ROBERTS STREET is a narrow street that runs north from Pine Street north across Royden and Clinton Streets before ending at Clarion Alley. It was named by and for Joseph E. Roberts, a successful builder and real estate developer, who was responsible for creating the street and building houses on and near it. Joseph E. Roberts was a successful dry goods merchant from Salem County. The 1870 Census shows him living in Upper Penn's Neck Township in Salem County. He moved to Camden shortly afterwards. The Roberts family first appear in Camden City Directories in 1872. Apparently under the direction of Joseph E. Roberts, with Jacob and brother Frank also being involved, the family engaged in real estate and homebuilding in Camden. By 1872 a street, known to this day as Roberts Street, which had not existed when the 1870 Camden City Directory, had been laid out. By 1874 the Roberts family owned 58 houses in what was then Camden's Fourth Ward. Joseph E. Roberts built over 250 houses on his own, then went into partnership with E.N. Cohn. By 1886 the had built an additional 450 homes. |
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500 Block of Roberts Street |
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511 Roberts Street Philadelphia Inquirer |
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511 Roberts Street Philadelphia Inquirer |
511 Roberts Street 1947 |
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Roberts Street
1947 Peter Celucci |
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Roberts Street
1886 George Harris Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Roberts Street
1947 Horace Shone |
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Roberts Street
1881 |
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Roberts Street
1947-1967 Mrs. Bertha
Clark |
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Roberts Street
1947 George Cook |
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Roberts Street
1947 Albert Boggs |
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517 Roberts
Street
1896 James Farley Philadelphia Inquirer Harry Parker - Charles
Parker |
517 Roberts
Street
1947 Mrs.
Virginia M. West |
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517 Roberts
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1967 |
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518 Roberts
Street
1895 Philadelphia Inquirer |
BIRTHS WEST JERSEY William,
to Mr. and Mrs. William Griffin, of 237 South
Thirty-fifth street. AT HOME Charles
Clifford, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clifford Shockley, of 812 Mt.
Vernon street. |
518 Roberts
Street
1938-1940 Camden Courier-Post
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518 Roberts
Street
1947 Raymond Hiers
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Intersection
of Roberts Street & Clinton
Street |
500 Block of Roberts Street |
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539 & 541 Roberts Street Philadelphia
Inquirer Charles S. Newkirk |
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539 Roberts Street February
1900 Philadelphia
Inquirer |
539 Roberts Street June
1900
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539 Roberts Street 1905 Philadelphia
Inquirer
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539 Roberts Street
1917 Albert
Smith
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540
Roberts Street
1910 1947 Anna M. Hughes |
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541 Roberts Street 1893-1894 |
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541
Roberts Street
1900-1901 Philadelphia Inquirer Frank Allen
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541
Roberts Street
1900-1901 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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541
Roberts Street
1902 Philadelphia Inquirer |
541
Roberts Street
1947 Alfred Rogers |
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Roberts Street
1900 |
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Roberts Street
1910 1947 Joseph Marchegiano |
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Roberts Street
1899 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Roberts Street
1900 |
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Roberts Street
1943-1950s |
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Roberts Street
1958-1965 |
544
Roberts Street
1878 Charles A. Todd 1900 1910 1947 Walter Rudomin |
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545
Roberts Street
1879 |
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Roberts Street
1900 |
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Roberts Street
1912 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Roberts Street
1947 Mrs. Hannah Cummings |
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Roberts Street
1894 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Roberts Street
1900 |
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546
Roberts Street
1909-1910 Philadelphia Inquirer |
546
Roberts Street
1947 Wilferd J. WIlkinson |
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547
Roberts Street
1900 1947 Morris Allen |
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549
Roberts Street
1906 |
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Roberts Street
1920 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Roberts Street
1901-1900 Denver Post |
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Roberts Street
1901-1900 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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551
Roberts Street
1915
David
Bakley
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551
Roberts Street
1947 Mrs. Katie Abrams 2014 Abandoned |
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Roberts Street
1897-1898 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Roberts Street
1900 |
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Roberts Street
1902 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Roberts Street
1947 |
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Roberts Street
1900 Philadelphia Inquirer |
555
Roberts Street
1947 John B. Richardson |
Intersection
of Roberts
Street and Royden
Street Click on Images to Enlarge |
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Intersection of Roberts Street and Royden Street as seen from Clinton Street - February 9, 2012 | |
t900 Block of Roberts Street |
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605 Roberts Street 1890-1892 |
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605
Roberts Street
1940-1972 Camden Courier-Post |
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Roberts Street
1947 George Winkels |
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Roberts Street
1904 Mrs. Goodman Philadelphia Inquirer Philip Schmitz |
608
Roberts Street
1947 Mrs. Emma D. Kell |
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Roberts Street
1947 Albert Jester |
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610
Roberts Street 1908-1911 John F. McKenna & Family saloonkeeper John F. & Ida May McKenna Catherine Risley - Jesse Risley Mary Ann McKenna Mildred McKenna | |
610
Roberts Street
1930 1947 Thomas Baker |
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612
Roberts Street
1947 John Doyle |
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614
Roberts Street
1883-1892 Edward
H. Mead |
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Roberts Street
1899 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Roberts Street
1901 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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614
Roberts Street
1906 Philadelphia Inquirer |
614
Roberts Street
1947 Frank E. Maddon |
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616
Roberts Street
1892 Rev Charles A. Smith 1904 Mrs. Maud Gardner 1947 Edward Caskill |
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616
Roberts Street
1904 Mrs. Maud Gardner Philadelphia Inquirer Joseph Burk - O. Glen Stackhouse |
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616
Roberts Street
1912 Philadelphia Inquirer James
Tatem - Harry
Virtue
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616
Roberts Street
1947 Edward Caskill |
Intersection
of Roberts Street &
Roberts Court |
Intersection
of Roberts Street & Line
Street |
Intersection
of Pine
Street & Roberts
Street Click on Images to Enlarge |
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Looking North on Robert Street from Pine Street - March 14, 2012 | |