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Thirty-Second Street

Streets of Camden, NJ
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Introduction

Thirty-Second Street runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road to the Pavonia railroad switching yards, bisecting the Cramer Hill neighborhood. It starts again in East Camden at Lemuel Avenue and goes to Federal Street, interrupted only by the railroad tracks at Rosedale Avenue. From Federal Street it runs to the city limits at Highland Avenue.

As with all numbered streets in Camden, all buildings north of Federal Street carry a North 32nd Street address, while those south of Federal carry a South 32nd Street address.

In the 1930s, at the corner of Westfield Avenue and 32nd Street stood an acre of cultivated land with an old house called the “Mansion.” This was razed to make room for the Westfield Acres public housing project, and the land was purchased for $6,000. In the late 1960s a 10-story high-rise building for senior citizens was also built on this site. Westfield Acres was razed in 2000 and a neighborhood of new homes, known as Baldwin’s Run, now occupies the site.

In the 1980s and 1990s, the corner of North 32nd and Saunders Street—an exit from Westfield Acres—became one of the most notorious drug corners in East Camden.

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Farragut Avenue & North 32nd Street

Photo from 1931

Intersection of Farragut Avenue and North 32nd Street, 1931 Farragut Avenue and North 32nd Street street sign detail, 1931

Intersection of Farragut Avenue & North 32nd Street, 1931.

1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1900–2013.

1250 North 32nd Street

1250 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—aka 1242, 1244, 1246 & 1248 North 32nd Street

1248 North 32nd Street

1248 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900Levi Renner
1926Charlotte L. Kemble
1947No Listing

1246 North 32nd Street

1246 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906John Benedeict (cigar dealer & maker)
1906John Benedeict
1908, 1911–1914David H. & Elizabeth Greer (grocer)
1909–1910Ambrose & Mary Guetherman (grocer)
1920Charles Wisner (grocer)
1921Robert Shoesmith (grocer)
1922Joseph Robinson (produce)
1926Jerry H. Nops
1947No Listing
2013Gone

1244 North 32nd Street

1244 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910Ambrose & Mary Guetherman (hatter)
1923No Listing
1926No Listing
2013Gone

1242 North 32nd Street

1242 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1926No Listing
1947Russell W. Tucker
2013Gone

1240 North 32nd Street

1240 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1947Emil & Lembi Lindgren

1239 North 32nd Street

1239 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1926Joseph McDowell
1947No Listing
2013Gone

1237–1239 North 32nd Street

1237–1239 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1905–1914Emil A., Louis L., & Lillian Billetter

1237 North 32nd Street

1237 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1917Frank C., Alice I., Raymond, & John Winkler
1923No Listing
1926Richard W. Tucker
1947No Listing
2013Gone

1236 North 32nd Street

1236 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Ambrose & Mary Guetherman (hatter)
1923–1947Edward & Mary Greenling
2013Francisco Rodriguez
1906Ambrose Guetherman & Family

1234 North 32nd Street

1234 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1926Franklin P. Tharp
1947Joseph Malanausnas

1232 North 32nd Street

1232 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1947N. James Maher

1231 North 32nd Street

1231 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1909–1231Otto & Jennie Billetter, Edna Billetter
1923–1926Adam J. Lindermann
1947Wilmer A. Miller
1968Michael J. Shue
2013Michael A. Nicholson; T&G Junk Removal
2013Michael A. Nicholson
2013T&G Junk Removal

1228 North 32nd Street

1228 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1926Howard Horton
1947Erwin H. Dunn

1226 North 32nd Street

1226 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1926Alfred A. Cannon
1947Samuel D. Cox

1223 North 32nd Street

1223 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1926Oscar Jacobson
1947H. Clay Pope

1222 North 32nd Street

1222 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1926Benjamin Barger
1930s–late 1970sJohn C. & Catherine Hungridge Erickson, Jon Dennis Erickson, Paul Gene Erickson

1218 North 32nd Street

1218 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1819–1831Built by Jacob Grievson (demolished by 1947)
1923No Listing in City Directory
1947No Listing in City Directory
2012GONE

1215 North 32nd Street

1215 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1926Vacant

1213 North 32nd Street

1213 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1947Joseph N. Crowell

1212 North 32nd Street

1212 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1899–1900Elmer Collar
1906–1947Henry C. & Mary Bruff

1211 North 32nd Street

1211 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1926–1947Fred H. & Flora N. Malacrea

1210 North 32nd Street

1210 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Laura O'Donnell
1926Charles T.T. Green
1947Clarence Dunkleberger (contractor)
1947Clarence Dunkleberger
2012GONE

1209 North 32nd Street

1209 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1926No Listing
1947Ernest Prutzer

1207 North 32nd Street

1207 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1926Vacant
1947No Listing

1204 North 32nd Street

1204 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1926August Fischer
1947No Return

1202 North 32nd Street

1202 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923John Giorla
1926John J. Byrne Jr.
1947Clinton Peterson

1200 North 32nd Street

1200 North 32nd Street — 1200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1947Vacant
2012Gone

1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1923–present.

