Lester Terrace
LESTER TERRACE ran east from Broadway for one block, to South 6th Street, opposite the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyards, north of Morgan Street. Lester Terrace was one of the blocks in what was known as “The Terraces,” four blocks of row houses built that included the 500 blocks of Woodland Avenue, Gordon Terrace, and Fairview Street. Many of these homes had been abandoned by 1990, and were all for the most part razed by the end of the decade. The balance of the homes, perhaps a dozen or so, were acquired by local government had been taken down by the end of 2008.
500 Block of Lester Terrace
500 Block of Lester Terrace
505 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | James J. Reynolds |
506 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Paul Paleas |
507 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Doris Corbin |
508 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Stephen J. Budesa |
509 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Albertus B. Jones |
510 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Bernard Kennedy |
511 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | George W. Pyffer |
512 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Edward J. Sears |
513 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Horace C. Royster |
514 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | George Elicic |
515 Lester Terrace
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| 1915 | Eva Sadtler |
| 1947 | Harry F. Myers |
516 Lester Terrace
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| 1944–1947 | Allen Edward Van Deventer & Family |
517 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Angelo Bello |
518 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Marko Kordich |
519 Lester Terrace
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| 1932 | John Uboldi |
| 1947 | Alexander Slowey Sr. & Family |
| — | Private First Class Alexander Slowey Jr. |
520 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | John H. Herrmann |
521 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Thomas J. Waters |
522 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | George H. Goslin |
523 Lester Terrace
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| 1932 | Mrs. Mary Bandaruk |
524 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Simon A, Jacob |
525 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Vincent A. Welsh |
526 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Netter Higgenbotham |
527 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | John W. Monk |
529 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Mrs. Marie B. Doyle |
530 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | George A. Wyatt |
| 1964 | Raymond F. McClintock |
531 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | George R. Esler |
532 Lester Terrace
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| 1935 | Charles Veit & Family |
| 1935 | Charles & Nancy Veit |
| 1947 | Mrs. Olga Rey |
533 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | William H. Fisk |
534 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | James T. Kennedy |
535 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Charles Merritt Jr |
536 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Mrs. Bessie M. Veach |
537 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | John H. Flynn |
538 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Mrs. Minnie Strunk |
539 Lester Terrace
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| 1915 | David Proctor |
| 1933 | John Campbell |
| 1947 | Herman Kehler |
540 Lester Terrace
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| 1914 | Joseph Robinson & Family |
| 1914 | Joseph & Harriet Rovinson |
| 1916 | William Dawson & Family |
| 1916 | William & Retta Dawson |
| 1917–1920 | Mrs. Carrie Bauer Devine & Family |
| 1917–1920 | Mark James "Marty" Devine |
| 1917–1920 | James J. Devine |
| 1921–1922 | Alfred C. Sockwell & Family |
| 1921–1922 | Alfred G. & Gladys Sockwell |
| 1923 | Henry F. Muckley & Family |
| 1923 | Henry F. & Catherine B. Mukley |
| 1923 | William J. Muckley |
| 1924 | James P. Green & Family |
| 1924 | James P. & Jennie Green |
| 1928 | James K. Lewis Jr. & Family |
| 1928 | James K. & Hilda M. Lewis |
| 1943–1947 | Charles Banke & Family |
| 1943–1947 | Charles & Mary Banke |
541 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Peter E. Fascenda |
542 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Edwin C. Chamberlin |
543 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Mrs. Myrtle M. Finke |
544 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Mitchell Green |
545 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Herbert Williams |
546 Lester Terrace
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| 1921 | Mary Kelly |
| 1947 | Alfred L. Fean |
547 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Thomas Roddy |
548 Lester Terrace
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| 1947 | Edward H. Ortluff |
519 Lester Terrace
519 Lester Terrace — 1947: Alexander Slowey Sr. & Family
Private First Class Alexander Slowey Jr. served in World War II.
Pvt. Alexander Slowey, Jr. — 519 Lester Terrace
Cure Paralysis Victims
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Two more children, victims of infantile paralysis, have been discharged from the Camden Municipal Hospital. Cures have been effected in both instances. The patients are Eva Sadtler, three years old, of 515 Lester terrace, and Anna M. Percival, one year old, of 2013 South Tenth street. There have been eleven children discharged as cured from the institution since September 15. Twelve little ones passed away in the hospital, and ten at their homes.
