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Bulson Street

Streets of Camden, NJ

Bulson Street

By Phil Cohen

Bulson Street runs east from Broadway to South 11th Street along the railroad tracks that run from Camden to the rest of South Jersey. A farmer named Gilbert Bulson owned a large parcel of land in the area in the 19th century, and the street apparently was named after him. City Directories as far back as 1878 list Bulson Street as running from the Delaware River between Isay Street, possibly present day Chelton Avenue, and Florence Street.

At one time the railroad tracks were at street level, then a bridge was built over the tracks. In modern times this has been known as “the hump.” The old Camden Beer brewery stood at South 6th and Bulson for many years. There were other businesses and homes on the south side of Bulson Street for many years, although today they only exist in the 900 and 1000 blocks. Around 2010 a new street, Ware Street, was laid out on the north side of the tracks between Master and South 10th Streets, and homes have been built that back onto Bulson Street in the 800 and 900 blocks, with a “new” Bulson Street being provided; that being said, there are two Bulson Streets in the 900 block, one on each side of the railroad tracks.

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600 Block of Bulson Street

Private First Class Worthington Winfield Betts of 682 Bulson Street

Private First Class Worthington Winfield Betts — 682 Bulson Street

600 Block of Bulson Street

Address and occupant records from city directories, 1915–1980.

678 Bulson Street

678 Bulson Street — 600 Block of Bulson Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1915 Nathan Wine
1910s–1930s Karl Eberhard & Family — Karl & Anna Eberhard, Howard H. Eberhard, Lena Eberhard, Wilhelmina Eberhard, Henrietta Eberhard, Karl Eberhard, Richard Eberhard
1947James Smith

680 Bulson Street

680 Bulson Street — 600 Block of Bulson Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Vacant

682 Bulson Street

682 Bulson Street — 600 Block of Bulson Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940Joseph S. Betts & Family — Joseph S. & Miriam Betts, Joseph E. Betts, Worthington Winfield Betts, Miriam Betts
1947Vacant

684 Bulson Street

684 Bulson Street — 600 Block of Bulson Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Olaf A. Anderson

686 Bulson Street

686 Bulson Street — 600 Block of Bulson Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Walter Russell

700 Block of Bulson Street

700 Block of Bulson Street

Address and occupant records from city directories, 1947–1980.

724 Bulson Street

724 Bulson Street — 700 Block of Bulson Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947–1980Barry Bronze Bearing Company

728 Bulson Street

728 Bulson Street — 700 Block of Bulson Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Frank C. Cheeseman

Intersection of Bulson Street & South 8th Street

Looking west from South 8th Street north of the railroad tracks at Bulson Street, with rear of Kossuth Street visible at far right, John Yates photo

Looking west from South 8th Street north of the railroad tracks at Bulson Street — on the far right, rear of Kossuth Street — John Yates photo

800 Block of Bulson Street

Babies Born in April Get B. & L. Stock Shares — The first payment on one share of stock in the Kearsarge Building and Loan Association has been offered to parents of the following children born in the Fourteenth ward during the month of April: Norman Turner, 824 Bulson Street; Kathryn Jeanette Mahoney, 709 Morgan Street; Anna Mae Hollowell, 550 Grant Avenue; Janice Fem Crossett, 551 Woodland Avenue; Thomas Joseph Dorsey, Jr., 2929 Constitution Road; June Lonkert, 1515 Collings Road; Donald Embley Corson, 2512 Morgan Boulevard; Eileen Francis Patton, 1212 Yorkship Square; Philip Edward Gruber, Jr., 1232 America Road; Jean Marie Fanslow, 1659 Alabama Road; John Campbell, 539 Lester Terrace; William Richard Hook, 1577 Alabama Road; Carole Marie Davis, 2788 Yorkship Square; and Earl Purnell Lewin, 1228 America Road.