1159 North 32nd Street

1159 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1157 North 32nd Street

1157 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1933Edward Mitchell

1156 North 32nd Street

1156 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1947Charles T. & Helena Hanaghue McFadden (postal worker, Philadelphia Post Office); James, Helena, Dorothy, Margaret, Rose, Charles, & Michael McFadden

1154 North 32nd Street

1154 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1151 North 32nd Street

1151 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1982Eugenio Villafane

1147 North 32nd Street

1147 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1145 North 32nd Street

1145 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1140 North 32nd Street

1140 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1138 North 32nd Street

1138 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1133 North 32nd Street

1133 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923John Jermyn
WWIPrivate William Montague

1131 North 32nd Street

1131 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1130 North 32nd Street

1130 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Joseph D. Elliott

1128 North 32nd Street

1128 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

1124 North 32nd Street

1124 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1123 North 32nd Street

1123 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1122 North 32nd Street

1122 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1935William J. & Mary Dolls Grimley; Anns, Helen, Robert, Charles, John, & Harry Grimley

1121 North 32nd Street

1121 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1118 North 32nd Street

1118 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

1114 North 32nd Street

1114 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1107 North 32nd Street

1107 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1106 North 32nd Street

1106 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1103 North 32nd Street

1103 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available
1947Robert C. Ryan

1101 North 32nd Street

1101 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available
1947James F. Wilson

1100–1106 North 32nd Street

1100–1106 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1985–present A&A Soft Pretzel Baking Company

1100–1102 North 32nd Street

1100–1102 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955 Miller Manufacturing Co.

1100 North 32nd Street

1100 North 32nd Street — 1100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955 Miller Manufacturing Co. (NJ Bell Yellow Pages ad)
1955New Jersey Bell Telephone

1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1923–1980.

1063 North 32nd Street

1063 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1947Max Kauffman
1923Great & A&P Tea Co. (grocery)
1923Great & A&P Tea Co
1947Samuel Plasky (grocery)
1947Max Kauffman
1947Samuel Plasky

1061 North 32nd Street

1061 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available
1947Winfield F. Watson

1060 North 32nd Street

1060 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923American Stores Grocery
1947Lizzie Kelchner

1059 North 32nd Street

1059 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1058 North 32nd Street

1058 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available
1959L.M. Sviben Jr.

1047 North 32nd Street

1047 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available
1959–1977 Bertram A. Dahl Jr. (Camden Fire Department)
1968Joseph Arensberg & Family (Camden Fire Department)

1041 North 32nd Street

1041 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available
1968Joseph Arensberg & Family

1040 North 32nd Street

1040 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1039 North 32nd Street

1039 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available
1962 Peter Kokocha

1038 North 32nd Street

1038 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1037 North 32nd Street

1037 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1036 North 32nd Street

1036 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1035 North 32nd Street

1035 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1033 North 32nd Street

1033 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1032 North 32nd Street

1032 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Curtis O. Sangtinette
1978–1979The Montes Family

1031 North 32nd Street

1031 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947–1977George R. & Lucy Abiuso Henderson; Josephine, George T., Sarah, & Mary Lou Henderson
1980No Listed Phone
—Cramer Hill Boys Club
1947–1977George Henderson
1947–1977Josephine Henderson
1947–1977George T. Henderson
1947–1977Sarah Henderson

1030 North 32nd Street

1030 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1029 North 32nd Street

1029 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1028 North 32nd Street

1028 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1027 North 32nd Street

1027 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1025 North 32nd Street

1025 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1024 North 32nd Street

1024 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1023 North 32nd Street

1023 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1948–1970sArthur & Catherine Sacca Maycott; Philip A. & Howard Maycott
1962 Philip A. Maycott
1948–1970sArthur Maycott & Family

1022 North 32nd Street

1022 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

1021 North 32nd Street

1021 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Maurice E. Roth
1940s Harry Horst
1950s–1960s Edward & Florence J. DeHart; Edward A., Richard, Karen, & Jeffrey DeHart
1950s–1960sEdward DeHart
1950s–1960sEdward A. DeHart
1950s–1960sRichard DeHart
1950s–1960sKaren DeHart

1020 North 32nd Street

1020 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1019 North 32nd Street

1019 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1960s–1970s Howard P. & Lorraine Murphy; Raymond, Terri, Cheryl, John, Joanne, & Anthony Murphy

1018 North 32nd Street

1018 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1017 North 32nd Street

1017 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1016 North 32nd Street

1016 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1015 North 32nd Street

1015 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1014 North 32nd Street

1014 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1012 North 32nd Street

1012 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No information available

1011 North 32nd Street

1011 North 32nd Street — 1000 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

900 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1919–1980.

943 North 32nd Street

943 North 32nd Street — 900 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920s–1930s Marshall M. Thompson
1923No Listing
1947Building gone

942 North 32nd Street

942 North 32nd Street — 900 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

941 North 32nd Street

941 North 32nd Street — 900 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1919–1941John & Selma Gustavsen, Irene Dorothy, John, Alfe, Signe, Charles Gustavsen
1919–1941John Gustavsen & Family
1919–1941Irene Dorothy Gustavsen
1919–1941Alfe Gustavsen
1919–1941Signe Gustavsen

940 North 32nd Street

940 North 32nd Street — 900 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1960sLorraine Berger

938 North 32nd Street

938 North 32nd Street — 900 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

935 North 32nd Street

935 North 32nd Street — 900 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

934 North 32nd Street

934 North 32nd Street — 900 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

932 North 32nd Street

932 North 32nd Street — 900 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

931 North 32nd Street

931 North 32nd Street — 900 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923John Mattson

930 North 32nd Street

930 North 32nd Street — 900 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1940–1941David B. & Mae Landis, Pauline Landis, David M. Landis

929 North 32nd Street

929 North 32nd Street — 900 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923George H. Robinson

925 North 32nd Street

925 North 32nd Street — 900 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1940s Charles F. Sorg & Family

917 North 32nd Street

917 North 32nd Street — 900 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1923Oliver Purnell & Family
— Private First Class Oliver R. Purnell (WWI)

907 North 32nd Street

907 North 32nd Street — 900 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1947Herman F. Neissner

900 North 32nd Street

900 North 32nd Street — 900 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
— Harry C. Sharp Elementary School

800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1903–1967.

