Saunders Street is in East Camden, and was known as Saunders Avenue in the early 1900s. The street runs east from 122 North 26th Street to the railroad tracks above North 30th Street, then begins again at Beideman Avenue, continuing to North 34th Street.
Prominent buildings on Saunders Street include Hosanna AME Church, the original Catto Elementary School, and the water tower that sits on the peak of what is the “hill” in Cramer Hill. Saunders Street was bisected not only by the railroad tracks, but from 1938 to 1999 by the Westfield Acres public housing project, and since that time by the newly built Baldwin’s Run homes.
The corner of North 32nd and Saunders Street was also known as one of Camden’s most notorious and dangerous drug corners for the bulk of the 1990s.
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Intersection of Saunders Street & North 27th Street
Northwest corner of North 27th Street and Saunders Street, 300 North 27th Street — photo taken in 1994. From 1896 to 1900, the building was the home of William Penn Hook & Ladder Company No. 1.
Northwest corner of Saunders Street & North 27th Street — July 24, 2013.
2600 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1924–1969.
2615 Saunders Street
2615 Saunders Street — 2600 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
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1924
No listing in directory
1929
No listing in directory
1947
No listing in directory
1969
Mrs. Alfred B. Smith
2616 Saunders Street
2616 Saunders Street — 2600 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
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1929
No listing in directory
1947
George K. Bartlett
1969
No listing in directory
2622 Saunders Street
2622 Saunders Street — 2600 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
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1924
No information available
1929
No information available
1947
Joseph S. Swain
1969
No listing in directory
2700 Block of Saunders Street
2731 Saunders Street — Tele-Coil Inc. The business was known as the Electrical Coil Winding Company from 1929 through 1947, then as Tele-Coil Inc. from 1955 through at least 1969. Photo taken February 25, 2009.
2745, 2747, and 2749 Saunders Street — photo taken in 2008.
2700 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1924–1969.
2711 Saunders Street
2711 Saunders Street — 2700 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
↕
1924–1929
No listing in directory
1969
A.S. Bowne
2714 Saunders Street
2714 Saunders Street — 2700 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
↕
1924–1929
Frank A. Zondler
1969
Rev. J. Richardson
1969–1970s
The Paynter Family
1970s
Lewis Paynter
2720 Saunders Street
2720 Saunders Street — 2700 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
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1924
No information available
1929
No information available
1947
No information available
1969
No information available
2725 Saunders Street
2725 Saunders Street — 2700 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
2751 Saunders Street — 2700 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
↕
1924–1929
No listing in directory
1947
No information available
1969
No information available
2753 Saunders Street
2753 Saunders Street — 2700 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
↕
1924–1929
No listing in directory
1947
No information available
1969
No listing in directory
Houston
Camden Courier-Post —
HOUSTON — John A. Age 79 of 2747 Saunders St., Camden, N.J. On Friday August 18, 1978. He is survived by his wife Florence, two daughters Mrs. Thelma Thomas of Pennsauken, Mrs. Phyllis Brown of Pennsauken, one son Logan Carter of Phila. a niece Mrs. Alma Gray West of Cherry Hill, a nephew Ernest Houston of New York City, four grandchildren, two great grandchildren, other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held Tuesday Aug. 22, 1978 at 8 pm at St. Johns Baptist Church, 30th. & Mitchell Sts, Camden, where friends may call after 5pm. Interment Sunset Memorial Park, Pennsauken, N.J. Arrangements by Tunsill Funeral Home, Palmyra and Camden.
2800 Block of Saunders Street
2800 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1912–1969.
2810 Saunders Street
2810 Saunders Street — 2800 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
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1924
No information available
1929
No information available
1947
No information available
1969
No listing in directory
2812 Saunders Street
2812 Saunders Street — 2800 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
↕
Name
↕
1924–1929
Rev. Joseph E. Ingram
1947
No information available
1969
No listing in directory
2814 Saunders Street
2814 Saunders Street — 2800 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
William D. Singleton, 24, of 408 Haddon avenue, and Irene Skipper, 19, of Myrtle Beach, S.C.
William L. Cline, 27, of 47 East Kings Highway, Audubon, and Teresa C. Stanton, 24, of 336 Viola street.
One Killed, One Hurt by Train
Philadelphia Inquirer —
One man was killed and another seriously injured when an inbound train on the Amboy division of the Pennsylvania Railroad ran them down at Fish House, five miles above Camden, last night. The dead man was Peter Peffer, 20 years old, 628 North Twenty-fourth street, East Camden. The body was taken to the Morgue after being viewed by Coroner Bentley. Richard Dunn, 24 years old, 2818 Saunders street, East Camden, was lacerated and bruised about the body. He was taken to the Cooper Hospital. Both men were walking along the railroad tracks. It was dark and the train was upon them so quickly they were unable to leap out of the way. Peffer fell under the wheels and was crushed, and Dunn was hurled to the side of the tracks.
2900 Block of Saunders Street
2909 Saunders Street — February 25, 2009.
2900 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1890s–2009.
2901 Saunders Street
2901 Saunders Street — 2900 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
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1924
No information available
1929
No information available
1947
No information available
1969
No information available
2909 Saunders Street
2909 Saunders Street — 2900 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
The body was found at 5.30 p. m. by a son, Thomas W., 33, who went to the shop at 2922 Saunders st. when he came home from work and missed his father.
Detective Martin Nelson said the elder Watson had raised the automobile, his own, on a bumper jack, and removed a wheel. He was lying on his back apparently trying to install a new spring when the machine fell. Police said a small hydraulic jack used on the spring had apparently jarred the car off the bumper jack.
The son, employed at a Camden auto body repair shop, said he expected to find his father preparing dinner as usual when he arrived home.
