.E. Hunter
Beaumont R. Hunter
Herbert Leon Hunter

208 Mount Vernon Street

1898-1900
William H. Day & Family
Howard Day
Charles E. Day

Philadelphia Inquirer
August 20, 1898

H.B. Wilson Sr.
Thomas M.K. Lee Post No. 5. G.A.R.

210 Mount Vernon Street

1898
William H. Day & Family
Howard Day - Charles E. Day

Philadelphia Inquirer
January 19, 1900

210 Mount Vernon Street

1956 Clement DiGaetano

Camden Courier-Post
February 3, 1956

215 Mount Vernon Street

1921 James Pike

Camden Post-Telegram
September 10, 1921

217 Mount Vernon Street

1941
Alberta Cunningham

Camden Courier-Post
July 31, 1941

217 Mount Vernon Street

1958 Leon Cunningham

Camden Courier-Post
November 8, 1958

218 Mount Vernon Street

1910 Nicholas Romaine

 
220 Mount Vernon Street

1893-1897
Edward T. Melson & Family
Edward T. & Emma Morris Melson
Sarah Melson

 
220 Mount Vernon Street

1930-1940s
Frank Martelli & Family
Frank & Carmella Martelli
Nicholas Martelli - Louis J. Martelli

Frank Marelli - Anthony Martelli
Joseph Martelli -  Dominic Martelli
Angelino aka Charles Martelli

Casper John Martelli
Annie Martelli - Josephine Martelli

  223 Mount Vernon Street

1885
William T. Irelan

FRANK NARDUCCI

The funeral of Frank Narducci, 52, of 229 Mt. Vernon Street, who died Sunday, will be held at 9 a. m. Thursday with services at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church at 10.30 o'clock. Narducci is survived by his widow, Carmella. 

229 Mount Vernon Street

1933 Frank Narducci

Camden Courier-Post
June 7, 1933


236 Mount Vernon Street

1947 Lucy H. Williams

1949-1950 Clarence Russell

Camden Courier-Post
November 12, 1949
&
February 16, 1950

John R. DiMona
Carmin Fuscellaro
Rocco Palese







236 Mount Vernon Street

1955-1956
Mrs. Amanda D. Reed & Family
Major Graham

Camden Courier-Post
June 25, 1956

1959 Rufus Wingfield

237 Mount Vernon Street

1910-1912
George Litzenberg

Camden Post Telegram
June 29, 1912

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Complete News Article

  237 Mount Vernon Street

1924 Simon Sosenko
grocery
1947 Dominick Bisirri
grocery

238 Mount Vernon Street

1906 Frederick Eckard

Philadelphia Inquirer
November 6, 1906

1947 William R. Walter

  238 Mount Vernon Street

1947 William R. Walter

  240 Mount Vernon Street

1924 Delbert Goff
1947   Mrs. Thelma Jenkins

244 Mount Vernon Street

1906-1908
Simon Frank
bottler

 

Intersection of Locust Street & Mt. Vernon Street
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Looking East from Locust Street - July 10, 2012
   

200 Block of Mt. Vernon Street
239 to 296 Mt. Vernon Street
Dominick, Thomas, and Joseph Penn were brothers, Rose Rhodes was their sister.
For a time in the 1950s all four families lived on this block simultaneuously.

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  239 Mount Vernon Street

1915
George R. Thompson & Family
Camden Policeman
George R. & Harriet Thompson
George R. Thompson Jr.
Marshall Thompson

1924 John Eagan
1947 Michael Narciso
1956-1959 Thomas L. Penn

241 Mount Vernon Street

1918 Joe O'Connor

  241 Mount Vernon Street

1930 Vacant
1947
  Michael J. Narciso
1959 Thomas C. Penn

  242 Mount Vernon Street

1890s Stephen Taylor
1924 Antonio Caridi
grocery
1947
Mrs. Gertrude Williams Beauty Shop
2012 Gone

  243 Mount Vernon Street

1930 Vacant
1947 Peter J Mozzo
1947 Vincent J. Resino
1959 Joseph L. Penn
2011 Gone

243 & 245
Mount Vernon Street
  244 Mount Vernon Street

1924 Harry Mull
tailor

  244 Mount Vernon Street

1932 Fiore Mascarini
soft drink saloon

244 Mount Vernon Street

1941 Anthony DiPilla

Camden Courier-Post
July 24, 1941

Samuel Brahen
South 10th Street

  244 Mount Vernon Street

1947  Dominic Melogram
confectionary

2012 Gone

245 Mount Vernon Street

1929-1930 Vacant
1947-1956 George L Rhodes Family
George L & Rose M. Rhodes
Nelson Rhodes

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

  246 Mount Vernon Street

 1924 Ruggiero Vadino
real estate
1947  John Giordano

248 & 250 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

Razed a few days later

248, 250, 252, 254, 256, & 258
 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

Razed a few days later

247 Mount Vernon Street


1890-1898
John A. "Gus" Dold

 

  247 Mount Vernon Street

1924 Frederick Graber
1929-1959  Vincent Startare

  248 Mount Vernon Street

1924-1929 Mrs. Ella Smith
1947-1956 Mrs. Rose Wilson
2012 Vacant
Razed July 2012

248 to 260
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

  249 Mount Vernon Street

1924 Erven E. Blaine
1929-1959 Dominick Penn Family
Dominick & Marie Penn
Rose Penn
Louis Penn
John Penn

250 Mount Vernon Street

1924-1929 James L. Carey
1947 Mrs. Antoinette Sepicato

2012 Vacant
Razed July 2012

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

Razed a few days later

  251 Mount Vernon Street

1913-1914
George R. Thompson & Family
Camden Policeman
George R. & Harriet Thompson
George R. Thompson Jr.
Marshall Thompson

1924 William H. McCormick
teamster
1929 Dominic Spinogatti
1933
Joseph Sepicato

1947-1969
Joseph C Guidotti & Family
Joeph & Sophia Balducci Guidotti
Felix Guidotto - Joseph Guidotti
Lena Guidotti - James Guidotti
William Guidotti

  252 Mount Vernon Street

1921-1926
George R. Thompson & Family
Camden Policeman
George R. & Harriet Thompson
George R. Thompson Jr.
Marshall Thompson

1929 Edward Schaefer
1947 Edwin C. Potter
2012 Vacant
Razed July 2012

252 & 254 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

Razed a few days later


253 Mount Vernon Street

1908
George Owens Addison & Family
George & Emma V. Garwood Addison
Matilda Addison
John T. Addison


253 Mount Vernon Street

1930 William Stauts
1930 Mahlon Harden Jr.
1947 Walter H. Mathews
1956 Mrs. J. Guidotti
1959
-2011 Joseph C Guidotti

Photograph Taken on September 19, 2006

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  254 Mount Vernon Street

1947
1969 A.B. Taylor
1969 Elijah Taylor
2012 Vacant

Scene of Fire July 10, 2012
Razed a few days later. 