859 North 32nd Street

859 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1959Mrs. Victoria Sviben; Miss Theresa Sviben
1959Mrs. Victoria Sviben
1959Miss Theresa Sviben

858 North 32nd Street

858 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

852 North 32nd Street

852 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

851 North 32nd Street

851 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

846 North 32nd Street

846 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Charles L. Kille

834 North 32nd Street

834 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Charles Strohmetz

832 North 32nd Street

832 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1903Stephen Wert
1923William F. Todd

830 North 32nd Street

830 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923John Thompson

828 North 32nd Street

828 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Mrs. Emma G. Todd

827 North 32nd Street

827 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Vacant

826 North 32nd Street

826 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Vacant

825 North 32nd Street

825 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Vacant

824 North 32nd Street

824 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Vacant

823 North 32nd Street

823 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Vacant

822 North 32nd Street

822 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Vacant

821 North 32nd Street

821 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Vacant

820 North 32nd Street

820 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Joseph Crea

819 North 32nd Street

819 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Vacant

818 North 32nd Street

818 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Vacant

817 North 32nd Street

817 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Vacant

816 North 32nd Street

816 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Louis Strohmetz

815 North 32nd Street

815 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Vacant
2012Scheduled for demolition

814 North 32nd Street

814 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Vacant

813 North 32nd Street

813 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Vacant
2012Scheduled for demolition

812 North 32nd Street

812 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Vacant

811 North 32nd Street

811 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940Katherine McBain; Isaac J. King
1940Raymond Robert Curtis (tinsmith, New York Shipbuilding Corporation)
1940Katherine McBain
1940Isaac J. King23 Vacant

810 North 32nd Street

810 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923William F. Young
1947William J. Brown
1967HWJ Corporation / Avalon Bar — Roy J., Anna & Clinton E. Peterson

809 North 32nd Street

809 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

808 North 32nd Street

808 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

807 North 32nd Street

807 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1947Mrs. Alice Cowgill (waitress)

805 North 32nd Street

805 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

803 North 32nd Street

803 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

801 North 32nd Street

801 North 32nd Street — 800 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

600 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1923–1980s.

646 North 32nd Street

646 North 32nd Street — 600 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

640 North 32nd Street

640 North 32nd Street — 600 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

634 North 32nd Street

634 North 32nd Street — 600 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1960s–1980sThomas Stammerjohann & Family (Camden Fire Department)

626 North 32nd Street

626 North 32nd Street — 600 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

616 North 32nd Street

616 North 32nd Street — 600 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

613 North 32nd Street

613 North 32nd Street — 600 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

610 North 32nd Street

610 North 32nd Street — 600 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

609 North 32nd Street

609 North 32nd Street — 600 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1936Frank J. Collins

608 North 32nd Street

608 North 32nd Street — 600 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1959Wallace B. Smith

603 North 32nd Street

603 North 32nd Street — 600 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

602 North 32nd Street

602 North 32nd Street — 600 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1924–1926David B. Linderman
1928Osmond L. Roberts
1929–1930sStanley & Edwina M. 'Winnie' Miller
1930s–1960sJohn J. & Florence Donahue, John E., Charles, Florence, Ethel Donahue
1969No Listing
1980B. Thompson

500 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1923–1969.

569 North 32nd Street

569 North 32nd Street — 500 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—Built after 1947
1953Charles & Florence Fitzgerald
1969 Herbert W. & Elizabeth Baxter, Ann Baxter McMullen, John W. Baxter, Herbert W. Baxter Jr.

564 North 32nd Street

564 North 32nd Street — 500 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
—Built after 1947
1957Alexander Lustiana

559 North 32nd Street

559 North 32nd Street — 500 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

558 North 32nd Street

558 North 32nd Street — 500 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

552 North 32nd Street

552 North 32nd Street — 500 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

547 North 32nd Street

547 North 32nd Street — 500 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

545 North 32nd Street

545 North 32nd Street — 500 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1929–1952Clarence & Elizabeth Rothamel Barnes, Florence Barnes, Edith Barnes (Camden Police Department)

541 North 32nd Street

541 North 32nd Street — 500 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

529 North 32nd Street

529 North 32nd Street — 500 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

527 North 32nd Street

527 North 32nd Street — 500 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

525 North 32nd Street

525 North 32nd Street — 500 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1929–1930s Elmer D. Snyder Family; Joe Snyder

512 North 32nd Street

512 North 32nd Street — 500 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1956 James J. Creato

506 North 32nd Street

506 North 32nd Street — 500 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1943–1956Benjamin J. & Josephine C. Yost Rudderow

400 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1923–2014.

468 North 32nd Street

468 North 32nd Street — 400 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1947Abraham B. Orlow (grocery)
1947Abraham B. Orlow

467 North 32nd Street

467 North 32nd Street — 400 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Warren L. Collison
1947Harold L. Frick

462 North 32nd Street

462 North 32nd Street — 400 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1947Charles H. Thorne

459 North 32nd Street

459 North 32nd Street — 400 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1947Myron K. Fish

453 North 32nd Street

453 North 32nd Street — 400 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1947J. Wesley Curtis

449 North 32nd Street

449 North 32nd Street — 400 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Homer B. Simpson
1947Angelo J. Carillo

413 North 32nd Street

413 North 32nd Street — 400 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1947Joseph A. Burnell
2011Fortuna Taxi Service

409 North 32nd Street

409 North 32nd Street — 400 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1947Phoebe Falkenmaier (grocery)
1970s–1990sBob's Market
2011–2014New Family Market

200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1896–1947. The 200 and 300 blocks were razed circa 2000; new homes known as Carpenter's Hill were built through the St. Joseph's Carpenter's Society and the Housing Authority of Camden.

