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Dupont Street

Cramer Hill, Camden, NJ
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Dupont Street

Dupont Street begins at the Delaware River in what was originally called the Pavonia section of what is now considered Cramer Hill, running in an easterly direction until it intersects with North 27th Street. It was first laid out sometime prior to the 1899 annexation of Stockton Township to Camden.

By Phil Cohen

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Cramer Hill & East Camden, 1915

Cramer Hill and East Camden map, 1915

Cramer Hill & East Camden, 1915.

Cramer Hill Aerial, 1965

Aerial view looking west from about North 24th Street and Howell Street, Cramer Hill, July 7, 1965

Looking west from about North 24th Street & Howell Street, Cramer Hill. July 7, 1965.

1100 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1910–1947.

1103 Dupont Street

1103 Dupont Street — 1100 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1929No Listing
1924No Listing
1929No Listing
1947John Koerner

1107 Dupont Street

1107 Dupont Street — 1100 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910Henry Hackman
1924–1929Mrs. Louise Hackman
1929Marcus A. Britz
1947Willis H. Patton

1109 Dupont Street

1109 Dupont Street — 1100 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No Listing
1929Charles Read
1947Albert J. Heller

1115 Dupont Street

1115 Dupont Street — 1100 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1929Mrs. Elizabeth Shaffer
1947Arthur H. Mortimer
1954–1966Charles A. & Charlotte M. Drummond
1954–1966Winfield Drummond

1129 Dupont Street

1129 Dupont Street — 1100 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Mrs. Josephine Anderson
1927 John & Rachel D. McKay
1927John E. McKay
1929Harry Klein
1947Nathan Rickenbach
1927John McKay

1132 Dupont Street

1132 Dupont Street — 1100 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1916Freeman & Elizabeth Bibber
1916Freeman Bibber & Family

1137 Dupont Street

1137 Dupont Street — 1100 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1929Augustine Akermann
1929Frank Ackermann
1930Richard Carr (deceased)
1947Mrs. Josephine Akermann

1139 Dupont Street

1139 Dupont Street — 1100 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
post-1947Built after 1947

1143 Dupont Street

1143 Dupont Street — 1100 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Haddie C. Anker
1929Mrs. Henrietta Pfannestein
1947–1956Mrs. Anne Abel

1145 Dupont Street

1145 Dupont Street — 1100 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910Joseph Selah
1924Mrs. Henrietta Pfannestein
1929Vacant
1947–1956Robert Millard
1947Robert Millard
1956Mrs. Mary Moran & Michael Moran
1956Mrs. Mary Moran
1956Michael Moran

Related: 1145 Dupont — Boy Saved During Blaze, 1956 · 1145 & 1143 Dupont — Photo, 2012 · 1137 Dupont — Car Crashes Into Pole, 1929 · 1132 Dupont — Freeman Bibber, 1916 · 1129 Dupont — Photo, 2012 · 1115 Dupont — Charles Drummond & Family · 1107 & 1109 Dupont — Photos, 2011

1145 Dupont Street — Boy, 3, Saved During Blaze By Baby Sitter

Camden Courier-Post —

An 18-year-old baby sitter ran with her three-year-old charge Monday afternoon from a blazing residence at 1145 DuPont Street in the Cramer Hill section.

Bertha Reed, 928 North 21st Street, was watching Michael Moran, while the child’s mother, Mrs. Mary Moran, was out. At 3:55 PM, Miss Reed saw smoke curling up from the living room floor. She quickly put Michael’s outdoor clothing on him and ran with him to the street.

Engines 9 and 11 and Truck 3 responded to a box alarm pulled by a neighbor. The firemen found flames had eaten through a partition in the house to the second floor. They donned gas masks before entering the blazing structure.

The fire spread to the basement and first floor of 1143 Dupont Street, occupied by Mrs. Moran’s mother, Mrs. Anna Abel, who was not at home at the time.

Main damage was to the dining room of the Moran residence. District Fire Chief John Graham said wood piled near a coal stove in the basement had ignited and had fired the partition of the two-story twin, frame dwelling.

1143 & 1145 Dupont Street — July 30, 2012

1143 and 1145 Dupont Street, July 30, 2012

1143 & 1145 Dupont Street, July 30, 2012.

1139 Dupont Street, 2012

1139 Dupont Street, built after 1947, July 30, 2012

1139 Dupont Street, built after 1947. July 30, 2012.

1137 Dupont Street — Car Crashes Into Pole as Tire Blows Out

Camden Courier-Post —

1137 Dupont Street, July 30, 2012 Car Crashes Into Pole As Tire Blows Out — Frank Ackermann, 1137 Dupont Street — Camden Courier-Post, April 27, 1929

CAR CRASHES INTO POLE AS TIRE BLOWS OUT

Losing control of his car when a tire blew out, Frank Ackermann, 25, of 1137 Dupont street, Camden, suffered lacerations of the face and head when the machine skidded into a pole. Ackermann was driving on Tenth street near Elm at 5 a. m. today when the “shoe” blew out. The machine was badly wrecked when it skidded into the pole. A motorist took the injured driver to Cooper Hospital.

