POLK AVENUE runs northeast from 1200 North 27th Street to North 30th Street, two blocks north of Pierce Avenue in Cramer Hill. It is named after James K. Polk, eleventh President of the United States, who served from 1845 to 1849. |
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Intersection of North 27th Street & Polk Avenue |
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2700 Block of Polk Avenue |
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2709
Polk Avenue 1923-1931
Henry Hiltebrand 1943 Vacant |
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2714 Polk Avenue 1920
Fred Markler |
2727
Polk Avenue
1898 1923-1931 James A. Gillespie |
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2727
& 2729 Polk Avenue Photograph Taken August 22, 2011
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2729
Polk Avenue
1898 James Rickenbach 1910 1923 Pearson Brown |
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2732
Polk Avenue
1898 Howard Rickenbach |
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2732
Polk Avenue
1910-1943 |
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2732,
2736, 2738, 2740 & 2742 Polk Avenue Photograph Taken August 22, 2011
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2736
Polk Avenue
1900 George Molineaux |
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2738
Polk Avenue
1897-1899 Philadelphia inquirer This story appears mangled. Harry Hansom did board in the neighborhood in the 1890s, but there never was a house at 2728 POLK Avenue. Andrew Carroll did live at 2738 in 1898. He moved in 1899, and passed away in 1903, still married to his wife Kate.. |
2738
Polk Avenue
1900 Irving Motes |
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2738
Polk Avenue
Philadephia Inquirer |
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2738
Polk Avenue 1915 Philadelphia Inquirer |
2738
Polk Avenue
1920-1947 |
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2740
Polk Avenue 1899-1900 Charles Eckel Philadelphia Inquirer |
2740
Polk Avenue
1920-
1947 Richard H. Unger
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2742
Polk Avenue 1900
Andrew Carroll |
Intersection of Polk
Avenue & North
28th Street |
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Southeast Corner of North 28th Street & Polk Avenue * August 22, 2011 | |
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Looking Southeast from Corner of North 28th Street & Polk Avenue - August 22, 2011 | |
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Looking Southwest from Corner of North 28th Street & Polk Avenue - August 22, 2011 | |
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Southwest Corner of North 28th Street & Polk Avenue * August 22, 2011 | |
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Northwest Corner of North 28th Street & Polk Avenue * August 22, 2011 | |
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Northeast Corner of North 28th Street & Polk Avenue * August 22, 2011 | |
2800 Block of Polk Avenue |
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2800
Polk Avenue
1898 John Cramer |
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2800
Polk Avenue
1926-1948 1949-1953 Olga Hurwitz 2011 Gone |
2802
Polk Avenue
1923-1947 Mary A. Comeau |
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2802
& 2804 Polk Avenue Photograph Taken August 22, 2011
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2804
Polk Avenue
1923-1947 Harry M. Lake |
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2805
Polk Avenue
1923-1931 Arthur L. LeCates |
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2805,
2807, 2809, 2811, 2813, 2815 & 2817 Polk Avenue Photograph Taken August 22, 2011 |
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2806
Polk Avenue
1924-1929 Photograph Taken August 22, 2011 |
2807
Polk Avenue
1923 Roy Pifer |
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2808
Polk Avenue
1923-1947 Raymond S. Gehret |
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2809
Polk Avenue
1923-1947 |
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2810
Polk Avenue
1923-1931 William J. Glading 2011 Gone |
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2811
Polk Avenue
1923-1947 William C. Sattler |
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2813
Polk Avenue
1923-1947 Samuel W. Gilbert |
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2814
Polk Avenue
1923 William H. Peck
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2814
to 2840 Polk Avenue
Photograph Taken August 22, 2011 |
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2814
to 2840 Polk Avenue
Photograph Taken August 22, 2011 |
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2814
to 2840 Polk Avenue
Photograph Taken August 22, 2011 |
2815
Polk Avenue
1923 F.R. Matsinger |
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2816
Polk Avenue
1924 |
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2817
Polk Avenue
1923-1947 |
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2824
Polk Avenue
1923 No Listing |
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2826
Polk Avenue
1923 No Listing
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2828
Polk Avenue
1923 No Listing |
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2828
Polk Avenue
1940-1943 1943-2012 1943-1953 Florence
Seddon was the sister of Madge Hickey. The Seddons moved in with the
Hickeys during WWII while Joe Sr. was serving with the Navy in the
Pacific. |
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2828
Polk Avenue
1943-1953
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1943-2012 From Left:
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2829
Polk Avenue
1923 Frank R. Ulrich |
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2830
Polk Avenue
1923 No Listing |
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2831
Polk Avenue
1923-1947 Charles H.
Brothman |
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2833
Polk Avenue
1923 John J. Carr |
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2835
Polk Avenue
1923 A.J. Hanaghue |
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2840
Polk Avenue
1923-1947 John W. Riggins |
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2850
Polk Avenue
1923-2015 |
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2850
Polk Avenue
1923-2015 Harry C. Frett & Family Camden Courier-Post |
2854
Polk Avenue
1923 No Listing |
Intersection of North 29th Street & Polk Avenue |
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