245 North 32nd Street

245 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Rufus Redman
1930s–1940 Thomas & Elizabeth O'Neil, John J. O'Neil, Catherine, Mary, Margaret O'Neil

243 North 32nd Street

243 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

242 North 32nd Street

242 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

241 North 32nd Street

241 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

240 North 32nd Street

240 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

239 North 32nd Street

239 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

238 North 32nd Street

238 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

237 North 32nd Street

237 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

236 North 32nd Street

236 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

235 North 32nd Street

235 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

233 North 32nd Street

233 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

232 North 32nd Street

232 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1901–1905 Frederick & Fredericka Finkeldey, Frederick Adam Finkeldey, William Finkeldey
1923GONE

231 North 32nd Street

231 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

230 North 32nd Street

230 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

226 North 32nd Street

226 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Mrs. Annie Getz
— Ensign Clarence James Rives Jr. (WWII)

225 North 32nd Street

225 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing
1928Walter Heinemann

224 North 32nd Street

224 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923William J. Flemming (real estate)

222 North 32nd Street

222 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914 J. Frederick Voight
1950s–1980sThe Brown Family

220 North 32nd Street

220 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906–1921 Frederick & Fredericka Finkeldey, Frederick Adam Finkeldey, William Finkeldey
1923Daniel F. Gilhool

210 North 32nd Street

210 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910William J. Mines
1923No Listing

205–229 North 32nd Street

205–229 North 32nd Street — 200 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890s–1920sRosedale School

Leon Todd Development, 1925

Westfield, Merriel & Rosedale Avenues at 32nd Street

These homes were built in the early 1920s by real estate developer Leon Todd, who had offices nearby on Westfield Avenue. Leon Todd also built other homes in East Camden and later developed Medford Lakes.

These pages show the many varieties of beautiful ‘Air-Lite’ and ‘Air-Wa’ homes on the outskirts of Camden. These pictures tell their own story of attractiveness, coziness, and unique fittings. This locality is especially attractive having ideal living conditions, good transportation by bus, trolley, and auto.

— Camden First, 1925

3100 block of Westfield Avenue, 1925

3100 block of Westfield Avenue, April 1925.

3100 block of Westfield Avenue, 1925 Westfield Avenue east from North 32nd Street, 1925

Left: 3100 block Westfield Avenue. Right: Westfield Avenue east from North 32nd Street, 1925.

North 32nd Street from Rosedale Avenue, 1925 Corner of Westfield Avenue and North 32nd Street, 1925

Left: North 32nd Street from Rosedale Avenue. Right: Corner of Westfield Ave. & N. 32nd Street, 1925.

North 32nd Street from Westfield Avenue, 1925 North 32nd Street from Rosedale Avenue, February 2004

Left: North 32nd Street from Westfield Avenue, 1925. Right: North 32nd Street from Rosedale Avenue, February 2004.

North 32nd Street from Rosedale Avenue, February 2004 North 32nd Street from Rosedale Avenue, February 2004

North 32nd Street from Rosedale Avenue, February 2004.

Rear of North 32nd Street row homes, 1925 Interior of a Leon Todd home, 1925

Left: Rear of North 32nd Street row homes. Right: Interior of a home, 1925.

100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1896–1953.

157 North 32nd Street

157 North 32nd Street — 100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930s–1942 Edgar R. Ellender Sr.

141 North 32nd Street

141 North 32nd Street — 100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1953 Raymond H. 'Mike' Stark & Family
1953Raymond H. & Vera M. Stark
1953Raymond H. Stark Jr.
1953Alvin Stark

139 North 32nd Street

139 North 32nd Street — 100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940sJoseph & Sadie Rosen
1950 Joan Quatrelli
1950–1962William J. & Elizabeth Mae Petris; Jill Petris; Sheree Joy Petris
1950–1962William J. Petris & Family
WWIISecond Lieutenant Stanley L. Rosen

134 North 32nd Street

134 North 32nd Street — 100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
WWII Staff Sergeant Ralph Dunn

133 North 32nd Street

133 North 32nd Street — 100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1941Fred L. Strong
—Sidney S. Simon
— Sanford C. Shapiro

127 North 32nd Street

127 North 32nd Street — 100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1896–1897 Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson

126 North 32nd Street

126 North 32nd Street — 100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947 Marshall M. Thompson

124 North 32nd Street

124 North 32nd Street — 100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1952George Beitzel & Family
1952George Beitzel Jr.
—Benjamin Simon; Ernest Santanella; Benjamin Dzick; Mitchell H. Cohen

118 North 32nd Street

118 North 32nd Street — 100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

116 North 32nd Street

116 North 32nd Street — 100 Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

60 North 32nd Street

Camden Courier-Post —

60 North 32nd Street, 1927 newspaper clipping

Camden Home Robbed

1908–1927: John & Mary Clynes and family lived at 60 North 32nd Street; Sergeant John Joseph Clynes (WWI) grew up here.

Third District police were trying to get in touch with James W. Clymer last night, to tell him that his home, at 60 North Thirty-second Street, from which he had moved to Merchantville, Saturday, had been robbed.

Police found last night that the rear door had been broken in and the furnishings that had been left behind for removal today had been damaged.

