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Mechanic Street

Mechanic Street lays two blocks south of, and originally ran parallel to Kaighn Avenue from Front Street to Haddon Avenue, with a gap between 7th and 8th Streets. Mechanic Street’s geography — the streets and railroads that cross its path — dictated that there were two different sections of Mechanic Street, each with their own particular makeup and character. Mechanic Street is one of the older streets in Camden, appearing in the list of streets in the 1850 Camden City Directory.

Mechanic Street today starts at Ferry Avenue. The area west of Sixth Street had been laid out, and had many residences and a few businesses on it by the mid-1880s. The 1890–1891 Camden City Directory shows a few businesses in the 1200 block of Mechanic, between Louis Street and Haddon Avenue, but apparently all the development of Mechanic Street between the 7th and Louis Streets occurred after 1891.

This somewhat late start contributed to the way Mechanic Street turned out in the years that followed. In the area between Broadway and Front Street, with its older homes, no one ethnic group predominated. East of 8th Street was a different story.

In the years between 1890 and 1920, a wave of immigrants came to Camden to seek their fortunes in the factories and shops of Camden, to live in freedom, and to raise their children to be Americans, with rights and opportunities for advancement that never existed in the “old country.” Most numerous of the new arrivals were Italian, Polish, and Jewish immigrants, although not to be forgotten were sizable communities of Ukrainians, Croats, Armenians, Greeks, and Canadians — mostly from the province of Newfoundland, who came to work in Camden’s shipyards.

The Polish community initially seems to have settled in an area around Chestnut and Louis Streets. Once organized, the deeply religious Poles raised funds and erected their own church, St. Joseph Catholic Church, at 10th and Mechanic Streets. The church served as a magnet for the community, and Polish families flocked to the new Whitman and Liberty Park neighborhoods that sprang up early in the 20th century between 8th Street and Haddon Avenue.

Mechanic Street maintained its Polish flavor for many years, and St. Joseph Church remains the spiritual home of South Jersey’s Polish community. Changes in Camden’s ethnic makeup have changed the atmosphere along this section of Mechanic Street, although there still remain a few Polish families.

Besides St. Joseph Church, Mechanic Street is probably known for a couple of bars that are on or adjacent to it. At 1050 Mechanic a now-vacant building housed a bar for almost 50 years, last known as the Bullpen. For many years Revallo’s Cafe stood at the corner of Mechanic and Louis Streets, and 400 Mechanic housed a bar for about 80 years.

Going back to Mechanic Street west of 7th, much of it consists of vacant lots where houses once stood. The riots of 1967 and 1971 doomed many of the businesses, the aging housing stock decayed, and most of what was fell to the bulldozer. There are still homes on Mechanic west of Broadway, but little else of consequence save for a few mostly-empty industrial buildings remains.

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Foot of Mechanic Street

Foot of Mechanic Street — Occupants

City directory records and historical references.

Foot of Mechanic Street

Foot of Mechanic Street — Foot of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933 C.B. Coles Lumber Yard (destroyed by fire July 11, 1933)
Fire at C.B. Coles Lumber Yard, Foot of Mechanic Street, July 11, 1933

C.B. Coles Lumber Yard fire at the Foot of Mechanic Street, July 11, 1933. Photo from the collection of Camden Police Detective Clifford Carr.

100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants

Residents and businesses on the 100 block of Mechanic Street.

102 Mechanic Street

102 Mechanic Street — 100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1894–1895Lawrence Botts
1894–1905Annie Botts
WWII Corporal Edward P. Carey

110 Mechanic Street

110 Mechanic Street — 100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1915Theresa Carboski

200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants

Residents and businesses on the 200 block of Mechanic Street.

201 Mechanic Street

201 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929–1931Harry Scholz — bar
1933 Irving Cartin — bar

204–212 Mechanic Street

204–212 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938 Boudov Coal & Ice Co., Inc.

205 Mechanic Street

205 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1915Edward Chew
George Cowgill
Thomas Sullivan
Elwood Davis

208 Mechanic Street

208 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910David Hagan
Emma Ryan

212 Mechanic Street

212 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1917P.D. Strang & Son
1917Camden City Directory
1936–1939 Boudov Coal & Ice Co., Inc.

