Introduction
Channing Terrace and its sister street, Cleveland Terrace, ran in opposite directions for about one-half a block each from the middle of the 200 block of Stevens Street. Cleveland Terrace ran south from 212 Stevens Street to a dead end, while Channing Terrace ran north from 211 Stevens Street, also to a dead end.
Channing Terrace and Cleveland Terrace do not appear in the 1885 Sanborn Map but already were built when the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory was compiled. Eight homes appear on the 1891 Sanborn Map, numbered 210 through 217 Channing Terrace. There were no homes listed on the Terrace in the 1947 Camden City Directory.
Channing Terrace was erased in 1970 when the Royal Court Townhomes were erected on land between South 2nd and South 3rd Streets below Stevens Street.
Channing Terrace, 1885
1885 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map — Channing Terrace and Cleveland Terrace had not been laid out.
Channing Terrace, 1891
Channing Terrace, 1891 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map.
Channing Terrace, 1906
Channing Terrace and Cleveland Terrace, 1906 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map. Note that Cleveland Terrace is here referred to as Kent Place.
Channing Terrace, 1946 & 1965
Left: Aerial photo from 1965. Channing Terrace beginning and end marked in red. Photo courtesy of Bob Bartosz. Below: 1946 Map. Cleveland Terrace is called Kent Place in error.
200 Block of Channing Terrace — Occupants
City directory records, 1887–1950.
210 Channing Terrace
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1887–1888 | No information available |
211 Channing Terrace
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1887–1888 | No information available |
| 1920–1950 | Charles H. Smith Sr. & Family |
212 Channing Terrace
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1887–1888 | No information available |
| 1890 | Mrs. Annie Reed |
| 1892–1924 | Joseph Broccoli & Family |
| 1892–1924 | Joseph Brockalo & Family (after 1924 Joseph Broccoli) |
213 Channing Terrace
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910 | Mary Norman |
214 Channing Terrace
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1887–1888 | No information available |
215 Channing Terrace
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1887–1888 | Wright Ellis Cox |
| 1918 | Pasquale Iaconelli |
216 Channing Terrace
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1887–1888 | No information available |
| 1888 | James Whiteland |
217 Channing Terrace
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1887–1888 | No information available |
Related: Public Sale of City Properties — 210–216 Channing Terrace, 1941.
Related: A Spunky Sister-in-Law — 212 Channing Terrace, 1890.
Related: Mary Norman — 213 Channing Terrace, 1910.
Related: Pasquale Iaconelli — 215 Channing Terrace, 1918.
Related: Here and There in Camden — Pasquale Iaconelli, 1919.
Related: Camden News — 216 Channing Terrace, 1888.
Public Sale of City Properties
Camden Courier-Post —
Public sale of 11 city-owned tax title lien properties and lots by Acting City Counsel John J. Crean, was authorized. The properties and lots, their locations and minimum prices acceptable are: 325 Mickle street, $50; one lot, Ninth and Everett streets, $50; 3015 Saunders street, $300; 821 South Ninth street, $200; 504–06 North Fifth street, $750; 428 South Second street, $250; one lot, South Collings and Alabama roads, $300; 430 South Second street, $250; 760 Vanhook street, $100; 210–12–14–16 Channing terrace, $150, and one lot, Broadway near Lester terrace, $1,000.
A Spunky Sister-in-Law
Philadelphia Inquirer —
THE INSIDE HISTORY OF CAMDEN’S CELEBRATED COWHIDING AFFAIR.
The cowhiding of Mrs. Annie Reed, of 212 Channing Terrace, by Miss Cora Walls, of 1215 Locust street, was a rare morsel for gossipers in Camden yesterday. The neighbors in the vicinity of Third and Steven streets had another chapter of the story to talk about when it became known that Mrs. Reed had left town. Just where she went is as yet a mystery. When she left the house of Albert Woodward yesterday, with whom she had been boarding, her face was in a terrible condition. On both cheeks, the nose and forehead large welts were visible, the result of Miss Walls’ castigation.
Walls’ family have for some time suspected his intrigue, and on Saturday night the climax came. On that day Mrs. Reed sent a letter to Walls, asking a meeting and requesting money. This letter fell into the hands of the wrong parties, and consequently furnished the information which led to his detection. The letter was handed to Walls. Not knowing that his wife had read its contents, Walls ate his supper, donned his best suit, borrowed some money from his wife, made an excuse for going out and departed. Miss Cora Walls wanted her sister-in-law to follow and do the cowhiding, and when the latter refused she decided to do it herself.
Miss Walls has not been arrested yet. Mrs. Reed’s husband, in discussing the matter yesterday, said his wife would not prosecute.
Mary Norman
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Mary Norman, 7 years old, of 213 Channing Terrace, tried to save a younger sister from falling off the step yesterday and she lost her balance herself, resulting in the collar bone being broken. She was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital.
Pasquale Iaconelli
World War I Draft Registration Card — 1918
World War I Draft Registration Card — Pasquale Iaconelli, 215 Channing Terrace, Camden, New Jersey. Born June 25, 1886, in Naples, Italy. Naturalized citizen.
Here and There in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer —
HERE AND THERE IN CAMDEN
A Criminal Court jury convicted Pasquale Iaconelli of a charge of slashing Donato Di Torio with a knife. Sentence was deferred. Di Torio was freed of a counter charge.
His face lacerated by a falling casting, Albert Garrison, twenty-nine years old, of 2211 South Tenth street, was treated at Cooper Hospital.
Falling from a step, Howard Sendings, eighty-five years old, of 425 North Third street, fractured his right arm.
Breaking a finger while engaged in a game of basketball, Walter Danford, seventeen years old, of 218 North Sixth street, went to Cooper Hospital for treatment.
Camden News
Philadelphia Inquirer —
CAMDEN NEWS.
Cooper Hospital Patients—Attachment of the Yacht Bonnie Doon.
The following persons were admitted to the Cooper Hospital yesterday: William Nefton, aged 32 years, living at No. 215 Taylor’s avenue, skull fractured while at work at the Camden Iron Works; James Whiteland, of No. 216 Channing Terrace, contused wound of the finger and hand; John Plum, aged 62 years, of No. 15 Fogarty street, contused wound of the wrist.
The talk around the Sheriff’s office and along the river front yesterday was the manner in which the “Bonnie Doon,” a yacht which was under attachment, issued by the Camden courts, against John Craig, at the instance of Joseph Campbell. Captain Stahr, who was watching the vessel, was taken suddenly ill on Monday night, and was compelled to get a young man to take his place.
The watchman had not been off of the boat long before a tug steamed up along side of the Bonnie Doon, and after ordering the young man to go ashore in a small yawl, the seized craft was towed down the river. Telegrams have been sent out to all ports, asking that they look out for the runaway craft.