17 North 32nd Street

17 North 32nd Street, photograph taken 2013

17 North 32nd Street, photograph taken 2013. 1923: Ernest L. Shellenberger.

Unit Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1906–1947.

60 North 32nd Street

60 North 32nd Street — Unit Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906–1907Albert & Mary Moritz; Arno P. Moritz
1908–1927John & Mary Clynes; John J. Cynes; James W. Clynes; Mary Clynes; Katherine Cynes; Thomas Clynes
1923No Listing
1927Vacant
1929Vacant
1947Gone
WWI Sergeant John Joseph Clynes
1906–1907Albert Moritz & Family
1908–1927John Clynes & Famuly

50 North 32nd Street

50 North 32nd Street — Unit Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923No Listing

17 North 32nd Street

17 North 32nd Street — Unit Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923Ernest L. Shellenberger

15 North 32nd Street

15 North 32nd Street — Unit Block of North 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1920s Joseph Shreeve (policeman)

124 North 32nd Street

Camden Courier-Post —

124 North 32nd Street, 1952 newspaper clipping

E. Camden Woman Shoots Husband; Son, 15, Escapes — PRR Cop Wounded In Arm; Another Bullet Misses Boy

1952: George Beitzel & Family at 124 North 32nd Street.

A Camden woman shot her husband Sunday, wounding him in the right arm, then turned the gun on their 15-year-old son who narrowly escaped death, police reported.

At a hearing today before Municipal Court Judge Dzick, the woman, Mrs. George Beitzel, 44, of 124 N. 32nd st., was held without bail for grand jury action and remanded to county jail. She is charged with atrocious assault and battery.

Her husband, 45, employed as a Pennsylvania Railroad policeman at the Pavonia yards, was treated at Cooper Hospital for the arm wound, according to Detective Benjamin Simon who said the couple’s son, George Jr., was not struck by the bullets.

Beitzel told police he was in bed asleep when his wife awakened him to ask for cigarets. Beitzel said he called to his son to bring the cigarets and said the youth entered the room a short time later.

Mrs. Beitzel then took her husband’s .38 calibre service pistol from a top bureau drawer and said she was going to shoot them and herself, Simon said.

The first shot wounded Beitzel, Simon reported. “Then she directed a shot at her son who was lucky enough to bend down and escape,” Simon said.

Three bullets were discharged from the gun, Simon said.

District Detective Ernest Santonetti arrived and disarmed Mrs. Beitzel after the youth summoned police, Simon stated. Beitzel told Simon the family had moved here a month ago from Atlantic City.

Judge Dzick today refused to accept the woman’s plea of guilty and changed it to not guilty after Detective Simon testified she had been a patient in a mental institution on two previous occasions.

After holding Mrs. Beitzel before the grand jury, Dzick instructed Simon to present this background to Prosecutor Aaron Cohen.

Mrs. Beitzel, whose testimony was barely audible, gave no explanation for the alleged shooting. Her husband and son appeared at the hearing.

133 North 32nd Street

Camden Courier-Post —

133 North 32nd Street, 1941 newspaper clipping

Pennsauken Veteran Leads in Job Exam

1941: Fred L. Strong at 133 North 32nd Street. Also associated with this address: Sidney S. Simon and Sanford C. Shapiro.

Trenton, July 24.—John G. Maxwell, a war veteran, of 2029 Ethel avenue, Pennsauken, was top man in the promotion examination for the position of property supervisor in the Camden County Welfare Board. It was announced by the State Civil Service Commission.

The examination was open to male social investigators in the County Welfare Board who had served as such in a permanent capacity for at least 12 months before the examination was held on April 13. The new job pays $1920 annually.

Others who qualified, in order of passing, are: Fred L. Strong, 133 North Thirty-second street, Camden; Charles M. Ackley, 11 East Ormond avenue, Oaklyn; Sidney S. Simon, 201 South Sixth street, Camden; Enoch F. Hardwick, veteran, 71 Jackson road, Berlin; Harry G. Robinson, 605 Tatem avenue, Collingswood; Charles J. Wermuth, veteran, 39 Cooper avenue, Erlton, and Sanford Maggio, 1117 Elm avenue, West Collingswood.

141 North 32nd Street

Camden Courier-Post —

141 North 32nd Street, 1953 newspaper clipping

R. H. Stark Dies At 59; Retired City Policeman

1953: Raymond H. “Mike” Stark & Family at 141 North 32nd Street.

Raymond H. (Mike) Stark Sr., 59, of 141 N. 32nd st., a retired Camden City policeman, died Thursday afternoon in Cooper Hospital of a heart condition.

Jill Petris Lamparella Writes About North 32nd Street

I was born in 1951 and brought home to 139 North 32nd Street. My parents were William Joseph and Elizabeth Mae (Reeves) Petris. These were all very happy years for me and my sister Sheree Joy Petris (married name Romesburg) who was born in 1954. These were happy years because all of our family lived in Camden. My Dad’s family was from South Camden and my Mother’s family was from East Camden.

My Dad was terrific at carpentry and for several years in their spare time, he rebuilt the entire inside of 139. We had indirect lighting in dining room which shone pink from the outside and they made a faux pink marble fireplace in the living room. Strange, but I guess they were into pink. My Grandparents, George and Ruth Reeves lived at 3173 Merriel Avenue and I could see their house from my back bedroom window. My best friend Janice Olnhausen lived next door at 3171 Merriel Avenue with her parents Emil and Betty Olnhausen. My Great Grandparents, William and Eva Roles (parents of Ruth Roles Reeves) built Roles Court Apartments on North 34th Street and Rosedale Avenue, they lived there and ran the apartments until both passed away. The apartments then passed to George and Ruth Reeves who later sold the property. Most of our family—the Petrises, Reeveses, Roleses, and Kellys—were brought up and lived and had happy times at Roles Court Apartments. My parents lived there from 1947 (the year of their marriage) to 1950 until they purchased 139 North 32nd Street.