1137 Dupont Street — Richard Carr

Camden Courier-Post —

Richard Carr obituary — Camden Courier-Post, May 9, 1930 — 1137 Dupont Street

RICHARD CARR

Funeral services will be held tomorrow, 7.30 a. m., for Richard Carr, 30, of 1137 Dupont street, who died Tuesday. Requiem mass will be celebrated at 9 o’clock in St. Joseph’s Church and burial will be in Cathedral Cemetery. Carr is survived by his widow, Josephine Akermann Carr.

1132 Dupont Street — Freeman Bibber & Family

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Camden At A Glance — Philadelphia Inquirer, March 5, 1916 — Mrs. Elizabeth Bibber, wife of Freeman Bibber at 1132 Dupont Street

CAMDEN AT A GLANCE

Acute indigestion caused the sudden death yesterday of Mrs. Elizabeth Bibber, 65 years old, wife of Freeman Bibber, a car inspector, of 1132 Dupont street.

1129 Dupont Street, 2012

1129 Dupont Street, July 30, 2012

1129 Dupont Street, July 30, 2012. Home of John McKay & family in 1927.

1115 Dupont Street — Dyer-Drummond Wedding

Camden Courier-Post —

Dyer-Drummond wedding announcement — Camden Courier-Post, July 29, 1954 — 1115 Dupont Street

Dyer-Drummond

Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Drummond, of 1115 Dupont st., announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Charlotte Maureen Drummond, and Mr. Robert Edward Dyer, of 1301 N. 26th st., son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dyer, of Los Angeles, Calif., which took place Tuesday evening, July 20, at the Drummond home.

The 7 o’clock ceremony was performed in the presence of the immediate families and a few intimate friends by the Rev. Werner Eberbach, pastor of Christus Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Following a small reception, the couple left for a brief honeymoon. They will make their home in Camden.

The bride is currently stationed at Washington, D. C., serving a year with the WAVES.

1115 Dupont Street — Grappling Is Continued For Body of Crewman

Camden Courier-Post —

Grappling Is Continued For Body of Crewman — Winfield Drummond, 1115 Dupont Street — Camden Courier-Post, May 19, 1966

Grappling Is Continued For Body of Crewman

Rescue teams resumed grappling operations today in the Delaware River in Gloucester City for the body of a missing Camden tugboat crewman believed to have fallen into the choppy waters yesterday.

Police have identified the missing crewman as Winfield Drummond, 29, of 1115 Dupont Street.

N. G. Banks, master of the tugboat “Grace Ann,” told police Drummond had left the wheelhouse of the boat as a barge the tug was hauling unloaded at the Allied Chemical Company dock. He said when the crew checked a short time later, they could not find Drummond and presumed he had fallen overboard into the river. Banks then notified the Philadelphia Harbor Patrol.

The Coast Guard sent a 30-foot and a 40-foot boat to the scene. The harbor patrol responded with Boat No. 11 and its four-man crew.

Gloucester Fire Chief James A. Durkin, now commanding the department was not notified of the mishap until 2:30 p.m., some five hours after Drummond was discovered missing.

The New Jersey Marine Patrol Unit from Vineland sent two boats and four crewmen to aid in the search.

A Coast Guard spokesman said their boats withdrew from the search at about 3:30 p.m., when it was apparent the missing man had drowned. He said when it is “certain a person is not alive, it is no longer a Coast Guard matter.”

Durkin said the other boats continued the search until they were forced to call a halt because of darkness.

1107 & 1109 Dupont Street — October 1, 2011

1107 and 1109 Dupont Street, October 1, 2011 1107 and 1109 Dupont Street, October 1, 2011 1107 Dupont Street, October 1, 2011

1107 & 1109 Dupont Street, October 1, 2011.

Intersection of Pierce Avenue & Dupont Street — July 30, 2012

Pierce Avenue and Dupont Street intersection, July 30, 2012 Looking west on Dupont Street from Pierce Avenue, July 30, 2012 Looking south on Pierce Avenue from Dupont Street, July 30, 2012 Looking east on Dupont Street from Pierce Avenue, July 30, 2012 Looking north on Pierce Avenue from Dupont Street, July 30, 2012

Intersection of Pierce Avenue & Dupont Street, July 30, 2012. Looking west and east on Dupont from Pierce; looking south and north on Pierce from Dupont.