219 Mechanic Street

219 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1863–1940sJames H. Townsend & Family — ferry captain
1940sFrank Hughes & Family

221 Mechanic Street

221 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900s–1920sSamuel Moore & Family
1924–1933Charles Clark
1980s–2006JYE Inc.
1991 Fire Watch Magazine Advertisement

223 Mechanic Street

223 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900s–1910sAndrew Shane & Family

225 Mechanic Street

225 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900s–1910sJames Edwards & Family
1900s–1910sJames & Emma Edwards
1900s–1910sLotte Edwards
1900s–1910sRussell Edward
1900s–1910sLouis Edwards
1900s–1910sBessie Edwards
1932Paul Sherer

227 Mechanic Street

227 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900s–1910sJohn Ritter & Family
1908William Marshall

229 Mechanic Street

229 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900s–1910sGeorge Diem & Family

231 Mechanic Street

231 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900s–1910sAugust Ceransky & Family
1910s–1920sRichard Ritter Family

235–261 Mechanic Street

235–261 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1888Razed — lot addresses reassigned

241 Mechanic Street

241 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890s–1910sSarah Dutton's Boardinghouse

247 Mechanic Street

247 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900s–1910sGeorge Dehaven & Family
1947Zatch McGriff
1956Isadore Birch
1956 Rocco Palese
1956 Robert Burk Johnson

249 Mechanic Street

249 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900s–1910sJacob Githens & Family

255 Mechanic Street

255 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940–1944 David Smith Allaband & Family
1940–1944 Hazel Flanagan Allaband

265 Mechanic Street

265 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1913Jennie Wilhelm
Frank E. Connelly

267 Mechanic Street

267 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1898–1899William Grant & Family
1917Osman Harding
O. Glen Stackhouse
John Brothers
Jennie Brennan

270 Mechanic Street

270 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1891 Henry Bunting & Family

272 Mechanic Street

272 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910Frederick Taylor & Family
1910Frederick & Rosalina Taylor
1910Mary Taylor
1910Harry Taylor
1910May Taylor
1910Marvin Taylor

275 Mechanic Street

275 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1895Robert Milne

281 Mechanic Street

281 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1919–1922Hubert F. King & Family
1919–1922Hubert & Rebecca L. King
1919–1922Mary King
1919–1922John King
1919–1922Herbert King
1919–1922Sarah King

289 Mechanic Street

289 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930Joseph Galm & Family
1930Joseph & Julia Galm
1930James Galm
1930Joseph Galm Jr.
1930Thomas Galm
1930Edward Galm
1930Nellie Galm

291 Mechanic Street

291 Mechanic Street — 200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930John McGuire & Family
1930John & Mary McGuire
1930Patrick McGuire

300 Block of Mechanic Street

300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants

Residents and businesses on the 300 block of Mechanic Street.

300 Mechanic Street

300 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1930sJohn Salvatore — grocery
1932John D. Cesaria

301 Mechanic Street

301 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1892–1902Thomas E. 'Tim' Clayton — saloon
1892–1902Thomas E. & Ella Clayton
1903–1908Patrick Earley's Saloon

303 Mechanic Street

303 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
2011Commercial building (wall only remains)

304 Mechanic Street

304 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1904 Charles Ford & Effie May Wagner

308 Mechanic Street

308 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1870 Boston Corbett
1904Annie Smith
1907Dominick Priole
1910s–1930s John & Madaline Salvatore

310 Mechanic Street

310 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1907Lewis Berry & Family
1907Lewis C. & Ella J. Berry
1907Mary L. Berry
2011Vacant

312 Mechanic Street

312 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1899Walter Irvin Gilman
1938Alton I. Gilman

313 Mechanic Street

313 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Henry Bishop Family
—Henry & Rebeccah Bishop
—Harry Bishop
—Martha Bishop
Irvin Franklin Bishop

314 Mechanic Street

314 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
WWI Private Edward Beckley

315 Mechanic Street

315 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
2011Vacant — razed September 28, 2011
2011Vacant

316 Mechanic Street

316 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1882Michael Delaney & Family

316½ Mechanic Street

316½ Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1919–1927Elmer D. Snyder & Family
Joe Snyder

317 Mechanic Street

317 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906–1907Mrs. Elizabeth Quinn

317 & 319 Mechanic Street

317 & 319 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1966 Destroyed by fire, February 5, 1966