Our playground were those streets, the back alleys and of course Dudley Grange Park, where they had a ball game going every night during the summer and then there were the swings and slides. My Grandfather George “Rick” Reeves along with his friends George Kissinger, Inky Workings and Harry Hoffman all played baseball there. My Dad Bill Petris also played at one time or other.

My Mother Betty Mae lived in Westfield Acres from 1938 to 1941 or 1942 on a third floor apartment with her sister Ruthie and baby brother George “Richard” Reeves until they moved to 3173 Merriel Avenue.

I went to Henry H. Davis Elementary School from kindergarten (Mrs. McCarroll), 1st grade (Mrs. Braun) 2nd grade (Mrs. Brown), third grade (Mrs. Elliott), fourth grade (Miss Williams), fifth grade (Miss Quinn) and 6th grade (Miss Costello). Mr. Showalter became the principal at some point. I think he had come from Cramer School.

Everyone was friendly, we took the bus everywhere but mostly to 27th Street to go to the M&H to get ice cream, Kotlikoff’s to get clothes and the 5 & 10 to look at Barbies. My Mother and my Aunt Carol Kelly would push coaches with their children into “town” as they called it on nice days.

My sister and I would walk to Grace Baptist Church on Sundays, where most of my Mother’s family attended (the Reeves side). William Reeves owned the house on Cramer Street across from the church and sided up against the bank parking lot. Later the house was lived in by my Aunt Ida and Uncle Sam. Ida was George Reeves’ sister. William Reeves, my great grandfather was the fire chief at the firehouse.

During the Fourth of July celebrations, every year, Dudley Grange Park would set off a wonderful fireworks display. I don’t remember if it was big in relation to displays now. It was huge, and beautiful and implanted in my memories so much so that I have to rush out and see fireworks somewhere on the 4th. Unfortunately, someone was killed in the 1950s as I believe one of the fireworks went into the crowd. After that, the fireworks stopped at Dudley Grange to my recollection.

Harry’s Grocery store was on the corner of North 32nd Street and Westfield Avenue. On the other corner was Sy’s Cleaners. The Esso station was on the other side of the street facing North 32nd. Frank’s soda fountain and candy shop was on North 34th and Westfield on the way to school. There was another candy store across from Davis on the corner. The playground at Davis was the scene of many Halloween parades when we had to march around the school for our parents to see back in the 1950s. The playground was wonderful, life was fun and easy.

I had wonderful holidays and many happy memories of 139, 3173 and Roles Court Apartments and the neighborhood in general. The library was great. I would go once every two weeks and take out as many books as I could read. There was roller skating, bike riding, the kid who sold water ice and snowballs in his wagon, the milk truck, the ice truck, the clothes prop man and people who were homeless that would knock on your door to ask for a bowl of soup. You did not say no and always gave them something to eat and you never locked your doors back then. You didn’t have to be afraid of anyone. It was a close neighborhood and everyone knew who you were from street to street and neighbors looked out for one another.

My parents sold 139 North 32nd Street around 1962 to move to Cherry Hill after 6th grade. My Grandparents lived at 3173 from about 1941 to approximately 1974 when they passed on and my Uncle Richard Reeves inherited the house and then sold it to move near Gibbstown, NJ. My Aunt Ruth Reeves Feairheller moved out of 3171 when she got married in 1957 and at some point moved to a street that paralleled Route 130 near Pennsauken and the Penn Fruit. She may have also lived on Carman Street at one time.

There is so much more and I could go on all day but I won’t. It was a lovely, uncomplicated, innocent and wonderfully happy time for all of the family. Now family is scattered all around the U.S. The “olden” days were great fun.

Jill Petris Lamparella — March 2008

Federal Street & 32nd Street

Southeast corner of Federal Street and 32nd Street, March 2004

Southeast corner of Federal Street & 32nd Street, March 14, 2004.

Unit Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1922–2004.

10 South 32nd Street

10 South 32nd Street — Unit Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1922Philadelphia Inquirer, May 31, 1922

15 South 32nd Street

15 South 32nd Street — Unit Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1920s Charles Boulton Family; Lawrence Boulton
1947Vincent Connolly (Policeman)
1947Vincent Connolly

31 South 32nd Street

31 South 32nd Street — Unit Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1954Built in 1954

33 South 32nd Street

33 South 32nd Street — Unit Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1950s–1962 William Dietz (Fireman)
1954Built in 1954

35 South 32nd Street

35 South 32nd Street — Unit Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1954Built in 1954

37 South 32nd Street

37 South 32nd Street — Unit Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1954Built in 1954

38 South 32nd Street

38 South 32nd Street — Unit Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940–1942 William P. & Ida A. Barrett Spencer; Richard Spencer; Ida Spencer; Emma Spencer (Camden Fire Department)
— Mary Kobus

39 South 32nd Street

39 South 32nd Street — Unit Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1954Built in 1954

41 South 32nd Street

41 South 32nd Street — Unit Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1954Built in 1954
10 South 32nd Street, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 31, 1922

Lange

10 South 32nd Street. Philadelphia Inquirer, May 31, 1922.

LANGE:—May 28, at Detroit, Mich., GEORGE A., husband of Elsie Lange (nee Gaintzel), aged 52. Funeral Fri. at 2 P. M. from father’s residence, 10 S. 32d st., Camden, N. J. Int. private.

