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Girard Place

Girard Place, Camden, NJ

Introduction

Girard Place was a short, dead-end street that ran east from 916 St. John Street. Girard Place first appears in Camden City Directories in 1890. By that year eleven homes had been built. It was later extended out to Newton Avenue after the frame dwellings at 915 Newton Avenue were razed. By 1947 only five were standing, and only one, 570 Girard Place, was standing and occupied by 1980. This home was still standing and occupied in 2016. Girard Place as a street has disappeared, with 570 Girard Place only accessible from Newton Avenue.

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1906 Sanborn Map

Girard Place — 1906 Sanborn fire insurance map

1906 Sanborn fire insurance map showing Girard Place.

2016 Satellite View

Girard Place — 2016 satellite view

2016 satellite view of Girard Place.

500 Block of Girard Place — Occupants

City directory and census records, 1894–1980.

562 Girard Place

562 Girard Place — 500 Block of Girard Place — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900 William Wible White Sr. — William W. & Wilhelmina Lack White; son of William A.H. White

565 Girard Place

565 Girard Place — 500 Block of Girard Place — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1894Mrs. Mary J. Ball — widow of Stephen Ball
1922–1925 Howard E. Appley Sr. — Howard E. & Martha Appley; Howard E. Appley Jr.; Stella, Lorenzo, Harold Appley
1947Frank H. Selover Jr.

566 Girard Place

566 Girard Place — 500 Block of Girard Place — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947No Return

567 Girard Place

567 Girard Place — 500 Block of Girard Place — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Mrs. Mary A. Burchel

568 Girard Place

568 Girard Place — 500 Block of Girard Place — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Joseph E. Vautire

570 Girard Place

570 Girard Place — 500 Block of Girard Place — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906(no info)
1947Mary Brady
1980S.R. Millovan

570 Girard Place — 2012

570 Girard Place, photographed July 2012

570 Girard Place, photographed July 2012. The last surviving home on Girard Place.

Intersection of St. John Street & Newton Avenue — 2012

Street sign at intersection of St. John Street and Newton Avenue, 2012

Street sign at the intersection of St. John Street and Newton Avenue, 2012.

1900 Census

Girard Place — 1900 U.S. Census

1900 U.S. Census listing Girard Place residents.

Location

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