318 Mechanic Street

318 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938Mrs. Mary L. Beswick

319 Mechanic Street

319 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1927–1930 William Pernier

321 Mechanic Street

321 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1943Joseph Phillips
1956–1957Benjamin Kates & Family
1956–1957Benjamin & Myrtle Alston Kates
1956–1957Charles Kates
1956–1957George Kates
1956–1957Benjamin Kates II
1956–1957David Kates
1956–1957Robert Kates
1956–1957Myrtle Kates
1956–1957Sarah Kates
1963Joseph Butler

323 Mechanic Street

323 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1928Mrs. Helen Featherer
1941William Alston

327 Mechanic Street

327 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1927Thomas Mullen
WWII Private Francis D. Myers

331 Mechanic Street

331 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1917Elmer D. Snyder Family
1917 Joe Snyder

337 Mechanic Street

337 Mechanic Street — 300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900s–1910sGeorge K. Hartman Family
300 block of Mechanic Street, north side 300 block of Mechanic Street, south side

300 block of Mechanic Street, north side (top) and south side (bottom).

400 Block of Mechanic Street

400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants

Residents and businesses on the 400 block of Mechanic Street.

400 Mechanic Street

400 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890Mrs. C. Rimpkill Saloon
1910s–1959 Niewinski's Cafe
1959–1971 The Hi-Lite Tavern
1971–1975Charles Lounge — John Stretch
1977Disco Lounge

406 Mechanic Street

406 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940–1943Charles Sanders — barber shop
mid-1940sSpotless Cleaners & Dyers
1947–1950sRichard J. Chamberlin & Family
1947–1950sRichard J. & Margaret T. Chamberlin
1947–1950sRichard "Dick" Chamberlin

408 Mechanic Street

408 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1877–1883 Robert Gilmore

416 Mechanic Street

416 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1912–1913Adolph G. Hock
1913James Morgan
1957Elwood Curtis

418 Mechanic Street

418 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914–1918 Samuel Lodge

421 Mechanic Street

421 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1959–1964William J.A. Kimber & Family

422 Mechanic Street

422 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1919–1966Jacob Sacks & Family
1919–1966Jacob & Clara Sacks
1919–1966Sylvia Sacks Rosenfield (daughter)
1919–1966Samuel Rosenfield (son-in-law)
1919–1966Joyce Rosenfield (granddaughter)

425 Mechanic Street

425 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1947Julius Fox & Family — New Jersey Window Cleaning Co.
1923–1947Julius & Freda Fox
1923–1947Joseph Fox
1923–1947David Fox

429 Mechanic Street

429 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1932Charles E. Heydrick & Family
1932Charles E. & Nellie M. Heydrick

430 Mechanic Street

430 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900s–1910s Mrs. Jennie Shields

434 Mechanic Street

434 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1918–1924 William B. McCauley & Family
1918–1924William B. & Melissa S. McCauley
1918–1924Erwin B. McCauley

436 Mechanic Street

436 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929–1931Russell 'Buck' Sage & Family
1929–1931Russell & Ellen Waterhouse Sage
1929–1931Rose Sage
1929–1931Charles Waterhouse (father-in-law)
1929–1931Elsie Waterhouse (mother-in-law)
1929–1931Thelma Waterhouse (sister-in-law)
1929–1931Alfonso Waterhouse (brother-in-law)
1929–1931 Ralston 'Rollie' Waterhouse

439 Mechanic Street

439 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1935John B. Malnar

441 Mechanic Street

441 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1913George Bates

443 Mechanic Street

443 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1931Helen May Doerr

447 Mechanic Street

447 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1941Emily H. Godfrey & Family
1941Emily H. & Catherine Godfrey
1941Leroy Godfrey
1941Lester Godfrey
1941Scylinda Godfrey Brenzle
1941Margaret Godfrey Comly
1941Maud Godfrey Watson

448 Mechanic Street

448 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938–1956Earl Cunningham & Family

449 Mechanic Street

449 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1940sAlexander Lewis & Family
1910s–1940sAlexander & Margaret Lewis
1910s–1940sEdith Lewis
1910s–1940sDorothy Lewis
1910s–1940sRoland Lewis
Howard A. Lewis

451 Mechanic Street

451 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1933 Earl Cunningham Sr. — policeman

452 Mechanic Street

452 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920s–1930s Jacob and Rebecca Silver & Family
1950s Thomas A. & Mary Skymer