254, 256 & 258
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

 

  256 Mount Vernon Street

1947 Mrs. Charlotte W. Luke
2012 Vacant
Razed July 2012

256 & 258
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

257 Mount Vernon Street

1900-1906 John A. "Gus" Dold

BURGLAR GETS NOTHING, LEAVES FINGERPRINTS

Mrs. Marion Miller, of 257 Mount Vernon Street, reported to police today that a burglar broke into her home Wednesday and ransacked the second and third floors. The intruder was frightened away without any loot.

Detective Frank Crawford found that entrance had been gained by taking a pane of glass out of a side window. Crawford said that he had obtained fingerprints.

George Stinsman, of 14 York Street, reported that someone had broke into his home and stolen a washing machine valued at $59.

257 Mount Vernon Street

1938 Mrs. Marion Miller

Camden Courier-Post
February 4, 1938

 

  258 Mount Vernon Street

1929 Guido Viviani
1947-1959 Rev. William Shumake 

  259 Mount Vernon Street

1924 Dominick Bisirri
1929
Dr. Ulysses S. Wiggins
1942
Teresa DeCord
1947 Joseph A. DiPilla

260 Mount Vernon Street

1924 Louis Zaisser
1929
Joseph Gentlesk
1947 Raymond Marini
1969 Mrs. E. Turbeville
2012 Vacant

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

260 & 262
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

 

  261 Mount Vernon Street

1924 George W. Davis
1929 John Marino
1933
Joseph Marino
1947-1959 Joseph M. DiMona

262 Mount Vernon Street

1887-1888
Samuel Lodge

262 Mount Vernon Street

George Reamer
Camden Courier-Post
January 5, 1928

  262 Mount Vernon Street

1947
2012 Gone

263 Mount Vernon Street

1904-1909
William Harvey & Family
Camden Police Department
William & Annie Havey
Margaret Harvey - William W. Harvey
James Harvey - Emma Harvey
Sarah Harvey - Alexander Harvey

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 21, 1907

  263 Mount Vernon Street

1924-1947 George B. Shinn 

  264 Mount Vernon Street

1947

264 to 276
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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265 Mount Vernon Street

1902-1906
Mrs. Mary Cairoli
widow of Lazarus Cairoli

Philadelphia Inquirer
August 22, 1906

  265 Mount Vernon Street

1924 Alf DeNise

265 Mount Vernon Street

1929-1947
Joseph Laraio 

Camden Courier-Post
October 15, 1940

Gene R. Mariano
Vernon Jones
George Weber

Felix Guiotti - Chestnut Street
Manual Laraio - Mt. Vernon Street
Frank Manfredi aka Freddie Mack
South 3rd Street
Leroy Smith - Boyer Court
Albert DiMatteo
John Bianchi - Emma Street
William DiBattista - Newton Avenue
James Abbott - Haddon Avenue
Anthony Manfredi

  266 Mount Vernon Street

1947 

  267 Mount Vernon Street

1878-1890
George Horneff 

1906 Gone

268 Mount Vernon Street

1914
Anna R. Shepard

Philadelphia Inquirer
October 14, 1914

Benjamin Sheppard

268 Mount Vernon Street

1938
Michael Tantonio & Family
Anna Tantonio

Camden Courier-Post
February 26, 1938

 

 

  268 Mount Vernon Street

1947 

  269 Mount Vernon Street

1871
George Horneff 

1906 Fifth Ward Republican Club

270 Mount Vernon Street

Lost & Found

Camden Courier-Post
March 29, 1930

270 Mount Vernon Street

1930-1947
Rocco "Rox" Gimello & Family
Rocco & Catherine Gimello
William G. Gimello
Margaret Gimello

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

  271 Mount Vernon Street

1929 Luigi Noblisse
1931
Dominic Nobilisse

272 Mount Vernon Street

1947

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

272, 274 & 276
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

  273 Mount Vernon Street

1891-1906
George Horneff 

274 Mount Vernon Street

1924-1969 Gennaro Labato
2012 Vacant

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

  275 Mount Vernon Street

1906 

276 Mount Vernon Street

1947

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

  278 Mount Vernon Street

1890s-1906
Bernard Gallagher

1924-1969 Charles Fazio
1969 F. Garruti
2012 Gone

280 Mount Vernon Street

1947

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

 

280 Mount Vernon Street

1910
William H. Doughten

 

280 to 288
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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  280 Mount Vernon Street

1947 

282 Mount Vernon Street

1929-1947 Abramo Calabrese
2012 Vacant

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

 

282 & 284 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

284 Mount Vernon Street

1926-1947
Carino DiMatteo & Family
Carino & Mary DiMatteo
Nellie DiMatteo
Albert DiMatteo
Viola DiMatteo
Dory DiMatteo

2012 Vacant

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

MARRIAGE LICENSES
ELKTON

Anthony Simirglia. 23, Philadelphia, and Nellie DeMatteo, 23, Camden. 

 
284 Mount Vernon Street

1926-1947
Carino DiMatteo & Family
Carino & Mary DiMatteo
Nellie DiMatteo - Albert DiMatteo
Viola DiMatteo - Dory DiMatteo

Camden Courier-Post
February 16, 1938

265 Mount Vernon Street

1926-1947
Carino DiMatteo & Family
Carino & Mary DiMatteo
Nellie DiMatteo - Albert DiMatteo
Viola DiMatteo - Dory DiMatteo

Camden Courier-Post
October 15, 1940

Gene R. Mariano
Vernon Jones
George Weber

Felix Guiotti - Chestnut Street
Manual Laraio - Mt. Vernon Street
Frank Manfredi aka Freddie Mack
South 3rd Street
Leroy Smith - Boyer Court
Albert DiMatteo
John Bianchi - Emma Street
William DiBattista - Newton Avenue
James Abbott - Haddon Avenue
Anthony Manfredi

 

286 Mount Vernon Street

1947
2012 Vacant

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

286 & 288 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

288 Mount Vernon Street

1947
2012

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

  290 Mount Vernon Street

1929-1947 Vito LaMaina
2012 Gone

292 Mount Vernon Street

1900s-1905
John Foster
Chief of Police

  292 Mount Vernon Street

1929 Harry Pizzutillo
1931
Daniel Pizzutillo
1947 Anthony Martessa
1969 W.E. Morris
2010 Gone

294 Mount Vernon Street

1890s-1910a Henry W. "Harry" Mines
policeman
1929 Joseph Frank
1947 Mrs. Mary Woodson
1969 Edward Burns
2012