Dr. Marcus K. Mines, physician who treated patients at 828 Bulson Street Heroines and Ruins — fire at 828 and 830 Bulson Street, Camden Courier-Post, October 12, 1956

Dr. Marcus K. Mines — attended patients at 828 Bulson Street

HEROINES AND RUINS of fire Thursday which wrecked the dwellings at 828 and 830 Bulson st. Dorothy Harrington, 18 (left), and her sister Mary, 20, led the occupants of the 830 address, Norman Smith, 80, his wife, Frances, and their 18-month grandchild, to safety when they were trapped in the flames. A third sister, Rose, 13, also aided in the rescue.

Destroyed by Fire October 12, 1956

800 Block of Bulson Street

Address and occupant records from city directories, 1924–1980.

824 Bulson Street

824 Bulson Street — 800 Block of Bulson Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933 Norman Turner
1947–1956Joseph Harrington & Family — Joseph & Dorothy Harrington, Rose Harrington, Dorothy Harrington, Mary Harrington

828 Bulson Street

828 Bulson Street — 800 Block of Bulson Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1921–1956William H. Baldwin & Family — William H. & Bertha Baldwin, William Baldwin, Lydia Baldwin, Clara Baldwin, Charles Baldwin

830 Bulson Street

830 Bulson Street — 800 Block of Bulson Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1956Norman Smith & Family — Norman & Frances Smith, Charles Gantt

900 Block of Bulson Street

Philadelphia Inquirer article about Emil Nagle of 922 Bulson Street, February 9, 1915

Arrested as a result of a tale told by 13 year-old Dorothy Smith, of Mt Ephraim avenue and Newton Creek, Emil Nagle, of 922 Bulson street, the father of seven children, was released yesterday by Recorder Stackhouse yesterday because of the lack of evidence. — Philadelphia Inquirer, February 9, 1915

Philadelphia Inquirer article about James Brown at Tenth and Bulson Streets, July 18, 1891

CAMDEN’S ELOPEMENT ROMANCE.

A short time ago James Brown, a man of 65 years, living at Tenth and Bulson streets, married Miss Mary Foster, a girl of 15 years, living at Mount Ephraim. Brown promised to deed property, valued at $10,000, to the girl. After they were married and she had discovered that the property was not his to dispose of, she took $100 and fled, it is said, with her first lover, Elwood Farrell, of South Camden. — Philadelphia Inquirer, July 18, 1891

Private Walter J. Koscianski of 966 Bulson Street Technician Fifth Class Stephen V. Koscianski of 966 Bulson Street

Private Walter J. Koscianski & Technician Fifth Class Stephen V. Koscianski — 966 Bulson Street

900 Block of Bulson Street

Address and occupant records from city directories, 1878–1980.

922 Bulson Street

922 Bulson Street — 900 Block of Bulson Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1915 Emil Nagle

928 Bulson Street

928 Bulson Street — 900 Block of Bulson Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1919–1929 Father Joseph Halaburda
1924Anna Susra
1947Benjamin Lagacki
1980Josephine Lagocki

936 Bulson Street

936 Bulson Street — 900 Block of Bulson Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947James W. Clickstine

962 Bulson Street

962 Bulson Street — 900 Block of Bulson Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Minnie Cheeseman

964 Bulson Street

964 Bulson Street — 900 Block of Bulson Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Helen Wrotniewski

966 Bulson Street

966 Bulson Street — 900 Block of Bulson Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1878–1891 James Brown — grocer
1924–1947Walter Koscianski & Family — Walter & Antonia Koscianski, Walter J. Koscianski, Stephen V. Koscianski, Anthony Koscianski, Tillie Koscianski

Intersection of Bulson Street & South 9th Street

Looking south on South 9th Street to the intersection at Bulson Street, 1950s, John Yates photo

Looking south on South 9th Street to the intersection at Bulson Street — 1950s — John Yates photo

1000 Block of Bulson Street

1008 Bulson Street, photograph from 1942 1008 Bulson Street, photograph from May 2009

1008 Bulson Street — 1942 and May 2009

1000 Block of Bulson Street

Address and occupant records from city directories, 1914–1980.

1000 Bulson Street

1000 Bulson Street — 1000 Block of Bulson Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914Joseph D. Channell & Family — foreman — Joseph D. & Mary A. Channell

1008 Bulson Street

1008 Bulson Street — 1000 Block of Bulson Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947John H. Hart

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