Camden Streets - Summit Street aka Summit Avenue

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Camden, NJ

Summit Street

SUMMIT STREET, also known as SUMMIT AVENUE, in North Camden runs for one block, from 1027 Penn Street and 1030 Linden Street, between North 10th and North 11th Streets, near the site of the old Haddon Bindery. When the 1920 City Directory was compiled, there were 22 homes on Summit Street. By 1947 only three buildings were still standing. Things remained this was for several decades until new homes were built on Summit and Chester Streets in the 1990s.

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Summit Street

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300 BLOCK of SUMMIT STREET
	309 Summit Street 1924 Robert Carey 1929 1947 Vacant
	310 Summit Street 1924 Joseph Terrill 1929 John R. Daniels
COAL-THROWING THIEVES GET 3 MONTHS IN JAIL Accused of throwing coal at a railroad detective who says he caught them taking two bags of coal from a coal car at Tenth and Bulson streets, two youths were sent to jail for three months yesterday by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast. They are Lucius Robinson, 18, of 903 Ferry avenue, and Daniel Paulk, 17, of 1708 South Tenth street. Their accuser was Eugene Pavon, of the Reading Railroad. They said they were merely walking across the tracks. The police said both have been arrested before on coal stealing charges. Samuel Gillard, 18, colored, of 310 Summit street, went to jail for 30 days in default of a $25 fine on a charge of stealing a bag of coal from the American Ice Company, Twelfth and Federal streets. John Rusch, 1319 Princess Avenue, manager of the plant, said he captured Gillard.	310 Summit Street 1933-1947 Mrs. Anna Gilyard Camden Courier-Post February 2, 1933
	310 Summit Street 1947 Vacant
	311 Summit Street 1924 Lee Roberts 1929 Chelton Johnsons 1947 Gone
	312 Summit Street 1924 Dennis Howard 1929 Mrs. Rachel Smith 1947 Mrs. Eunice WInston
My mother, 3 siblings and I moved to Camden in February 1954: 312 Summit Street in North Camden, a small street sandwiched between 10th and 11th Penn Street. Went to the old Clara S. Burrough Jr. High on Haddon Avenue. In 1955, we moved to 1191-1/2 Penn Street, again in North Camden, directly behind Admiral Wilson Blvd. Summit Street reminded me of photos I had seen of Hiroshima after the bomb. There were no more than 3 or 4 houses. Ours was the only one with an indoor facility. The rest of the street was rubble (bricks) from homes that had been demolished, a few cars parked but the scene was bleak. We were delighted to move. George Kennedy April 2010	312 Summit Street 1954-1955 The Kennedy Family
	313 Summit Street 1924 Harry Ewing 1929 James Mitchell 1947 Gone
	314 Summit Street 1924 Samson Terrill 1929 Mrs. Sarah Terrill 1947 Gone
	316 Summit Street 1924 Benjamin Nevels 1929 John Hawkins 1947 Gone
	317 Summit Street 1924-1929 Hayward Royster 1947 Gone
	318 Summit Street 1924 Joshua Brown 1929 Mrs. Ida Haywood 1947 Gone
	319 Summit Street 1924 John Elsey 1929 Arthur Livingston 1947 Gone
	320 Summit Street 1917 Mrs. Ella Jones First Nazarene Baptist Church 1924 Hezekiah Brooks 1929 Bertha Smith 1947 Gone
	321 Summit Street 1924 Thomas Brokenberry 1929 Vacant 1947 Gone
	322 Summit Street 1924 James Clark 1929 Fannie Howe 1947 Gone
	323 Summit Street 1924 Mary Hill 1929 Preston Russ 1947 Gone
	324 Summit Street 1924 Nora Berkley 1929 Nora Brinckley 1947 Gone
	325 Summit Street 1924 Cora Smith 1929 Henry Robinson 1947 Gone
	326 Summit Street 1924 Charles H. Johnson 1929 Dusha Wallace 1947 Gone
	327 Summit Street 1924 Rev. Henry Jackson 1929 John Brown 1947 Gone
	328 Summit Street 1924 Simeon Gilyard 1929 vacant 1947 Gone
	329 Summit Street 1924 William Wade 1929 Henry Smith 1947 Gone
	330 Summit Street 1924 George Price 1929 vacant 1947 Gone
	331 Summit Street 1924Joseph Barrett 1929 Elmer Fortesque 1947 Gone
2 OPPONENTS SLASHED IN NORTH CAMDEN FIGHT Two colored men were under arrest last night following a cutting affray in North Camden. Each charges the other with atrocious assault and battery. They are Herman Langston, of 332 Summit Street, near whose home the brawl occurred, and Emory B. Ball, 30, of 1028 Admiral Wilson Boulevard. Langston was treated at Cooper Hospital for cuts on the head and back. Ball was cut on the hand.	332 Summit Street 1924 Henry M. Burch 1929 _____ Taylor 1932 Herman Langston 1947 Gone
	333 Summit Street 1924-1929 Elias Ward 1947 Gone
	334 Summit Street 1924 John Gibbs 1929 vacant 1947 Gone
	335 Summit Street 1924 William Sanders 1929 Carl Sewell 1947 Gone
	336 Summit Street 1924 Isaiah Smith 1929 Margaret Smith 1947 Gone
	337 Summit Street 1902-1904 James Brown Ida Burton aka Ida Whitler Philadelphia Inquirer December 27, 1904 Ida Burton
	338 Summit Street 1924 Nathan Lively 1929 Elizabeth Porter 1947 Gone
	339 Summit Street 1924 Mabel Thomas 1929 Webster LEak 1947 Gone
	340 Summit Street 1924 Peter Carr 1929 James Gray 1947 Gone

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