453 Mechanic Street

453 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1964Alfred Trusty

459 Mechanic Street

459 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
WWII Private First Class Robert M. Hendry

461 Mechanic Street

461 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930George Clay Wade — fire fighter
1930George C. & Adelaide Wade
1930George Wade

463 Mechanic Street

463 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1930sRichard S. Marter
1910s–1929 William R.W. Marter

465 Mechanic Street

465 Mechanic Street — 400 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1892–1934Frederick Watson & Family — policeman
William A. Butcher
1941 Charles Geitz — auxiliary fireman
439, 441, 443 and 445 Mechanic Street, June 6, 2004 440, 443 and 444 Mechanic Street, June 6, 2004

400 block of Mechanic Street — June 6, 2004.

406 Mechanic Street

Dick Chamberlain,

I lived at 406 Mechanic St. and have a picture of it when it was a dry cleaners. I remember the bar at 400 Mechanic Street being called “Mommy Scullbuster’s”. My dad took me in there to see the Joe Louis – Jersey Joe Wolcott fight on TV.

500 Block of Mechanic Street

500 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants

Residents and businesses on the 500 block of Mechanic Street.

517 Mechanic Street

517 Mechanic Street — 500 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
2011Abandoned building — fatal stabbing, October 11, 2011

519 Mechanic Street

519 Mechanic Street — 500 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924 Irvin Franklin Bishop
1938Mrs. Mary Avis

521 Mechanic Street

521 Mechanic Street — 500 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1902–1938William Scott & Family
1902–1938William & Carrie Scott
1902–1938Allie William Scott
1941–1945 William B. McCauley & Family
1941–1945William B. & Melissa S. McCauley
1941–1945Erwin B. McCauley

528 Mechanic Street

528 Mechanic Street — 500 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
WWII Harry W. Gifford Sr.

531 Mechanic Street

531 Mechanic Street — 500 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
late 1880s Abraham Wessel Family
1956Frank Benedict & Family
1956Frank & Matilda Benedict

533 Mechanic Street

533 Mechanic Street — 500 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1902–1906Charles G. Burk & Family
1902–1906Charles G. & Sarah Burk
1902–1906Charles W. Burk (son)
1902–1906Sophie Dolson Burk (daughter-in-law)

534 Mechanic Street

534 Mechanic Street — 500 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1920s Irvin Franklin Bishop

535 Mechanic Street

535 Mechanic Street — 500 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1916–1963Frederick A. Heard & Family
1916–1963Frederick & Lillian Heard

539 Mechanic Street

539 Mechanic Street — 500 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1932Albert Chambers
Wilbur B. Ellis

543 Mechanic Street

543 Mechanic Street — 500 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Recorded in 1906 directory

545 Mechanic Street

545 Mechanic Street — 500 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Recorded in 1906 directory
515 and 517 Mechanic Street, August 26, 2011 521 Mechanic Street, December 2, 1938 — William Scott obituary 535 Mechanic Street — Frederick A. Heard obituary, December 19, 1949

500 block of Mechanic Street.

Intersection of South 6th Street & Mechanic Street

At the southeast corner of South 6th & Mechanic Street stood the American Cigar Company, which burned on August 15, 1990.

At the northeast corner stood the West Jersey Orphanage and later the Y.M.C.A.

At the northwest corner was the Burk Brothers Leather Enameling Works (1906).

At the southwest corner stood an abandoned factory, formerly the site of Young & Metzner’s Bag Factory (1906).

600 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants

Residents and businesses on the 600 block of Mechanic Street.

623 Mechanic Street

623 Mechanic Street — 600 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890Recorded in 1890 directory

625 Mechanic Street

625 Mechanic Street — 600 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890Recorded in 1890 directory

627 Mechanic Street

627 Mechanic Street — 600 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890Recorded in 1890 directory

629 Mechanic Street

629 Mechanic Street — 600 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890George Burtos
Jesse Pratt

631 Mechanic Street

631 Mechanic Street — 600 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890Recorded in 1890 directory

633 Mechanic Street

633 Mechanic Street — 600 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1926Mrs. Marie Bird

635 Mechanic Street

635 Mechanic Street — 600 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1911–1914Jacob Dubin & Family
1911–1914Jacob & Lena Dubin
1911–1914Philip Dubin
1911–1914William Dubin
1911–1914Ida Dubin
1911–1914Louis Dubin
1911–1914Francis Dubin
1911–1914Anna Dubin
1911–1914Abraham Dubin
1911–1914Esther Dubin
1911–1914Nathan Dubin