The two lived alone since the death of Mrs. Watson three years ago, the father continuing to work in his shop and keeping house.
Kitchen implements indicated Watson had prepared his lunch at home, the son said. The accident would thus have occurred sometime in the afternoon.
Coroner Robert J. Blake said the death was apparently accidental, and ordered an autopsy today.
Surviving also are another son, Horace C., of Moorestown, and two daughters, Mrs. Mary Hart and Mrs. Reba Rogers, both of Pennsauken.
Octavius V. Catto Elementary School
Octavius V. Catto Elementary School, 2934 Saunders Street — 1929 to 2008. The building served as the Camden City Public School District Truancy Center from 2008 to 2009.
Hosanna AME Church
Hosanna AME Church, 2940 Saunders Street — 1890s to 2009.
Intersection of Saunders Street & North 30th Street
Hosanna AME Church, 2940 Saunders Street, at the intersection of Saunders Street and North 30th Street — 1890s to 2009.
3000 Block of Saunders Street
3001 Saunders Street — February 25, 2009.
3013 & 3015 Saunders Street — February 25, 2009.
3014 Saunders Street — collapsed. A cleanup of this property was scheduled by the City of Camden in March 2012. Photograph taken March 15, 2012.
3000 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1910s–1990s.
3001 Saunders Street
3001 Saunders Street — 3000 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
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1924
Mrs. Carrie Madison
1929
No information available
1947
No information available
1969
Robert Gantt
3004 Saunders Street
3004 Saunders Street — 3000 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
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1924
Edward Carpenter
3013 Saunders Street
3013 Saunders Street — 3000 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
↕
1924
Lester Freeman
1929
Ulysses G. Winchester (listed as 3006)
1969
I. Hopkins
3014 Saunders Street
3014 Saunders Street — 3000 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
May 1940 — The intersection of Beideman Avenue and Saunders Street. Beideman Avenue then ran through the newly built Westfield Acres public housing project, which had opened in 1938.
Intersection of Saunders Street & North 32nd Street
409 North 32nd Street — 1947 Phoebe Falkenmaier (grocery); 1970s–1990s Bob’s Market. Photo taken 1994.
409 North 32nd Street — 2011–2014 New Family Market. Photo taken 2014.
3220 Saunders Street, showing (from right to left) 3218, 3216, 3214, 3212, and 3210 Saunders Street, Camden, N.J. — 2001. These properties were razed shortly after the picture was taken to make room for the new Carpenter’s Hill homes, adjacent to the Baldwin’s Run development.
3200 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1924–2008.
3210 Saunders Street
3210 Saunders Street — 3200 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
3276 Saunders Street — 3200 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
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c. 2003
Built (Baldwin's Run development)
2007–2008
Luis Rolon Jr.
3283 Saunders Street
3283 Saunders Street — 3200 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
↕
1924–1929
William J. Lees
1947
No information available
1969
No information available
Camden Man Killed in His Home by Intruder
South Jersey News Online —
CAMDEN, N.J. — A 22-year-old Saunders Street man was killed in his home here Wednesday. Luis Rolon Jr., 22, was shot at about 11:30 p.m. after a brief struggle with an intruder. Investigators believe Rolon was not a random victim.
No arrests have been made. Anyone with information is urged to contact Camden County Prosecutor’s Office or Camden City Police.
This is the city’s 5th homicide in 2008.
Gas Stamp Thieves Flee Police Shots
Camden Courier-Post —
2 Escape in East Camden; Glove Compartments in Cars Rifled
A “rookie” cop who started work yesterday and a district detective emptied their service guns early today at two young men whom they suspected of stealing gasoline stamps from parked cars in East Camden.
While cruising on Thirty-third street near Saunders, Patrolman Dominic Palese, the new appointee, and Carl Fredericks, district detective, saw two men in a parked car. The police drew up beside the car and the two men got out and ran east on Saunders street.
Palese and Fredericks chased the pair, emptying their guns in the air in an effort to halt them. The men got away through a swamp at Thirty-third and Saunders streets.
The policemen said examination of several cars parked on Thirty-second street indicated the men were looking for gasoline stamps, as the glove compartments of the cars were ransacked with the contents strewed on the floors of the cars.
The shooting attracted the attention of the neighborhood and the electrical bureau received several calls. Three police bandit chasers were sent to the scene to find out the cause of the shooting.
3300 Block of Saunders Street
3300 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1924–1969.
3301 Saunders Street
3301 Saunders Street — 3300 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
3307 Saunders Street — 3300 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
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1924
No information available
1929
No information available
1947
No information available
1969
No information available
3311 Saunders Street
3311 Saunders Street — 3300 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
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1924
No listing in directory
1929
No information available
1947
No information available
1969
No information available
3313 Saunders Street
3313 Saunders Street — 3300 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
↕
1924
No listing in directory
1929
No information available
1947
No information available
1969
No information available
3319 Saunders Street
3319 Saunders Street — 3300 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
↕
1924
No listing in directory
1947
No information available
1969
No information available
3321 Saunders Street
3321 Saunders Street — 3300 Block of Saunders Street — Occupants
Year
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Name
↕
1924
No listing in directory
1929
No information available
1947
No information available
1969
No information available
War Veteran Returns After Amnesia Attack
Stricken with amnesia on January 27 and wandering aimlessly about the country until he recovered his memory near Pittsburgh two days ago, Herbert MacDonald, 36, of 3301 Saunders street, a World War veteran, returned home yesterday.
MacDonald, who is subject to the attacks as a result of his war experience, left home on January 27 to go to the RCA Victor plant, where he is employed as a bookbinder. Arriving home yesterday he said he recovered his memory while hitch-hiking on a truck near Pittsburgh, PA.