Furniture Dispute Aired
Camden Courier-Post —
523 Lester Terrace — 1932: Mrs. Mary Bandaruk
Arrested on complaint of Mrs. Mary Bandaruk, 523 Lester terrace, John Uboldi, 519 Lester terrace, was discharged by Judge Samuel M. Shay in Criminal Court yesterday. Mrs. Bandaruk testified she gave Uboldi furniture valued at $40 to hold for her and that he sold it. Uboldi declared the furniture was worth only $8.50. He said he frequently had told Mrs. Bandaruk to take back her goods, and when she refused, he chopped the furniture into firewood.
Woman Drinks Iodine After Family Quarrel
Camden Courier-Post —
532 Lester Terrace — 1935: Charles Veit & Family (Charles & Nancy Veit)
Mrs. Nancy Veit, 20, of 532 Lester Terrace, was admitted to West Jersey Hospital last night after a family row allegedly led her to drink iodine in an attempt to take her life.
Detective Joseph Carpani lodged a detainer against the woman and said she would be charged with attempted suicide, when her husband, Charles, 22, said she drank the iodine after an argument. Hospital officials said Mrs. Veit’s condition was not serious.
536, 540, 544 & 546 Lester Terrace
536, 540, 544 & 546 Lester Terrace — Photo taken February 7, 2004
Injured at Shipyard
Philadelphia Inquirer —
539 Lester Terrace — 1915: David Proctor
As a result of a fall down a manhole at the New York Shipbuilding plant yesterday, David Proctor, aged 41 years, of 539 Lester terrace, dislocated his right shoulder. He was taken to Cooper Hospital.
BABIES BORN IN APRIL GET B. & L. STOCK SHARES
539 Lester Terrace — 1933: John Campbell — Camden Courier-Post, June 10, 1933
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, 1677 Alabama Road; Carole Marie Davis, 2788 Yorkship Square, and Earl Purnell Lewin, 1228 America Road.
540 Lester Terrace
540 Lester Terrace — 1917–1920: Mrs. Carrie Bauer Devine & Family
MRS. C. DEVINE — All Kinds of Tobacco, Gloves, Candy — 540 LESTER TERRACE
World War I Draft Registration Card — Mark James Devine
U.S. Selective Service System —
REGISTRATION CARD (front) Serial Number: 1041 Order Number: A 1320
1. Name: Mark James Devine 2. Permanent Home Address: 540 Lester Terrace, Camden, N.J. Age in Years: 18 Date of Birth: December 16, 1899 Race: White (citizen) U.S. Citizen: Native Born Present Occupation: Machine Drillers’ Helper Employer’s Name: N.Y. Ship Co. Place of Employment: N.Y. Ship Yard, Camden Nearest Relative (Name): Carrie Devine (mother) Address: 540 Lester Terrace, Camden Signature: Mark J. Devine P.M.G.O. Form No. 1 (Red)
REGISTRAR’S REPORT (No. 29-3-9-C) (reverse): Height: Tall Build: Medium Color of Eyes: Blue Color of Hair: Light Has person lost arm, leg, hand, eye, or is he obviously physically disqualified: No defects Date of Registration: SEP 12 1918 Signature of Registrar: Charles I. Fitz George Local Board No. 3, City of Camden, N.J.
Wedding Bells of June
Camden Daily Courier —
WEDDING BELLS OF JUNE.
Mid-week marriages, when June wedding bells cease to chime with the dawn of July, announced to take place in South Camden are as follows:
Miss Mary Kelly, of 516 Lester Terrace, and Henry Hauske, of 431 Winslow street; Miss Cornelia Kearney and Bennie Jones, of Kaighn avenue; Mrs. Anna Bogaski, formerly of Williamstown, and Egnic Rathchovcke, of 1297 Morton street.
Photos
Intersection of South 6th Street & Lester Terrace — Looking West and Northwest, February 7, 2004
Six Injured in Crash Of Fire Truck, Auto
Camden Courier-Post —
A city fireman and five other persons were injured Saturday when a fire engine collided with a car at Broadway and Pine st. and then plunged into an insurance office on the corner, according to police.