Photograph Taken July 10, 2012

 

294 Mount Vernon Street

1890s-1910s Henry W. "Harry" Mines
policeman
Henry W. & Lydia Mines
Christine Mines
Henry Mines Jr.
1910 Dr. Marcus Mines

Philadelphia Inquirer
December 23, 1912

Frank Frost

Click on Image for PDF File
of Complete Article

  294 Mount Vernon Street

1929 Joseph Frank
1947 Mrs. Mary Woodson
1969 Edward Burns

294 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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  296 Mount Vernon Street

1890s-1900 Christopher Mines Jr.
Camden County Undersheriff
1918 Frank Truax
policeman
1929 Nicholas Jordan
1947 John V. Werts
2011 Gone

  298 Mount Vernon Street

2011 Gone


Intersection of South 3rd Street & Mt. Vernon Street
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Southwest Corner
March 4, 1905
People line up outside
292 Mt. Vernon to pay respects 
to the late Chief of Police
John Foster
Looking East on Mount Vernon from the 200 Block - August 2011
Southwest Corner - August 16, 2011 - Click on Image to Enlarge
Northwest Corner - Richard Fetters School - August 16, 2011 - Click on Image to Enlarge
Northeast Corner - August 16, 2011 - Click on Image to Enlarge
Southeast Corner - August 16, 2011 - Click on Image to Enlarge
   
   

300 Block of Mt. Vernon Street

301 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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301 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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303 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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305 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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305 & 307
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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306 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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306 & 308
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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307 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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308 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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309 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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312 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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312 Mount Vernon Street

1921
Mrs. Dorothy Francis

Camden Post-Telegram
September 10, 1921

Arthur L. Jones - Rev. John H. Townsend
St. John's Episcopal Church

314, 316, 318, 320
Mount Vernon Street

Destroyed by Fire March 15, 1988

Camden Courier-Post
March 16, 1988

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the
Complete News Article

314, 316, 318, 320
Mount Vernon Street

Destroyed by Fire March 15, 1988

Camden Courier-Post
March 16, 1988

 

316 Mount Vernon Street

Destroyed by Fire March 15, 1988

1988 Pearl Melvins
1988 Gordon Melvins
1988 Ismael McKay

Camden Courier-Post
March 17, 1988

James Hillman
Iris Cintron
Frank Filipeck

  318 Mount Vernon Street

Destroyed by Fire March 15, 1988

319 Mount Vernon Street

1972 Mayberry E. Harden

1872 Camden City Directory

319 Mount Vernon Street

1909-1910 A.A. Small

Philadelphia Inquirer
January 6, 1910

319 Mount Vernon Street

1947
Sergio Croce

  320 Mount Vernon Street

Destroyed by Fire March 15, 1988

  321 Mount Vernon Street

1878
James Deno
bricklayer

321 Mount Vernon Street

1941 Joseph P. Whitaker

Camden Courier-Post
July 22, 1941

Edgar Cunninghman
Mrs. Myrtle E. Cunninghman
Dorothy Whitaker
Florence Street
Jefferson Street 

  321 Mount Vernon Street

1947
Robert P. Olesiewicz
& Family
Robert P. & Anna Olesiewicz

322 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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322 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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323 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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324 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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325 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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327 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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327 Mount Vernon Street

1882-1888
Wilbur A. Drown

  328 Mount Vernon Street

1887-1892
Lewis Holl

  328 Mount Vernon Street

1887-1892
Arthur Holl

328 Mount Vernon Street

1894-1906
William J. Mines

328 Mount Vernon Street

1955
Adam Cerquoni

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Listing

330 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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330 & 332
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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332 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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  333 Mount Vernon Street

1880
George Thrasher & Family
Receiver of Taxes 1878-1880
George & Sarah Thrasher
Lydia Thrasher
Sarah Thrasher
Edward Thrasher
Oscar Thrasher
Walter Thrasher
Frederick Thrasher

333 Mount Vernon Street

1890-1895
Wilbur A. Drown

  333 Mount Vernon Street

1909-1910 Joseph L. Smallwood

335 Mount Vernon Street

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 20, 1887

C.H.C. CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS 

The members of the C. H. C. Club were entertained at the home of Lillie Monteleon, of 1225 Broadway, Wednesday evening.

Officers were elected including Rose Colofrancesco, president; Lillie Monteleone, vice president; Virginia Pantalone, treasurer, and Anna Soldano, secretary. Additional guests were Florence Nicolella, Fanny Galiazzi, Rose Albano, Anna Pizzutello and Anna Matteo. Virginia Pantalone, of 337 Mt. Vernon street, will be hostess to the group at next week's meeting. 

337 Mount Vernon Street

1938
Saverio Pantaloni & Family
Saverio & Lavora Pantaloni
Edgar Pantaloni

Camden Courier-Post
February 18, 1938

339 Mount Vernon Street

 1870s-1880s
Henry Braid Wilson Sr. & Family
Philip Wilson
Adm. Henry B. Wilson Jr.

339 Mt. Vernon Street

1913
John Schbert
Emma Lillian Schubert

Philadelphia Inquirer
December 3, 1913

341 Mount Vernon Street

1915
Mrs. Elizabeth Dilmore

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 3, 1915

  345 Mount Vernon Street

1890-1898
Henry Braid Wilson Sr.
1890-1900s
Philip Wilson

345 Mount Vernon Street

1933
Lillian Mazzare

Camden Courier-Post
January 25, 1933

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Intersection of South 4th Street & Mt. Vernon Street
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Southwest Corner

Camden Courier-Post
February 10, 1961

 

Above: Southwest Corner of South 4th & Mount Vernon Street - Circa 1910
Above: Southwest Corner of South 4th & Mount Vernon Street - August 16, 2011
   

400 Block of Mt. Vernon Street

401 Mount Vernon Street

1960s-2011
Ulysses S. Wiggins School

  402 Mount Vernon Street

Private
Bertie Pennington

405 Mount Vernon Street

1915
William C. Sofield

Camden Daily Courier
May 21, 1915

Fraternal Order of Eagles
Fraternal Order of Orioles

 

  414-416
Mount Vernon Street

Daniel L. Gottlieb & Sons
1930s to late 1970s

419-421
Mount Vernon Street

Christopher A. Bergen
Elementary School

1891-1948

1893 Photo

419-421
Mount Vernon Street

Christopher A. Bergen
Elementary School

1891-1948

1906 Photo

 

420-426
Mount Vernon Street

1903-1920s
Municipal Baths

Philadelphia Inquirer
June 18, 1915

Harry Mines - William T. Boyle
American Art Glass Company
Joseph Wishnefski - Frank Cofuski

