Camden Streets - Princeton Avenue

PRINCETON AVENUE, "The best houses for the least amount of money ever built in Camden" according to a 1902 advertisement, runs for one block, parallel east of South 7th Street between pine and Division Streets. Built by the Lorigan & Hurley, a partnership consisting of builder William J. Lorigan and department store magnate William Leonard Hurley, the homes featured eight rooms and a bath, tiled vestibule, and an elevated and roofed front porch.

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Phil Cohen

Princeton Avenue

Camden
Daily Courier
1902 Advertisement

As Seen from Pine Street

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Princeton
Avenue

As Seen from Pine Street

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Princeton Avenue - March 27, 2004
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Above and Below:
Princeton Avenue As Seen from Pine Street

Above and Below:
Princeton Avenue As Seen from Division Street

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	802 Princeton Avenue 1902 William J. Lorigan 1902 Florence G. Toram Philadelphia Inquirer October 30, 1902
	802 Princeton Avenue 1930-1932 John & Elizabeth Gilbert Mrs. Emily Gilbert Camden Courier-Post June 2, 1932
	803 Princeton Avenue 1906-1908 Horace B. Parker St. & Family Horace B. & Margaret Parker Horace B. Parker Jr. & Family Horace B. & Gertrude Parker Lillian Parker Margaret Parker Horace B. Parker III Philadelphia Inquirer August 5, 1906 Click on Image to Enlarge
	808 Princeton Avenue 1938 Florence Melari Camden Courier-Post February 26, 1938
	818 Princeton Avenue 1959 William B. Warren & Family Camden Fire Department Camden Courier-Post January 19, 1959 South 8th Street Rothel Pratt John Graham Engine Company 8

Princeton Avenue Memories

Looking toward Pine the East corner is the house that is next to the house I was born in, the back yards of of those houses had an alley going from Division to Pine . My grandmother's house at 747 Division was at the corner of Division . The back yard of that East corner house, at the Pine Srtreet end of the alley, was a pickle factory. Its back wall was at the back end of my Grandmothers yard.

Jim Bessing