637 Mechanic Street

637 Mechanic Street — 600 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890Recorded in 1890 directory

639 Mechanic Street

639 Mechanic Street — 600 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890Recorded in 1890 directory

641 Mechanic Street

641 Mechanic Street — 600 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890Recorded in 1890 directory

643 Mechanic Street

643 Mechanic Street — 600 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Charles Bunce

645 Mechanic Street

645 Mechanic Street — 600 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890Recorded in 1890 directory
1956Ruth Jones

647 Mechanic Street

647 Mechanic Street — 600 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890Recorded in 1890 directory

700 Block of Mechanic Street

There never was one!

800 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants

Businesses on the 800 block of Mechanic Street.

818 Mechanic Street

818 Mechanic Street — 800 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955K & W Machine Company
1955New Jersey Bell Telephone

900 Block of Mechanic Street

900 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants

Residents and businesses on the 900 block of Mechanic Street.

913 Mechanic Street

913 Mechanic Street — 900 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920–1940sFrank Migala & Family
1940s Joseph Migala
1955P.M. Construction Company

915 Mechanic Street

915 Mechanic Street — 900 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938Joseph Grochowski
1966Michael Wielinski & Family
1966Michael & Cecelia Wieinski
1966Frank Wielinski
1966Dorothy Wielinski Merek

917 Mechanic Street

917 Mechanic Street — 900 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1911–1921Peter Fisher & Family
1911–1921Peter & Martha Fisher
1911–1921Helen Krowcinski

919 Mechanic Street

919 Mechanic Street — 900 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900–1930Andrew Pierzynski

920 Mechanic Street

920 Mechanic Street — 900 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910–1915Joseph Adam Wojtkowiak Sr. & Family

926 Mechanic Street

926 Mechanic Street — 900 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1953Mary A. Kuras

930 Mechanic Street

930 Mechanic Street — 900 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940 Stanley A. Gasior
1966–1979Hermin S. Szatkowski & Family — Arch Cafe
1966–1979Herman S. & Mary B. Szatkowski
1966–1979Henry "Hank" Szatkowski
1966–1979Walter Szatkowski
1966–1979Mary Ann Szatkowski

931 Mechanic Street

931 Mechanic Street — 900 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
WWI Private Stanislaw Gontarski

939 Mechanic Street

939 Mechanic Street — 900 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1950–1969John Pierzynski

Intersection of South 10th Street & Mechanic Street

At the northeast corner of Mechanic & South 10th Streets stands St. Joseph Church, the spiritual center of Camden’s Polish community, occupying 1033 to 1059 Mechanic Street.

1000 Block of Mechanic Street

1000 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants

Residents and businesses on the 1000 block of Mechanic Street.

1008 Mechanic Street

1008 Mechanic Street — 1000 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1919–1920Joseph Olesiewicz & Family
1919–1920Joseph & Helen Olesiewicz
1919–1920Zygmunt & Sophie Olesiewicz
1919–1920Zygmunt Olesiewicz & Family
Robert P. Olesiewicz

1036 Mechanic Street

1036 Mechanic Street — 1000 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930Jesse Green & Family
1930Jesse & Emma Green
1930Hazel Green

1038 Mechanic Street

1038 Mechanic Street — 1000 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1946–1947William A. Lang — photographer
1946–1947William A. Lang

1045 Mechanic Street

1045 Mechanic Street — 1000 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1911–1927Anthony Katorofsky & Family
1911–1927Anthony & Mary Katorofsky

1048 Mechanic Street

1048 Mechanic Street — 1000 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
Fred Klosterman

1049 Mechanic Street

1049 Mechanic Street — 1000 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
late 1910s–early 1960sIgnatius Kowalczyk & Family
Late 1910s–early 1960sIgnatius & Michalena Kowalczyk
Late 1910s–early 1960sPearl Kowalczyk
Late 1910s–early 1960sFrank Kowalczyk
Late 1910s–early 1960sWalter Kowalczyk
Late 1910s–early 1960sWilliam Kowalczyk"
Late 1910s–early 1960sJoseph Kowalczyk
Late 1910s–early 1960sAnna Kowalczyk
Late 1910s–early 1960sHelen Catherine Kowalczyk
John F. 'Happy Kowal' Kowalczyk