  424 Mount Vernon Street

1870 Isaac Merrick

432
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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  434
Mount Vernon Street

1879-1940
George H. Middleton Sr. & Family
George H. Sr. & Cordelia Middleton (d. 1880)
George H. Middleton Jr.
George & Martha Middleton

George H. Jr. & Agnes Middleton

434 Mount Vernon Street

1943-1947
Albert J. Flacco & Family

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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434 & 436
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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436
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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Intersection of Mount Vernon Street & South 5th Street
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Northwest Corner of South 5th Street & Mt. Vernon Street - August 16, 2011
Northwest Corner of South 5th Street & Mt. Vernon Street - August 16, 2011
Northeast Corner of South 5th Street & Mt. Vernon Street - August 16, 2011
Southeast Corner of South 5th Street & Mt. Vernon Street - August 16, 2011
Southwest Corner of South 5th Street & Mt. Vernon Street - August 16, 2011
   

500 Block of Mt. Vernon Street

507
Mount Vernon Street

Private Angelo Romano

507
Mount Vernon Street

1894
Henry Jackson & Family

Philadelphia Inquirer
June 19, 1894

Harry B. Paul - Edward Mills
Peter Brown -
Emma Street
Stockton Park

531
Mount Vernon Street

1910
John C. Voll Sr. & Family
John C. Voll Sr.
Frank Voll
John C. Voll Jr.

Left: John C. Voll Jr.

541
Mount Vernon Street

1947-1960s
Roxy's Record Shop

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Ad

555
Mount Vernon Street

1872-1948 Mount Vernon Public School

555
Mount Vernon Street

2006-2008
South Camden Alternative Middle School

  558 Mount Vernon Street

1887-1888
Pierce Brown

564 Mount Vernon Street

1917 Frank Dungan

Philadelphia Inquirer
March 17, 1917

Frank H. Miller
George N. Beach
Katie C. Beach
Frank Sheridan

564 Mount Vernon Street

1926
Wright Ellis Cox

565 Mount Vernon Street

1940-1947
William H. Tatem Sr. & Family
retired Captain, Camden Fire Department
William H. & Sarah Tatem
William H. Tatem Jr. - Edwin Tatem

568 Mount Vernon Street

2012 Vacant

Photograph Taken July 2012

 

568, 570, 572 & 574
Mount Vernon Street

2012 Vacant

Photograph Taken July 2012

570 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken July 2012

 

  570 Mount Vernon Street

1890-1970s
Louis S. Dickinson & Family
Louis S. & Anna Dickinson
Charles V. Dickinson - Lillian Dickinson
Morris Dickinson - Charlotte Dickinson
Edna May Dickinson Andrus
Chester J. Andrus (Son-in-Law)

570 Mount Vernon Street

1919-1970s
Chester J. "C.J." Andrus & Family
Camden Fire Department
Chester & Edna Andrus
Chester J. Andrus Jr.

  570 Mount Vernon Street

1924-1930s
Charles V. Dickinson & Family
Charles V. Dickinson & Lillian Hanson Dickinson
Charlotte Dickinson

  571
Mount Vernon Street

1881-1885
John C. Edwards & Family
John C. & Martha Ann Edwards
James Edwards
John S. Edwards
Lydia Edwards

572
Mount Vernon Street

1886
Samuel Jones

Philadelphia Inquirer
November 22, 1886

572
Mount Vernon Street

1947
Leon Ice & Family
Leon & Maud Ice

Camden Courier-Post
July 16, 1947

 

572 Mount Vernon Street

2012 Vacant

Photograph Taken July 2012

 

574 Mount Vernon Street

2012

Photograph Taken July 2012

 

William Walker, aged 26 years of No. 576 Mt. Vernon Street, a conductor on the Kaighn Avenue line of the Camden and Suburban Railway Company, was fatally crushed about 6:30 o'clock this morning at the Kaighn's Point ferry between two trolley cars.  The sad accident happened while Walker was preparing his first trip of the day.

 It appears that when Walker's car with Motorman Chew on the front drew into the ferry, a Fifth Street car was already standing at the end of the track.  Chew brought his car to a standstill within three feet of the Fifth Street car.  No sooner had the car stopped then Walker hopped from the back and grabbed the rope attached to the trolley pole, and ran around to the rear of the car.

 EXTRA MAN HAD CAR

 He was standing between the rear end of his car the the front end of the Fifth Street car, endeavoring to adjust the pole when a Second and Third Street trolley car came bowling along at a fair rate of speed.  An extra man named Leech was running the car while the regular motorman was at breakfast.

 Workmen on their way to the ferry noticing the speed of the car and seeing that Leech who was applying the brakes with all his strength, could not bring it to a stop without striking the Kaighn Avenue car, yelled to Walker warning him of his danger.

 The unfortunate conductor, however, did not hear the cries and the next moment the Third Street car crashed into the Kaighn Avenue car, jamming it back against the Fifth Street car and pinioning Walker at the hips. 

HORRIBLY CRUSHED 

A score of persons ran to Walker's aid, and as the Kaighn Avenue car was drawn ahead a little the unfortunate man would have fallen to the ground had not a dozen willing hands supported him.  His body was horribly crushed, and many of those in the crown were made sick by the terrible sight. 

The patrol wagon was quickly on the scene and conveyed the injured man to Cooper Hospital with lightening speed.  He breathed his last as he was being carried in the hospital.  Walker was one of the most popular conductors in the employ of the trolley company and was known as a conscientious and painstaking employee.  He leaves a wife and child.

 

576 Mount Vernon Street

1901 William Thomas Walker

Camden Post-Telegram
April 11, 1901

576
Mount Vernon Street

1901 William Thomas Walker

Philadelphia Inquirer
April 12, 1901

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TROLLEY CAR VICTIM HAS A SAD FUNERAL
WILLIAM WALKER WHOSE LIFE WAS
CRUSHED OUT BURIED YESTERDAY

FELLOW CARMEN'S SORROW
LARGE CROWD SHEDS TEARS AROUND
THE DEAD CONDUCTOR'S BIER

TROLLEY CAR DRAPED IN BLACK CARRIED
HIS FELLOW WORKMEN TO THE GRAVE

 The funeral of William Walker, the unfortunate conductor of the Camden and Suburban trolley road, who was crushed to death Thursday morning by being caught between two trolley cars at Kaighn's Point, took place yesterday from his late home, 576 Mt. Vernon Street.  It was a funeral marked with genuine sadness and the scenes at the home and grave were touching.

 The services were held in the afternoon and Rev. George T. Harris of the Trinity M.E. Church officiated.