1200 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1910–1947.

1201 Dupont Street

1201 Dupont Street — 1200 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1929Edward A. Witte (grocery)
1924–1929Edward A. Witte
1947Mitchell E. Przywara

1209 Dupont Street

1209 Dupont Street — 1200 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910John & Henrietta Pfannenstein
1924–1947Charles W. Read
1991Damaged by Fire, October 31, 1991

1211 Dupont Street

1211 Dupont Street — 1200 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1947George T. Read

1213 Dupont Street

1213 Dupont Street — 1200 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910–1929Willard A. Anker
1947Ernest F. Pfannestein
2012Vacant

1217 Dupont Street

1217 Dupont Street — 1200 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910Benjamin Allen
1929William Nelson
1929Charles Johnson

1221 Dupont Street

1221 Dupont Street — 1200 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1947Louis H. Uetz & Family
1947Harold Hiller (painter)
1947Harold Hiller

1224 Dupont Street

1224 Dupont Street — 1200 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910John Niessner Family
1924–1947Frederick M. Niessner

1225 Dupont Street

1225 Dupont Street — 1200 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910–1929Thomas McD. Allen
1947Ceceil C. Crall

1226 Dupont Street

1226 Dupont Street — 1200 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890s–1929Fredrick G. Niessner Family
1947Mrs. Clara Niessner
1947 Herman F. Niessner

1229 Dupont Street

1229 Dupont Street — 1200 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1929Frank R. Playford
1947James A. Murphy

1230 Dupont Street

1230 Dupont Street — 1200 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Rudolph Diedrich
1929–1947Henry Moellers

1237 Dupont Street

1237 Dupont Street — 1200 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Charles R. King
1929William Neal
1947No Listing — Gone
1947No Listing

1239 Dupont Street

1239 Dupont Street — 1200 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1929No Listing
1924No Listing
1929No Listing
1947Edward J. Bauer

1240 Dupont Street

1240 Dupont Street — 1200 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1929No Listing
1924No Listing
1929No Listing
1947John Neiler

1244 Dupont Street

1244 Dupont Street — 1200 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910Thomas Sullivan
1924Alfred W. Nelson
1929Thomas F. Sullivan
1947Harry Hoffman
1991Destroyed by Fire, Mischief Night — October 30, 1991

Related: 1200 Block — Photos, July 30, 2012 · 1221 Dupont — Two Hurt in Car Collision, 1932

1200 Block of Dupont Street — July 30, 2012

1201 Dupont Street, July 30, 2012 1213 Dupont Street, July 30, 2012 1211 Dupont Street, July 30, 2012 1217 Dupont Street, July 30, 2012 1221 Dupont Street, July 30, 2012 1224 and 1226 Dupont Street, July 30, 2012 1225 Dupont Street, July 30, 2012 1229 Dupont Street, July 30, 2012 1230 Dupont Street, July 30, 2012 1239 Dupont Street, July 30, 2012 1240 Dupont Street, July 30, 2012 1240 Dupont Street, July 30, 2012

1200 block of Dupont Street, July 30, 2012.

1221 Dupont Street — Two Hurt in Car Collision

Camden Courier-Post —

Two Hurt in Car Collision — Camden Courier-Post, June 13, 1932 — 1221 Du Pont Street

TWO HURT IN CAR COLLISION

A man and woman were injured Saturday night in a collision of automobiles at Twenty-seventh street and River avenue.

Cosmio Caprice, 21, of 310 Pine street, was treated at Cooper Hospital for cuts of the left arm. Maria Fanelli, 22, of 210 Clinton street, a passenger in his car, suffered bruises of the head. The Caprice car collided with another driven by Louis A. Betz, 37, of 1221 Du Pont street.

Intersection of Harrison Avenue & Dupont Street — July 30, 2012

Harrison Avenue and Dupont Street intersection, July 30, 2012 Looking east on Dupont Street from Harrison Avenue, July 30, 2012 Looking east on Dupont Street from Harrison Avenue, July 30, 2012 Looking south on Harrison Avenue from Dupont Street, July 30, 2012 Looking north on Harrison Avenue from Dupont Street, July 30, 2012

Intersection of Harrison Avenue & Dupont Street, July 30, 2012. Looking east on Dupont from Harrison; looking south and north on Harrison from Dupont.

1300 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1901–1947.

1301 Dupont Street

1301 Dupont Street — 1300 Block of Dupont Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1901William Ulrich
1924–1929Mrs. Mary Ulrich
1929–1947George Ulrich

Intersection of North 27th Street & Dupont Street

At the corner of North 27th Street & Dupont Street: Pepeta’s Cafe, 1101 North 27th Street, 1920s–1970s.

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