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Hale Street

Camden Street

Introduction

Hale Street ran north to south between Central Avenue and Ferry Avenue, west of the railroad tracks that still exist today. It first appears in Camden City Directories in 1895. Four homes stood on Hale Street. They were originally numbered 1701, 1703, 1705, and 1707. At some point between 1913 and 1920 they were renumbered 1800, 1802, 1804, and 1806. These homes were still standing in 1962, and at least two, 1802 and 1806, were still occupied in 1969. In the 1970s these homes were taken, and, with all of Hale Street, erased to make way for the I-676 North-South Freeway.

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Intersection of Hale Street & Central Avenue

1906 Sanborn Map showing intersection of Hale Street and Central Avenue

1906 Sanborn Map. The houses that stood on Hale Street had not been built yet.

1700 & 1800 Blocks of Hale Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1909–1947. Houses originally numbered 1701, 1703, 1705, and 1707 were renumbered 1800, 1802, 1804, and 1806 between 1913 and 1920.

1701 Hale Street (later 1800)

1701 Hale Street (later 1800) — 1700 & 1800 Blocks of Hale Street — Occupants
Year Name
1909–1912Stanislaus (Stanley) Macks & Family

1703 Hale Street (later 1802)

1703 Hale Street (later 1802) — 1700 & 1800 Blocks of Hale Street — Occupants
Year Name
1912–1913Thomas Kopsinski & Family (Theodore & Kate Kopsinski)

1705 Hale Street (later 1804)

1705 Hale Street (later 1804) — 1700 & 1800 Blocks of Hale Street — Occupants
Year Name
1910–1911Thomas Kopsinski & Family (Theodore & Kate Kopsinski)

1701 Hale Street — 1913

1701 Hale Street — 1913 — 1700 & 1800 Blocks of Hale Street — Occupants
Year Name
1913Alexander Cappi

1800 Hale Street (formerly 1701)

1800 Hale Street (formerly 1701) — 1700 & 1800 Blocks of Hale Street — Occupants
Year Name
1920–1922James Rabrar & Family (James & Lucy Rabrar)
1947No information available

1802 Hale Street (formerly 1703)

1802 Hale Street (formerly 1703) — 1700 & 1800 Blocks of Hale Street — Occupants
Year Name
1920–1921No information available
1929No information available
1947No information available

1804 Hale Street (formerly 1705)

1804 Hale Street (formerly 1705) — 1700 & 1800 Blocks of Hale Street — Occupants
Year Name
1921No information available
1922No information available
1934 Nicholas Sustich
1947No information available

1806 Hale Street (formerly 1707)

1806 Hale Street (formerly 1707) — 1700 & 1800 Blocks of Hale Street — Occupants
Year Name
1920–1921No information available
1922No information available
1947No information available

Related: Stanislaus Macks — 1701 Hale Street, 1909–1912.

Mother and Babes Alone

Philadelphia Inquirer

Mother and Babes Alone — Philadelphia Inquirer, September 9, 1909

Camden Widow and Triplets Are Left Destitute

Camden's poor authorities are inquiring into what is said to be a more than ordinarily sad case of destitution in which a bride of less than a year is practically destitute with three infant children.

About a month ago Stanley Macks, of 1701 Hale street, was taken to the Cooper Hospital, where he died after an operation. He was married to a young woman who came from Poland about a year ago. Shortly after the man's death Mrs. Macks gave birth to three baby girls, all of whom are living.

Triplets' Mother Happy

Philadelphia Inquirer

Triplets' Mother Happy — Philadelphia Inquirer, October 19, 1910

Five Hundred Dollars Placed in Hands of Poor Camden Widow

One of the happiest women in Camden yesterday was Mrs. Katie Macks, a widow with one-year old triplets, of 1702 Hale street, Camden. Through the efforts of the members of the Alpha Club, an organization of young men of Camden, $500 was placed to her credit in a local bank. This represents a sum that was raised by the Alpha boys in behalf of Mrs. Mack and her little ones at the Mount Holly Fair.

Mrs. Macks was left in destitute circumstances at about the time of the birth of the triplets, her husband dying in the Cooper Hospital. Since then she has been looked after by public-spirited citizens and especially the Alpha boys. Those who assisted the woman in getting the fund were headed by William Story, a well known young business man. Now the club will devise means of looking after her for an indefinite period.

Julia Macks, 1701 Hale Street

Philadelphia Inquirer

Julia Macks news item — Philadelphia Inquirer, June 15, 1912

Falling on a nail two-year-old Julia Macks, one of the celebrated triplets of that name, ripped a three-inch gash in her right leg, at her home, 1701 Hale street. The injury was dressed at Cooper Hospital.

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