 The funeral cortege was led by a draped trolley car, in which forty-eight employees of the trolley company rode.  Following were the carriages, which proceeded to Evergreen Cemetery, where the interment was made.  About the grave stood the trolley men with bared heads, and as the young widow passed by with every evidence of unspeakable grief, very few of the tender-hearted men there who did not mingle their tears with the woman left alone.

 The body reposed in a neat casket with silver trimmings.  Clustered about were beautiful floral designs.  One in particular, from Walker's fellow employees, called the fatal hour and composed of roses, carnations, azaleas and other flowers, attracted attention.

Walker's popularity could have no better evidence of its genuineness than by the sympathetic tears of many who gathered about his bier.  Pall bearers were Harry Middleton, John Dietz, William Sloan and William Smith.

Clipping courtesy of Beth Crane

576
Mount Vernon Street

1901 William Thomas Walker

Camden Daily Courier
April 15, 1901

 

576
Mount Vernon Street

1925 Paul M. Brown

Camden Post-Telegram
October 26, 1925

Crawford Smith - Carman Street
Charles D. Phillips -
North 23rd Street
Edward T. Beach -
St. John Street
Elmer D. Snyder -
Mechanic Street
George P. Hood -
North 42nd Street
Alma C. McGhee -
Elm Street
Ralph E. Wood -
Clinton Street
Paul M. Brown -
Mt. Vernon Street

578 Mount Vernon Street

1930-1959
Arthur S. "Ott" Laxton Sr. & Family
Arthur S. "Ott" & Helen Laxton
Arthur Samuel Laxton Jr.

  580 Mount Vernon Street

1884-1888
Charles P. Vanhart & Family
grocery
Charles P. & Hannah Vanhart
John W. Vanhart
Anna Vanhart

ARTICLES FOR SALE

3-BURNER gas stove. White back, $3.50, and other goods reasonable. 580 Mt. Vernon.

580 Mount Vernon Street

1938

Camden Courier-Post
February 17, 1938

  580 Mount Vernon Street

1940 Vacant

580 Mount Vernon Street

1941 WIlliam C. Strack Jr.

Camden Courier-Post
July 1, 1941

 

580 Mount Vernon Street

1943-1955
Radio Laboratories

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Listing

580 Mount Vernon Street

1943-1955
Radio Laboratories

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Listing

580 Mount Vernon Street

1943-1955
Radio Laboratories


Southwest Corner
of
South 6th Street
&
Mount Vernon Street

The attached picture is of my grandfather Robert Richard Rowan Sr., the son of Madeline H. Rittenhouse, with his co-worker and friend Penny at 6th and Mt. Vernon. Robert Rowan was born August 2nd 1913 and died April 21st 1978. He lived at 51 North Street, around the corner from the John Rittenhouse store at 941 Point Street.  

Richard Rowan
November 2010

 


600 Block of Mt. Vernon Street

  600 Mount Vernon Street

1880
John C. Edwards & Family
John C. & Martha Edwards
John S. Edwards
James S. Edward
Lydia Edwards

  600 Mount Vernon Street

1939-1943 Howard Wentzell's Cafe
1947-1977 Leon Podlenski - Leon's Cafe
1978-1983 Big John's Place
 

600 Mount Vernon Street

October 30, 1996

605 Mount Vernon Street

1952
John Clayton

Camden Courier-Post
November 28, 1952

Camden Lodge No. 11, Loyal Order of Moose

607 Mount Vernon Street

1922
George Boone

  609 Mount Vernon Street

1924
Adam W. Meade

  611 Mount Vernon Street

1933 Charles Dunn

613 Mount Vernon Street

1931
Herman Baker

 

613 Mount Vernon Street

1930-1933
Harry F. Redding & Family
Harry F. & Blanch R. Redding
William M. Redding

Camden Courier-Post
March 28, 1932

CAMDEN DRIVER FINED FOR OVERLOADED TRUCK

Harry P. Turner of 613 Mt. Vernon Street, Camden, was fined $100 and costs in Gloucester police court yesterday, by Mayor J. Emerson Jackson on a charge of driving an overloaded truck.

Turner was arrested by Inspector Henry C. Wilson, of the Motor Vehicle Department, on Crescent 
boulevard. 

613 Mount Vernon Street

1933 Harry P. Turner

Camden Courier-Post
June 15, 1933

  615 Mount Vernon Street

1910
Edward Fortiner
Edward & Mary Fortiner
Franklin F. Fortiner

618 Mount Vernon Street

1907
John J. Fleming

Philadelphia Inquirer
October 5, 1907

618-620
Mount Vernon Street

October 30, 1996

622 Mount Vernon Street

1947 Harold Brown
1956 Paula Huston

Camden Courier-Post
February 15, 1956

623 Mount Vernon Street

1947-1956
Allen W. Turner & Family
Allen W. & Carrie Turner
Thelma Turner
Genevieve Turner

Camden Courier-Post
February 15, 1956

Dr. Ulysses S. Wiggins

 

624 Mount Vernon Street

1881
Andrew Miller & Family

 

625 Mount Vernon Street

1910-1920
James Kennedy & Family
James & Emma Kennedy
Thomas Kennedy

636 Mount Vernon Street

1899-1900
Harry W. Scragg & Family
agent, Prudential Insurance
Harry W. & Mary A. Smith Scragg

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 24, 1900

  636 Mount Vernon Street

1890s-1900 Frank Truax 

 

636 Mount Vernon Street

1918-1919
William Patterson

Philadelphia Inquirer
January 20, 1919

  643 Mount Vernon Street

1947-1952 Mrs. Martha Oehlert 

 


Intersection of South 7th Street & Mt. Vernon Street
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700 Block of Mt. Vernon Street

700 Mount Vernon Street

1885
Smith Moore

700 Mount Vernon Street
Southeast Corner
South 7th Street & Mount Vernon Street

1888-1918
Daniel Francis Hurley & Family
saloon
Daniel F. & Mary B. Reinhardt Hurley
Daniel F. Hurley Jr.
Barbara Hurley
Mary Hurley Jetter

Philadelphia Inquirer
August 21, 1888

Daniel F. Hurley passed away on June 17, 1893. His wife ran the saloon for a short time, then rented it out. After 1895 the Hurleys did not run the bar. They did live above the saloon at different times, as late as October of 1918. 