1954 real estate advertisement for new East Camden homes (Quaranta & Bloom)

All Brick Home With Stone Front

31, 33, 35, 37, 39, and 41 South 32nd Street were built in 1954. This Quaranta & Bloom classified advertisement offered new all-brick homes in East Camden.

$9850 — FHA & VA financing. East Camden, 32nd & Mickle. Two large bedrooms, full basement, hardwood floors, H.A. oil heat, baseboard heat, colored tile bath, and a wrought iron staircase.

Directions: Drive out Federal Street and turn right at 32nd Street, 1½ block to sample. Open daily & weekends 1–5 P.M. Quaranta & Bloom, MErchantville 8-3722J. Camden Courier-Post, March 13, 1954.

38 South 32nd Street, Camden Courier-Post, April 5, 1941

Fire Capt. Spencer Temporarily Retired

38 South 32nd Street. 1940–1942: William P. Spencer & Family (Camden Fire Department). Camden Courier-Post, April 5, 1941.

Commissioner Mary W. Kobus has placed Junior Fire Captain William P. Spencer on temporary retirement at half pay. She explained that illness made it impossible for him to work in the immediate future.

Captain Spencer, 50, has been a city fireman 15 years. He was promoted to junior captain April 2, 1940, stationed at hook and ladder company No. 1. At half pay he will receive $1206 a year. He lives at 38 South Thirty-second street.

100 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1913–1980s.

106 South 32nd Street

106 South 32nd Street — 100 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940sEdward & Gertrude Higginbotham; Barbara Higginbotham; Betty Higginbotham; Ronald Higginbotham
1940sEdward Higgenbotham & Family

114 South 32nd Street

114 South 32nd Street — 100 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1913–1972Bowman L. & Margaret A. Johnson Hargis; Catherine Hargis Johnson; Hazel L. Hargis Gubbing; Margaret J. Hargis Patri; Verna S. Hargis Leone; Edgar M. Hargis; William W. Hargis; Charles Russell Hargis (electrician at Campbell Soup)
1972Bowman L. Hargis & Family
1913–1972Bowman & Margaret A. Johnson Hargis
1972Bowman & Margaret A. Johnson Hargis

120 South 32nd Street

120 South 32nd Street — 100 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1932Henry A. & Evelyn Clinger Clark; Elmer Y. Gaskill

121 South 32nd Street

121 South 32nd Street — 100 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914Charles W. Chandler (conductor)
1914Harry W. & Mattie Chandler (plasterer)

127 South 32nd Street

127 South 32nd Street — 100 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1960s–1980s William J. Hopkins (Fireman)

130 South 32nd Street

130 South 32nd Street — 100 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1931Robert S. Bellentyne

132 South 32nd Street

132 South 32nd Street — 100 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
WWII Staff Sergeant Ernest Hartline

139 South 32nd Street

139 South 32nd Street — 100 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1916–1917Charles R. Evans

146 South 32nd Street

146 South 32nd Street — 100 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1930s Jacob F. Bender (engineer)
114 South 32nd Street, Camden Courier-Post, April 19, 1972 114 South 32nd Street, newspaper article

Bowman Hargis Rites Saturday

114 South 32nd Street. 1913–1972: Bowman L. Hargis & Family (electrician at Campbell Soup). Camden Courier-Post, April 19, 1972.

Bowman L. Hargis, 82, of 114 South 32nd Street, Camden, died yesterday.

Mr. Hargis was a retired electrician for Campbell Soup in Camden.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Catherine H. Campbell of Haddon Heights, Mrs. Hazel L. Gubbing of Edison, Mrs. Margaret J. Patri of Delran, and Mrs. Verna S. Leone of Merchantville; three sons, Edgar of Freehold, William of Cherry Hill, and Charles of Medford; three sisters, 10 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday in the Bradley Funeral Home, 3203 Federal Street, Camden, where friends may call Friday night. Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery, Pennsauken.

Hargis

HARGIS—Suddenly on April 18, 1972, Bowman L., husband of the late Margaret A. Hargis (nee Johnson) of 114 S. 32nd St., Camden, N. J. Age 82 years. Survived by three sons, Edgar M. of Freehold, William W. of Cherry Hill, Charles Russell of Medford; four daughters, Mrs. Catherine H. Campbell, Haddon Heights, Hazel L. Gubbing, Edison, Mrs. Margaret J. Patri of Delran, Mrs. Verna S. Leone of Merchantville; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Gertrude H. Hedden, Kresson, Mrs. Mary E. Howells of Vineland, Louise Lake, both of Berlin, N. J.

Relatives and friends of the family, also members of Trimble Lodge #117 F.&A.M. of Haddonfield, are invited to attend the funeral services on Saturday, at 10 a.m., at the Bradley Funeral Home, 3203 Federal Street, Camden, N. J. Interment Arlington Cemetery. Friends may call on Friday evening. Masonic services at 8 p.m.

139 South 32nd Street, Philadelphia Inquirer, January 22, 1917

Guardsman Skater Drowns; Narrow Escape For Four — C. R. Evans, of Camden, Is Victim of Thin Ice at Forest Hill Park — Boys Who Went to Rescue Dragged to Safety When Exhausted

139 South 32nd Street. 1916–1917: Charles R. Evans. Philadelphia Inquirer, January 22, 1917 (PDF).

While 300 horror-stricken fellow skaters looked helplessly on, Charles R. Evans, 19 years old, of 139 South Thirty-second street, East Camden, crashed through the ice on the lake in Forest Hill Park, Camden, and was drowned yesterday. He was a member of Company C, Third Regiment, N. J. N. G.

