Baring Street

Baring Street runs for one block south of Chestnut Street to Kaighn Avenue, between Marion Street and South 6th Street. The houses on Baring Street were built in 1888 by Wilson Ernst, who was active as a builder in Camden in the 1880s. In the late 1880s Ernst had offices on Benson Street above 4th Street and at 521 Kaighn Avenue.

In 1886 George Reeser Prowell wrote, in his History of Camden County New Jersey, that “Wilson Ernst has been actively engaged since 1876 and about four hundred buildings, chiefly dwellings, attest to his enterprise.” Prowell cited Ernst as one of the three most active builders in Camden at the time.

The funeral of John Thompson, who died on Wednesday, was held at 2:00 this afternoon from the home of his son-in-law, Horace Bell, 1100 Baring Street. Score of floral designs were in evidence, a mute tribute to the deceased man. Mr. Thompson, who was 79 years of age, had been a resident of the Sixth Ward for more than thirty years. He formerly conducted a flourishing grocery business at Baring and Chestnut Streets. Failing health was responsible for his retirement.

A South Camden man received cuts of the legs and hands when his car turned over in an intersection collision at Eighth Street and Atlantic Avenue shortly before noon yesterday.

The injured man is Harry Katz, 25, of 1100 Baring street. He was taken to West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital by Edwin Kelly, of 1603 Louis Street, driver of the other car. Both cars were damaged.

My great-great-grandfather, William Heineman (bottom left) and some of his companions at an un-named railroad crossing in Camden, circa 1890s.

I have two others of him, dated 1894. In one he is doing some caulking on top of a water tower, and the other, some smithy work, presumably at the same water tower construction site. The location is not named and it’s been driving me nuts trying to find the location via the buildings visible in the distance.

Jeff Marquardt, July 2010

The police ambulance removed the following residents of South Camden to the hospitals late on Saturday afternoon:

West Jersey Homeopathic — William Perry, aged 62 years, 1725 Fillmore Street; Albert Biron, 24 years old, 1108 Baring Street.

Cooper Hospital — Mrs. Edna Rosenfelt, aged 23 years, 575 Washington Street; Margaret Radcliffe and John Carella, inmates of Children’s Home.

Marcus Cabnet “was the city’s schochet (ritual slaughterer) who was described to me as the ‘right hand man’ of Rabbi Riff of Sons of Israel.

Municipal Judge Sklar owned an office building on Market Street where my uncle [attorney] George Cabnet had an office. Uncle George also owned a lunchenette ‘the Round Up’ on the same block as the old Savar Theater. His wife (my father’s sister) started a kosher catering business that is still around: Miriam G. Cabnet.

Louis Morris, September 2006

3-10-05   ALL HANDS Dwelling Fire   4 Platoon

At 16:57 hours a full box assignment was dispatched to 1135 Baring street for a dwelling in the South Camden section of the city. Crews responded quickly as Car 2 Bravo Deputy Chief of Operations Tomas Quinn arrived and reported a 2 story middle of the row ordinary vacant with heavy smoke showing from the second floor, orders were given to Engine 8 to stretch and 1 3/4,” and the RESCUE COMPANY to prepare to open the boarded up structure upon arrival. 2 lines were stretched into service quickly as 1 Truck assisted the RESCUE with removing the boards on the structure. Engine 8 arrived on the second floor of the dwelling to find fire in the rear bedroom area and began the attack as the Squad stretched the back up line. Both the B bravo and D delta exposures were forced and checked for occupants and fire extension, the primary search in all 3 dwellings were negative with some minor smoke damage in the exposures.