700 Mount Vernon Street

1890 Gottlieb Berger

Philadelphia Inquirer
December 7, 1890

700 Mount Vernon Street

1888-1895 Mary Hurley

Philadelphia Inquirer
June 19, 1893

700 Mount Vernon Street
Southeast Corner
South 7th Street & Mount Vernon Street

1888-1895 Mary Hurley
1904-1905 Walter P. Manning
1905 Patrick McVeigh

1920s - late 1930s Arthur Gelhaar
Grocery
1947 New Deal Cafe
1956 Pat's Bar
1959 Pat Caridi's Bar 

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 16, 1905

700 Mount Vernon Street

1888-1895 Mary Hurley

Philadelphia Inquirer
October 19, 1919

700 Mount Vernon Street
Southeast Corner
South 7th Street & Mount Vernon Street

1967-1973 Mike's Corner 

Charles Threadgill

700 Mount Vernon Street
Southeast Corner
South 7th Street & Mount Vernon Street

1967-1973 Mike's Corner 

Camden Courier-Post
June 4, 1973

Charles Threadgill

 

  702 Mount Vernon Street

 

  704 Mount Vernon Street

1971 Vacant

 

  706 Mount Vernon Street

1947 Mrs. Carrie McCaffery

 

706 Mount Vernon Street

1971
Mrs. Maria George

Camden Courier-Post
April 15, 1971

John Mogck

 

  706 Mount Vernon Street

Camden Courier-Post
June 4, 1973

 

  707 Mount Vernon Street

 

  708 Mount Vernon Street

 

  709 Mount Vernon Street

 

  710 Mount Vernon Street

1878 Thomas Peacock

1918
Marcellus L. Burgess & Family
Marcellus & Elsie Burgess
Raymond J. Burgess
Harold Burgess
Leroy Burgess

711 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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712 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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712, 714 & 716
 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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713  Mount Vernon Street

1878-1892
George E. Boyer Sr. & Family

1901
Lucius Hallahan & Family
printer
Lucius & Emma Hallahan

1906
George W. Rich & Family
George W. & Ella Rich
Warren H. Rich
Florence Rich
Herbert Rich

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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714  Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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714 Mount Vernon Street

1918-1920
Seth Monell & Family

  714 Mount Vernon Street

1930
Charles MacNeir & Family
Charles & Lillian MacNier
Belford MacNeir - Frederick MacNeir
Charles MacNeir -
Harrison MacNeir
Edgar MacNeir

  715 Mount Vernon Street

Harry W. Gifford

716  Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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716 Mount Vernon Street

1878-1885
John Kennedy & Family
John & Wilhelmina Kennedy

717  Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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717 & 719
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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  718 Mount Vernon Street

 

719
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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720
Mount Vernon Street

1890-1903
Fred W. George & Family
Camden County Freeholders' Clerk
Fred W. & Clara George
Fred W. George Jr.
Howard George
Verna George
Raymond George
Cora George

721 Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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  721 Mount Vernon Street

1920
Marcellus L. Burgess & Family
Marcellus & Elsie Burgess
Raymond J. Burgess
Harold Burgess
Leroy Burgess

  721 Mount Vernon Street

1923-1938
Louis & Lena Sebenlist

721 Mount Vernon Street

1923-1938
Franklin W. Peters & Family
Frank & Katherine Sebenlist Peters

721 Mount Vernon Street

1930s-1940
Leroy Hatchett & Family
Leroy & Hazel Hatchett

721 & 723
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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722
Mount Vernon Street

1885-1888
Fred W. George & Family
Fred W. & Clara George
Fred W. George Jr.
Howard George

722 Mount Vernon Street

1916-1970
Walter Branch & Family
Walter Branch died August 1930
Walter & Mary E. Branch
L. Bernice Branch (Bernice Mitchell)

Camden Post-Telegram
September 10, 1921

722 Mount Vernon Street

1916-1970
Walter Branch & Family
Walter Branch died August 1930
Walter & Mary E. Branch
L. Bernice Branch (Bernice Mitchell)

Camden Courier-Post
March 6, 1970

Union American Methodist Episocopal Church

722 Mount Vernon Street

1971 Mrs. Effie Chinn
1971 Robert Thompson

Camden Courier-Post
March 14, 1971

Robert Deford
William Watkin

  722 Mount Vernon Street

Destroyed by Fire March 14, 1971

 

723
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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724
Mount Vernon Street

1918-1920
Andrew Miller & Family

726
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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  728
Mount Vernon Street

1878
George Gladney & Family
George & Mary Gladney 
David Gladney
Charles Gladney

  729 Mount Vernon Street

1947 Vacant

730
Mount Vernon Street

1929 Jean Fisher aka Virginia Jackulsa

Camden Courier-Post
April 26, 1929

Frank Rocanella
John S. O'Grady

 

730
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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730 & 732
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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731
Mount Vernon Street

1882-1883
Andrew Miller & Family
1882-1883
Charles H. Robinson Sr. & Family

732
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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MAN GIVEN 60 DAYS FOR ROW AT HOSPITAL

 William Clark, 35, colored, of 732 Mt. Vernon Street, was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail on a disorderly conduct charge by Police Judge Pancoast yesterday. 

Patrolman William Rodgers testified he arrested Clark at the West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital where Rodgers had asked for treatment for a dog bite. According to hospital attaches, he became abusive. Earlier, Rodgers said, Clark had entered the Second district police station seeking a warrant for the arrest of the dog's owner.

Clark told the court that a policeman, not Rodgers, struck him at the hospital. He was informed by the court to make any complaint to Acting Chief John Golden.

732
Mount Vernon Street

Camden Courier-Post
June 29, 1933

 

  733 Mount Vernon Street

 

734-736 & 738-740
Mount Vernon Street

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735
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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735 & 737
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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737
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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737 & 739
Mount Vernon Street

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738
Mount Vernon Street

1910
Herbert Hibbs & Family
Herbert & Ella Hibbs
William Hibbs - Isaac Hibbs
Margaret Hibbs

739
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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  740 
Mount Vernon Street

Intersection of Maurice Street aka Ann Street & Mt. Vernon Street
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700 Block of Mt. Vernon Street

  741 Mount Vernon Street

 

  742 Mount Vernon Street

 

  742-1/2 Mount Vernon Street

1947
Irvin A. Braff
grocery

743
Mount Vernon Street

1942
Rex Snyder & Family
Julius Snyder
Leroy Snyder
Woodley Snyder
James R. Snyder

 

  744 Mount Vernon Street

 

  745 Mount Vernon Street

 

746
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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  747 Mount Vernon Street

 

In 1861, when the men of this city were hearing and heeding the call of the Immortal Lincoln to a service
meaning life or death, a small but heroic company heard the voice of another and mightier leader, above the din and tumult of strife and war; and this company organized a Sunday School Society that culminated in the organization of Eighth Street M. E. Church.