200 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1904–1953.

206 South 32nd Street

206 South 32nd Street — 200 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1904–1906 Thomas B. & Margaret Craig; William B. Craig; Jennie Craig

210 South 32nd Street

210 South 32nd Street — 200 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938–1942William Genther
1963–1964Mrs. Frances Nicholas Freidel
1957–1966William & C. Marie Orr Heritage; Timothy D. Heritage; Joy Heritage; Robert Heritage; Sharon Heritage
1957–1966William Heritage & Family

211 South 32nd Street

211 South 32nd Street — 200 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929–1933 George J. Bingemann Sr.

212 South 32nd Street

212 South 32nd Street — 200 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1918Mrs. Mary Green; Dr. William H. Pratt

242 South 32nd Street

242 South 32nd Street — 200 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1911–1953Howard A. & Mary K. Groth; Howard K. Groth

243 South 32nd Street

243 South 32nd Street — 200 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1953 Harry & Evelyn Winner Mailahn; Harry Mailahn Jr.; Charles Mailahn (Camden Fire Department)

245 South 32nd Street

245 South 32nd Street — 200 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947 Charles M. Ferat
1947Harry F. Proud

251 South 32nd Street

251 South 32nd Street — 200 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available

252 South 32nd Street

252 South 32nd Street — 200 Block of South 32nd Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
—No information available
206 South 32nd Street, Philadelphia Inquirer, January 8, 1904

Negro Brutally Beats East Camden Woman — Knocks Her Over Embankment and Chokes Her—Police Have Clue to Assailant

206 South 32nd Street. 1904–1906: Thomas B. Craig & Family; Jennie Craig. Philadelphia Inquirer, January 8, 1904.

Miss Jennie A. Craig, of 206 South Thirty-second street, East Side, Camden, was brutally attacked by a negro Wednesday night on Federal street. Miss Craig was walking home when she met the negro. As he passed he dealt her such a severe blow in the face that she went tumbling down a six-foot embankment. Her assailant leaped down after her and seized her by the throat. He failed to silence her screams, however, and finally, fearing that someone might hear her, he fled.

Miss Craig managed to reach her home. She told her brother of the attack, and he procured a revolver and started out after the negro. Failing in his search, Craig notified the police, who now say they are working on a clue.

Miss Craig is suffering from shock.

206 South 32nd Street, Philadelphia Inquirer, June 24, 1904

Craig—Fisher

206 South 32nd Street. Philadelphia Inquirer, June 24, 1904.

Miss Elsie M. Fisher and William B. Craig, both of East Camden, were united in marriage last night at the home of the bride, 3024 Federal street, by Rev. George T. Harris, of the Asbury M. E. Church. Miss Jennie Craig was bridesmaid and Albert Reed best man.

210 South 32nd Street, Camden Courier-Post, January 17, 1964

Freidel

210 South 32nd Street. 1963–1964: Mrs. Frances Nicholas Freidel. Camden Courier-Post, January 17, 1964.

FREIDEL—On Jan. 17, 1964, Frances (nee Nicholas), wife of the late Harry Freidel of 210 S. 32nd St., Camden, N. J., age 76 years. Due notice of the funeral will be given through the Magaw E. Bradley Funeral Home, 3203 Federal St., Camden, N. J.

212 South 32nd Street, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 17, 1918

212 South 32nd Street. 1918: Mrs. Mary Green; Dr. William H. Pratt. Philadelphia Inquirer, March 17, 1918.

Mrs. Mary Green, 74 years old, of 212 South Thirty-second street, died suddenly Friday night. Coroner Pratt issued a certificate of death as being due to apoplexy.

242 South 32nd Street, Camden Courier-Post, April 4, 1953

Howard A. Groth

242 South 32nd Street. 1911–1953: Howard A. Groth & Family. Camden Courier-Post, April 4, 1953.

Howard A. Groth, of 242 S. 32nd st., died Thursday in West Jersey Hospital.

A resident of Camden 40 years, he was a member of Camden Lodge 15, FAM, the Excelsior Consistory, Collingswood, and the Artisans in Philadelphia.

Surviving are his widow, Mary K., and a son, Howard K., Audubon.

Services will be held Monday at 1 p. m. in the Murray Funeral Home, 408 Cooper st., where friends may call Sunday night. Burial will be in Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia.

243 South 32nd Street, Camden Courier-Post, April 16, 1953

3 Fined $50 Each On Car Charges

243 South 32nd Street. 1953: Harry Mailahn & Family (Camden Fire Department). Camden Courier-Post, April 16, 1953.

A Camden woman was fined $50 and $3 costs Wednesday night by Municipal Judge William E. Strouse, Haddon Township, on a charge of permitting an unlicensed driver to operate her car. Evelyn Mailahn, 25, of 243 S. 32nd st., Camden, was arrested April 3 by Patrolman William Hurff.

The alleged driver of the car, Hampton Williams, 20, of 17 E. 1st ave., Runnemede, was also fined $50 and $3 costs. Hurff said the car had struck a truck.

Corner of 32nd & Pierce

Cramer Hill Memories — Facebook,

Corner store at 32nd and Pierce Avenue, 1950s

Corner store at 32nd & Pierce Avenue, circa 1950s. Known at various times as Walt’s, Roxxy’s, Frank & Jenny’s, Bob & Dee’s, and Pine’s. Photo posted by Eileen Wallace to the Cramer Hill Memories Facebook group, August 2012.

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