Admitted to Cooper Hospital with severe cuts was Fireman Isaac Muns, 36, of 710 State rd., identified by police as the driver of the engine. His condition was listed as serious. George Dixon, 31, of 1554 Ormond ave., the other fireman riding the engine, was treated at the hospital for cuts.
Mrs. Maria Gruber, 74, of 505 Pine st., who police said was standing on the corner waiting for a bus when the accident happened, was admitted to West Jersey Hospital with multiple fractures of the right leg.
Others Treated
Also treated at Cooper Hospital for multiple injuries were Charles Wilson, 24, of 407 Monmouth st., Gloucester City, identified as the driver of the car, and his passenger, Janet Mayhew, 17, of 210 Mercer st., Gloucester.
Workmen began shoring up the front of the building occupied by the Basin and Basin Agency Inc., automobile insurers, as fears were expressed the building might collapse from the impact if the engine were moved. Raymond McClintock, a city employe, of 530 Lester ter., sustained a cut that required four stitches in his neck when a piece of glass fell from the second floor while the shoring operation was underway.
Agency Was Closed
The agency was closed when the engine plunged into the three-story brick office building on the southeast corner.
Police said it had not been determined whether Mrs. Gruber was hurt by falling debris or by the engine itself as it jumped over the curb.
The engine was responding to an alarm sounded for a minor fire at 434 S. 6th st. It was confined to one room of a private house.
Fire Pumper Crashes Into Camden Office
Philadelphia Inquirer —
A fire engine crashed through the front of an automobile insurance office in Camden on Saturday, cracking the entire brick face of the three-story building and leaving it in danger of collapse.
All traffic was halted in the area of Broadway and Pine sts. in fear the rumble of buses and trucks would bring the building down. The fire engine was left inside the bulk glass front of the Basin & Basin Insurance Co. office for nearly three hours until city workers could shore up the building so the vehicle could be removed safely.
COLLIDES WITH AUTO
The apparatus, a pumper of Engine 1, 4th and Pine sts., was responding to a mattress fire at 434 S. 6th st. at 2:30 P.M. when it collided with an automobile.
Both vehicles mounted the curb at the southeast corner of the downtown intersection.
Mrs. Maria Gruber, 74, of 505 Pine st., who was walking by the building was brushed by the fire engine and knocked to the sidewalk, where she was showered with glass from the smashed window and door. She was admitted to West Jersey Hospital with fractures of the right ankle and lower right leg and cuts of the face and legs.
FIREMAN INJURED
Fireman Isaac Muns, 36, of 717 State st., driver of the pumper, suffered a fractured right foot and leg cuts and was admitted to Cooper Hospital. Fireman George Dixon, 31, of 1554 Ormand ave., Camden, who was riding on the pumper, was treated at the same hospital for cuts of the right leg and right hand and then released.
Two young people in the automobile also were treated for injuries at Cooper Hospital. They were Charles Wilson, 24, of 407 Monmouth st., Gloucester City, N. J., and Janet Mayhew, 17, of 210 Mercer st., also of Gloucester city. Both received head cuts and the girl suffered a back injury.
Raymond McClintock, 25, of 530 Lester Terrace, Camden, a Camden Public Works Department employe, was treated at the Cooper Hospital for lacerations of the neck and left hand.
He was assisting in the placing of shoring to brace the building against collapse after the crash when struck by a piece of glass that fell from one of the shattered windows.
CROWD GATHERS
Owen Ribble, manager of the insurance office, said he worked there alone Saturday afternoon and left just 15 minutes before the accident occurred. He returned to the scene after police summoned him from his home at 340 Coles ave., Cherry Hill.
Police moved back a crowd of several hundred persons who gathered at the intersection. Then they cordoned off Broadway at Spruce and Line sts., a block north and south of Pine, and barricaded Pine st. at 5th and 6th, a block east and west of Broadway.
William H. Harker, Camden city director of public works, reached the scene at 4 P. M. and immediately declared the building condemned.
The Fire Department’s heavy-duty rescue squad built heavy lumber supports against the building and cautiously removed the fire engine at 5:20 P. M.
City Property Sale Authorized
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, $1000.