The Sunday School of this little Society was held in a butcher shop in the building now used for a dwelling. The present number being 748 Mt. Vernon street. This was owned by John Paschal, then transferred by sale to Joseph Hoflinger, whose daughter, Mrs. Eliza Robinson, is still with us, and one of the oldest members of the present church society. Mr. John Long was elected superintendent of the school. In his hands it prospered. A sufficient number of children were gathered to warrant the organizing of a school and the scattering families supplied chairs, Bibles, singing 'books, etc., for the regular sessions. This school outgrew its first meeting-place, and was then transferred to a frame house facing Walnut street and adjoining the present church.

748
Mount Vernon Street

1861
John Paschal
butcher shop
Joseph Hoflinger
Sunday School Society

Text is From
The Centennial History of Camden Methodism
published in 1909

 

  749 Mount Vernon Street

 

750
Mount Vernon Street

1890-1900s
Charles H. Robinson Sr. & Family
Charles H. & Elizabeth Robinson
William Roinson
Charles H. Robinson Jr.
Harry G. Robinson

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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750 & 752
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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  751 Mount Vernon Street

 

752
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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753
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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  754 Mount Vernon Street

 

  755 Mount Vernon Street

 

  756 Mount Vernon Street

 

757
Mount Vernon Street

1918-1930
Clarence Pursglove & Family
Clarence & Evelyn Pursglove
Evelyn Pursglove

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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758
Mount Vernon Street

1885-1909
Mrs. Brittania C. Cabell

Camden Post-Telegram
November 13, 1907

 

758
Mount Vernon Street

1885-1909
Mrs. Brittania C. Cabell

Camden Post-Telegram
July 5, 1910

Howard M. Cooper
Richard Fetters
Richard F. Smith

757 & 759
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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759
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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759
Mount Vernon Street

1892, 1904-1937
Thomas Guthridge & Family
Thomas & Mary Davis Guthridge

Camden Post-Telegram
January 26, 1918

 

759
Mount Vernon Street

1892, 1904-1937
Thomas Guthridge & Family
Thomas & Mary Davis Guthridge

Left: Mary D. Guthridge

 

Church Asks Aid For Mother of 10, Destitute By Fire

To the Editor:
     Sir—Mrs. Holmes, a mother of 10 children, ages three to 16, who was operating a music store on Mt. Ephraim avenue until her family was made homeless by fire which destroyed all the children's clothing, will appreciate any clothes anyone may donate. She now is living at 760 Mt. 
Vernon street. Food and rent are paid by city relief. Public-spirited citizens have given a stove and many other- necessities. But clothes— shoes, stockings, pants, underwear, dresses, coats for girls and boys — in fact, everything in wearing apparel, is badly needed. Will call for your gift. Anything given appreciated.

J. W, PRUITT, Pastor,
St. John's A. U. Church.

760
Mount Vernon Street

1938
Mrs. Holmes

Camden Courier-Post
February 15, 1938

  760
Mount Vernon Street

1940 Zack Watson

2011 Gone

 

761
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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761
Mount Vernon Street

1918
William J. Taylor Sr. & Family
William J. & Mary Taylor

 

762
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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762 & 764
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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  763 Mount Vernon Street

 

764
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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765
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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765 & 767
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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766
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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767
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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767 & 769
Mount Vernon Street

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768
Mount Vernon Street

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769
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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770
Mount Vernon Street

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771
Mount Vernon Street

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771 & 773
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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773
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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  775 Mount Vernon Street

 

  777 Mount Vernon Street

 

777
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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777 & 779
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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779
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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781
Mount Vernon Street

Photograph Taken October 3, 2011

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  783 Mount Vernon Street

 

  785 Mount Vernon Street

1897-1898
John J. Chambers
John J. & Martha Wood Chambers
Harry Martyn Chambers
Elizabeth Chambers
Lucy Chambers
William P. Chambers

  787 Mount Vernon Street

 

   

Intersection of South 8th Street & Mt. Vernon Street
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800 Block of Mt. Vernon Street

  803 Mount Vernon Street

1906

805 Mount Vernon Street

1908 Carl Scheck

Camden Post-Telegram
March 9, 1908

Dr. William E. Miller

805 Mount Vernon Street

1911
Mrs. Robert Weber

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 25, 1911

807 Mount Vernon Street

1913
Fred Hall
Camden Fire Department

Camden Post-Telegram
August 67, 1913

809 Mount Vernon Street

1896 William Rudolph

Philadelphia Inquirer
March 14, 1896

  810 Mount Vernon Street

1906

  811 Mount Vernon Street

1906

BIRTHS
WEST JERSEY

William, to Mr. and Mrs. William Griffin, of 237 South Thirty-fifth street.
Florence Mary, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stanley Sleeper, of 607 West street.
Fred, to Mr. and Mrs. Labena Arcangeli of 1713 South Fourth street.

AT HOME

Charles Clifford, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clifford Shockley, of 812 Mt. Vernon street.
Margaret, to Mr. and Mrs. John T. Carbone, of 518 Roberts street

812  Mount Vernon Street

1906 Empty Lot

1938
Charles Clifford Shockley & Family
Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Shockley
Charles C. Shockley Jr.

Camden Courier-Post
February 17, 1938

  813 Mount Vernon Street

1906


...CONTINUED...
814 Mount Vernon Street

1893 Michael Burk

Philadelphia Inquirer
April 24, 1893

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  816 Mount Vernon Street

1906

  817 Mount Vernon Street

1906

  818 Mount Vernon Street

1906

  820 Mount Vernon Street

1901-1902 Joseph Caskey Sr.

821 Mount Vernon Street

1894
J. George Helf & Family
J. George & Mary Helf

Camden Post
April 9, 1894

823 Mount Vernon Street

1893
John Doran & Family
John & Annie Doran
Edward Doran

Philadelphia Inquirer
April 25, 1893

823 Mount Vernon Street

1905
Harry Pfeiffer

Philadelphia Inquirer
July 12, 1905

Farr & Bailey Oil Cloth Works

  823 Mount Vernon Street

1906

  824 Mount Vernon Street

1906

825 Mount Vernon Street

1891-1899
John McCaffery & Family
John & Bridget McCaffery
Mary Elizabeth McCaffery
Catherine McCaffery
Michael McCaffery
John McCaffery Jr.
James J. McCafferey
Charles McCaffery
Patrick McCaffery
Edward McCaffery

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 27, 1895

Adam Davis Jr.