1050 Mechanic Street

1050 Mechanic Street — 1000 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930s–1970s The Bullpen / Chez La Joy / Club Cadix / Chaney's Bar

1057 Mechanic Street

1057 Mechanic Street — 1000 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Anthony Josisolski

1033–1059 Mechanic Street

1033–1059 Mechanic Street — 1000 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
St. Joseph Catholic Church
1008 to 1050 Mechanic Street, looking east from South 10th Street, February 2004 St. Joseph Church — 1033 to 1059 Mechanic Street, February 2004 1050 and 1048 Mechanic Street — The Bullpen, February 2004 1049 and 1051 Mechanic Street, March 19, 2012

1000 block of Mechanic Street. Top: looking east from South 10th Street (February 2004). Middle: St. Joseph Church, 1033–1059 Mechanic Street. Bottom: 1048–1051 Mechanic Street (March 2012).

Mt. Ephraim Avenue & Mechanic Street

Looking east on Mechanic Street from Mt. Ephraim Avenue, February 27, 2004 Looking west on Mechanic Street from Mt. Ephraim Avenue, February 27, 2004

Mechanic Street at Mt. Ephraim Avenue, February 27, 2004. The green tower visible is St. Joseph Church.

1100 Block of Mechanic Street

1100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants

Residents and businesses on the 1100 block of Mechanic Street.

1114 Mechanic Street

1114 Mechanic Street — 1100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1860s–1907 Jacob Rettberg — carriage & wagon builder

1115 Mechanic Street

1115 Mechanic Street — 1100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
Lawrence 'Larry' Doran

1116 Mechanic Street

1116 Mechanic Street — 1100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1892Thomas Knowles & Family
1892Thomas & Ann H. Knowles
1892 Henry C. Knowles
1903John Weaver
1958Cheri Herbert

1127 Mechanic Street

1127 Mechanic Street — 1100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1931 Marguerite Lucas
1938 Marguerite Lucas

1130 Mechanic Street

1130 Mechanic Street — 1100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1940sAlexander & Annie Connon Family
1915Robert Thirkettle & Family

1133 Mechanic Street

1133 Mechanic Street — 1100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
late 1891–1906Harry & Wilhelmina Bicking Family

1136–1140 Mechanic Street

1136–1140 Mechanic Street — 1100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930s–1950sHensgen Brothers, Inc. — Contractors & Builders
Donahue & Sons — plumbers

1143 Mechanic Street

1143 Mechanic Street — 1100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
2012Small fire in basement, June 30, 2012

1145 Mechanic Street

1145 Mechanic Street — 1100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1932Elizabeth C. Guttkorn

1150 Mechanic Street

1150 Mechanic Street — 1100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1957Valentine J. Filipek & Family
1957Valentine & Victoria Filipek
1957Frank Filipek
1957John Filipek
1957Robert Filipek
1957Stella Filipek
1957Lillian Filipek
1957Genevieve Filipek
1957Victoria Filipek
1957Jennie Filipek

1163 Mechanic Street

1163 Mechanic Street — 1100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1942 Casimir Wojtkowiak
1942 Casmeir Wojtkowiak
1955Horn Fuel Company
1955New Jersey Bell Telephone

1166 Mechanic Street

1166 Mechanic Street — 1100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
early 1920s–1947Keystone Bottling Works
late 1920s–1970sAnthony & Alexandra Dolinski Family
1920–1967 Edward A. Dolinski
1967Keystone Liquor Store

1177 Mechanic Street

1177 Mechanic Street — 1100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1915Evelyn Watkins
early 1930s–late 1940sAdam Jusiak

1182 Mechanic Street

1182 Mechanic Street — 1100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1943Alex Dabkowski & Family
1943Alex and Stella Dabkowsky
1943Stella Dabkowski
1943Genevieve "Jennie" Dabkowski
1953Henry Murrow

1186 Mechanic Street

1186 Mechanic Street — 1100 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1935–1942 Revallo's Cafe — John Revallo
1125 to 1135 Mechanic Street, May 7, 2004 1133 to 1137 Mechanic Street, May 7, 2004

1100 block of Mechanic Street — May 7, 2004.

