THE YEAR 1900

SPAN OF A CENTURY
1828-1928
100 YEARS IN THE HISTORY OF CAMDEN AS A CITY

COMPILED FROM NOTES ANDS DATA COLLECTED BY
CHARLES S. BOYER
PRESIDENT CAMDEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLISHED BY
CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE
OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND NOTES BY PHILLIP COHEN IN 2003

The old Market House, which stood at 414-422 Federal Street, was totally destroyed by fire on May 13, 1900. On this site the Public Service building was erected, which now houses the Camden Library. 

In June of 1900, the Miller-Rittenhouse Company established a plant for the manufacture of licorice at the foot of Jefferson Street. This has been since the 1920s the plant of the McAndrews & Forbes Company, the largest manufacturer of licorice products in the world. 

The first Free Rural Delivery mail route in Camden County was established in 1900. It was 23 miles in length, and traversed the Marlton Pike, Haddonfield and Colestown Roads, Burlington Pike, Wellwood Avenue in Merchantville and Browning Road to Kaighn Avenue and back to the Camden Post Office. 

The Central Trust Company bank building at 4th & Federal Streets was opened on October 31, 1900. This bank merged with the Camden Safe Deposit & Trust Company in 1927. 

The Central Trust Bank Building 1915 Click on Image to Enlarge

After the merger, the building became the home of the Equitable Beneficial Insurance Company, and remains as such today.