825 Mount Vernon Street

1921
William Schroeder

Camden Daily Courier
June 29, 1921

828 Mount Vernon Street

Photo Taken in 2012

  830 Mount Vernon Street

1886-1899
Anthony J. Oberst
dry goods

  830 Mount Vernon Street

1938 Samuel S. Yellin

  831 Mount Vernon Street

1878-1887
John McCaffery & Family
John & Bridget McCaffery
Michael McCaffery


900 Block of Mt. Vernon Street

  908 Mount Vernon Street

1906

  910 Mount Vernon Street

1906

1954
James Thomas
operated a boarding house at 737 Kaighn Avenue

  911 Mount Vernon Street

1906

  912 Mount Vernon Street

1906

  916 Mount Vernon Street

1872-1892
Frederick George & Family
Frederick & Deborah George
Ellen George
Fred W. George
Phoebe George
James George
Mary George
Edward George
Thomas George
Emma George
 

916 Mount Vernon Street

1918
Harry Middleton Savoy & Family
Harry M. & Hannah Savoy

World War I Draft Card

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  917 Mount Vernon Street

1965
Mt. Carmel Holiness Church of the Lord Jesus Christ

  918 Mount Vernon Street

1906

  920 Mount Vernon Street

1906

921 Mount Vernon Street

1889-1942
Mrs. Josephine Stankowski-Kotinski

Camden Courier-Post
September 21, 1942

John Skolski

  922 Mount Vernon Street

1906

  922-1/2 Mount Vernon Street

1906

  924 Mount Vernon Street

1906

   

1000 Block of Mt. Vernon Street

1003 Mt. Vernon Street

1905
Miss Emma Stout

Philadelphia Inquirer
January 15, 1905

Wesley A.M.E. Church
Rev. John C. Temple
John Edward Temple
Charles C. Cornog

 

 

1014 Mt. Vernon Street

1869
Frederick George & Family
Frederick & Deborah George
Ellen George
Fred W. George
Phoebe George
Mary George
Edward George
Thomas George
Emma George

1017 Mt. Vernon Street - Rear

1935
George N. Lawrence

Camden Courier-Post
October 7, 1935

 


Intersection of Mt. Vernon Street & Mt. Ephraim Avenue

   
   

1100 Block of Mt. Vernon Street

   
   

Intersection of Mt. Vernon Street & Orchard Street
Philadelphia Inquirer - November 7, 1921


Mrs. Walenya Pasiewicz - Mrs. Oplan

Intersection of Mt. Vernon Street & Orchard Street

 


Southwest Corner

1890s-1960s
Camden Pottery Company
  Southwest Corner

1890s-1960s
Camden Pottery Company

Southwest Corner

1890s-1960s
Universal Rundle Corporation

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Listing

Looking South
on Orchard Street

June 10, 2011

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  Southeast Corner

1150 Mount Vernon Street

 


1100 Block of Mt. Vernon Street

1150
Mount Vernon Street

1897
Isaac Hibbs & Family
Isaac & Margaret Hibbs
Harry V. Hibbs
Herbert Hibbs

1931 William Thum's Cafe
1936-1977 Mt. Vernon Cafe
(1940-1943 Edward Krause)
(1947 Oscar R. Letts)

Photo taken February 11, 2006

Destroyed by Fire
June 9, 2011

1150 Mount Vernon Street

William Thomas

Camden Courier-Post
November 10, 1930

Destroyed by Fire
June 9, 2011

1150 Mount Vernon Street

1931 William Thum's Cafe

1936-1977 Mt. Vernon Cafe
1940-1943 Edward Krause
1947 Oscar R. Letts

Photo taken February 11, 2006

1150, 1152, 1154 &1156
Mount Vernon Street

August 2, 2006

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Destroyed by Fire June 9, 2011

1150 to 1156
Mount Vernon Street

June 10. 2011

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Destroyed by Fire June 9, 2011

 

 

1152 Mount Vernon Street

Destroyed by Fire
June 9, 2011

 

1154 Mount Vernon Street

Destroyed by Fire
June 9, 2011

 

1156 Mount Vernon Street

1897-1898
Harry W. Scragg & Family
agent, Prudential Insurance
Harry W. & Mary A. Smith Scragg

Destroyed by Fire
June 9, 2011

 

1158 Mount Vernon Street

Razed Prior to August 20, 2006

1160 Mount Vernon Street

Razed Prior to August 20, 2006

1915 Frank Notevis

Philadelphia Inquirer
June 16, 1915

Castle Kid Company
Keystone Leather Company
O. Glen Stackhouse
Joseph Copvinski
Mount Vernon Street
Daniel Gelastrum
Lawrence Street
K. Agemian
Charles Szepah
Victor Rubinolski
South 7th Street
South 9th Street
John Borski

 

1162 Mount Vernon Street

Razed Prior to August 20, 2006

 

1164 Mount Vernon Street

Razed Prior to August 20, 2006

 

1166 Mount Vernon Street

1910-1955
John Golaszeski & Family
John & Wanda Golaszewski
Helen Golaszewski - Steven Golaszeski
Philip John Golaszewski aka John Glazer
Jesse Golaszewski - Emily Golaszeski
Lena Golaszewski - Laura Golaszewski
Laura Golaszewski

1928-1955
aka John Glazer & Family
John & Cecelia Glazer
Rita Glazer
Constance Glazer

Razed Prior to August 20, 2006

 

1168 Mount Vernon Street

Razed Prior to August 20, 2006

 

1170 Mount Vernon Street

Razed Prior to August 20, 2006

1172
Mount Vernon Street

August 2, 2006

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Razed Prior to June of 2011

 

1174
Mount Vernon Street

Razed Prior to August of 2006

1176
Mount Vernon Street

August 2, 2006

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1176
Mount Vernon Street

June 10, 2011

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Intersection of Mt. Vernon Street & Louis Street

   

1100 Block of Mt. Vernon Street
(1182 to 1186)

MARRIAGE LICENSES

1182 Mount Vernon Street

1919-1938
Marion Gorczynski & Family
Marion & Catherine Gorczynnski
Stella Gorczynski - Jesse Gorczynski
Chester Gorczynski - Mary Gorczynski
Sigmund Gorczynski - Maeio Gorczynski Jr.
Helen Gorczynski

1920 Census

MARRIAGE LICENSES

1182 Mount Vernon Street

1938 Sigmund Gorczynski

Camden Courier-Post
February 22, 1938

 

1184 Mount Vernon Street



1186 Mount Vernon Street

1921
Mrs. Walenya Pasiewicz

Philadelphia Inquirer
November 7, 1921

   

Intersection of Mt. Vernon Street & Diamond Street

   

1100 Block of Mt. Vernon Street
(1190 to 1196)

1190 Mount Vernon Street

1905 Daniel Laughlin

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 16, 1905

  1190 Mount Vernon Street
  1192 Mount Vernon Street
  1194 Mount Vernon Street
  1196 Mount Vernon Street

1924 Valentine Speyrerer


Intersection of Mt. Vernon Street & Haddon Avenue

1039
Haddon Avenue

1980s-2000s
Bundy's Jokers Wild Cafe


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