1200 Block of Mechanic Street

1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants

Residents and businesses on the 1200 block of Mechanic Street.

1201 Mechanic Street / 1201 Bannard Avenue

1201 Mechanic Street / 1201 Bannard Avenue — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900Henry Werner
1942–1974 Revallo's Cafe — John Revallo

1209 Mechanic Street

1209 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955Henry E. Uber
1955New Jersey Bell Telephone

1216 Mechanic Street

1216 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955Mechanic Electric Co.
Felix Stachowiak

1234 Mechanic Street

1234 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955Joseph Sbar
1955New Jersey Bell Telephone

1238 Mechanic Street

1238 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955Camden Wire Works
1955New Jersey Bell Telephone
WWIPrivate Benjamin J. Sandlow

1244 Mechanic Street

1244 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914Eugene Higgins
1915Regina Penner
1923–1926David Beaumont
1927–1930sHarry Albert Haines
1940John McDonald
1943–1947John O'Donnell
1969No Listing
1980No Listing
1981–2001Nicholson Family
1981–2001Tamara Nicholson

1245 Mechanic Street

1245 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955–1980Abel Machine Company
1955New Jersey Bell Telephone

1246 Mechanic Street

1246 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1969–1980W. Domeraski

1262 Mechanic Street

1262 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1891(occupied, 1891 directory)

1264 Mechanic Street

1264 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
Anthony Mattio

1266 Mechanic Street

1266 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1891(occupied, 1891 directory)

1268 Mechanic Street

1268 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1891(occupied, 1891 directory)

1270 Mechanic Street

1270 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1891–1900John Kleinfelder & Family
1900John & Julia Kleinfelder
1900Julia Kleinfelder
1900Helen Kleinfelder
1900 Harry Kleinfelder
1930s–1940George A.P. Wright & Family
1930s–1940Clarence E. Wright

1272 Mechanic Street

1272 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1887–1907Gustav A. Ernst & Son — guitar, zither & banjo factory
1887–1907Gustav & Emilie Ernst
1887–1907Hugo G. Ernst
1890–1907Gustav A. Ernst
1906Sanborn Map

1274 Mechanic Street

1274 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1984Blair Cherry — fatal fire, March 18, 1984
1984Blair Cherry
WWIClarence E. Wright — gassed in France, died May 12, 1938
Staff Sergeant Joseph Galiazzi

1281 Mechanic Street

1281 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920–1922William Uber & Family — painter
1927–1928Mrs. Anna Wenghofler

1282 Mechanic Street

1282 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890Fred Schoettel

1285 Mechanic Street

1285 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890–1924William Uber & Family — painter
—William & Pauline Uber
—Joseph Uber
—Anna Uber
1916James Picken
1917 Smith C. Moore

1296 Mechanic Street

1296 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1911Bernard F. Moore & Family — proprietor, Camden City Hotel & Garden
1911Bernard F. & Mary Moore
WWII Radarman Second Class Michael D. Capparelli

1298 Mechanic Street

1298 Mechanic Street — 1200 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1928Wilfred Veight
1201 Mechanic Street — Formerly Revallo's Cafe, September 2003 1201 Mechanic Street — Formerly Revallo's Cafe, September 2003 1262–1272 Mechanic Street — 1906 Sanborn Map 1281 Mechanic Street, March 19, 2012

1200 block of Mechanic Street. Top: 1201 Mechanic Street, formerly Revallo’s Cafe (September 2003). Middle: 1906 Sanborn Map of 1262–1272 Mechanic Street. Bottom: 1281 Mechanic Street (March 2012).

1300 Block of Mechanic Street

There is not an actual 1300 block, per se. The 1200 block had so many addresses that the last few houses were numbered in the 1300s.

1300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants

The '1300 block' was overflow from the 1200s — there was no actual 1300 block.

1306 Mechanic Street

1306 Mechanic Street — 1300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1950s–1960s Henry S. Keubler — Camden Fire Department

1324 Mechanic Street

1324 Mechanic Street — 1300 Block of Mechanic Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1915–1964Mechanic Hall
1915–1959 13th Ward Republican Club
1966–1971 The Lost Seagulls of Stockholm Sweden Inc.
1971–1977 Sons of Italy Grand Council of NJ
1979La Bona Casa
1980–1983 Bacchanal
1986–1987Club Elite

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