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Sewell Street

Camden Street

Introduction

Sewell Street is in East Camden. Prior to the late 1990s, Sewell Street ran for only one block, between Marlton Avenue and Morse Street. When the McGuire Gardens public housing project, originally built in 1954, was gutted and rebuilt, Sewell Street was extended to Pfeiffer Street, and several new homes were built. In the meantime, the existing homes on Sewell Street continued to deteriorate, one being completely destroyed by fire during the spring of 2008.

Sewell Street was named after Congressional Medal of Honor awardee General William Joyce Sewell, who later served as a United States Senator from New Jersey.

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Sewell Street Map

1946

Sewell Street — Map published in 1946

Sewell Street — Map published in 1946.

Plat Showing Proposed Site, Project No. N.J.-10-4, Camden, N. J.

Plat —

Hand-lettered plat map showing the proposed site of Project No. N.J.-10-4, Camden, bounded by Morse, Watson, 20th, Randolph and Bank Streets, with Wm. T. Harker and Associates as engineers

SCALE 1″ = 300′

[street names lettered along the streets on the plat:] Bank St.; Westminster; Pike; Marlton; Berwick; Morse; Watson St.; Boyd; Carman St.; Federal St.; Rand; Pfeiffer Ave.; Raritan; 20th St.; Randolph St.

Wm. T. Harker & Associates. Consulting Engineers. 307 Market St. Camden, N. J. [initials at the lower right:] H.R.S.

Sewell Street

Sewell Street as seen from Morse Street, February 8, 2008 2000 to 2014 Sewell Street, February 8, 2008

Sewell Street as seen from Morse Street (top); 2000–2014 Sewell Street (bottom), February 8, 2008.

2200 Block of Sewell Street

2200 Block of Sewell Street — Occupants

City directory records.

2200 Sewell Street

2200 Sewell Street — 2200 Block of Sewell Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Vacant
1929Louis O'Hara
1947John G. Carabine

2201 Sewell Street

2201 Sewell Street — 2200 Block of Sewell Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924George J. Schaal
1929Herman L. Clark
1947Dorothy G. Milligan
2007Destroyed by fire, April 24, 2007

2202 Sewell Street

2202 Sewell Street — 2200 Block of Sewell Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Benjamin Blackman
1929Daniel Prokapus
1947Charles W. Haines

2203 Sewell Street

2203 Sewell Street — 2200 Block of Sewell Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1929Charles B. Miller
1947John J. Farrell
2007Destroyed by fire, April 24, 2007

2204 Sewell Street

2204 Sewell Street — 2200 Block of Sewell Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924George Mulhern
1929Thomas Crescent
1947Samuel F. Priestley

2205 Sewell Street

2205 Sewell Street — 2200 Block of Sewell Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914 Allen Palmer
1924–1929Robert Chatham
1947Welsie W. Wylie

2206 Sewell Street

2206 Sewell Street — 2200 Block of Sewell Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924John Wiegel
1929Frederick Fitzpatrick
1947James W. Yoder (contractor)
1947James W. Yoder
February 2008Vacant

2207 Sewell Street

2207 Sewell Street — 2200 Block of Sewell Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924John C. Bown
1929John Civero
1947Ralph T. Marino

2208 Sewell Street

2208 Sewell Street — 2200 Block of Sewell Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1929Theodore Z. Patton (ice)
1924–1929Theodore Z. Patton
1947Frank B. Ware

2209 Sewell Street

2209 Sewell Street — 2200 Block of Sewell Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1928 Antonio Marino
1928–1929Mrs. Mary Marino
1947Dominic M. Corrado

2210 Sewell Street

2210 Sewell Street — 2200 Block of Sewell Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1947Benjamin F. Trone

2211 Sewell Street

2211 Sewell Street — 2200 Block of Sewell Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Charles Y. Shaner
1929Anthony Civero
1931 Raymond Young
1947Benjamin Smith
February 2011Vacant

2212 Sewell Street

2212 Sewell Street — 2200 Block of Sewell Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914–1939Christian C. Staas & Family
1914–1939Christian & Ida Staas
1914–1939Evans O. Staas
1914–1939Robert V. Staas
1914–1939Eleanor Staas
1914–1939Christian C. Staas Jr.
1939–1960sStanley Sosnowski & Family
1919–1939Christian Staas & Family

2213 Sewell Street

2213 Sewell Street — 2200 Block of Sewell Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1905–1933 Harry L. DeHaven
1947George E. Allen
2007Gone

2214 Sewell Street

2214 Sewell Street — 2200 Block of Sewell Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Mrs. S.M. Dangro
1924Raymond Dangro
1924–1947Mrs. S.M. Dangro
1929–1947Lawrence J. Curran (ice)
1929–1947Lawrence J. Curran

2215 Sewell Street

2215 Sewell Street — 2200 Block of Sewell Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1929Charles H. Blessing
1947Michael Marte
2007Gone

Allen Palmer

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Allen Palmer, 2205 Sewell Street

Allen Palmer, 2205 Sewell Street, 1914.

Fire at the Home of Allan Palmer

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Fire at the Home of Allan Palmer - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 19, 1914

Responding to an alarm of fire at the home of Allan Palmer, 2205 Sewell avenue, the East Side truck company yesterday collided with the team of George Dunlap at Twenty-fourth and Federal streets. The fire, caused by a match being thrown into a hamper, caused damage of about $400.

Christian C. Staas & Family

2212 Sewell Street — 1914–1939

Christian C. Staas & Family, 2212 Sewell Street, c. 1937

Christian C. Staas & Family, 2212 Sewell Street, c. 1937.

In the picture is Christian’s wife Ida sitting on the steps with my Mother Helen. Helen is the wife of Ida & Chris’ son Evans. My mother was only 16 yrs old in this picture, I was born in that house and they moved in 1939. My Grandmother and Mother are sitting on those steps, most likely on Easter 1937. I know for sure it was that year, because I am there hiding in that picture.

— Helen Evans Staas, February 5, 2011

Sewell Street Photos

2004 & 2008

2205 to 2211 Sewell Street, February 8, 2008 2200 to 2214 Sewell Street, February 8, 2008 Looking down Sewell Street from in front of 47 Marlton Avenue, 2004

2205–2211 Sewell Street (top) and 2200–2214 Sewell Street (middle), February 8, 2008; looking down Sewell Street from in front of 47 Marlton Avenue, 2004 (bottom).

Looking South on Morse Street

Looking South on Morse Street, February 14, 1951 — Sewell Street is the next street

Looking south on Morse Street — Sewell Street is the next street, by the car parked on the left side of the street. February 14, 1951.

Pension Granted To Fire Captain Hurt at Blaze

Camden Courier-Post —

Pension Granted To Fire Captain Hurt at Blaze - Camden Courier-Post, May 22, 1954

A Camden fire department captain has received a disability pension as a result of injuries received while fighting an East Camden blaze last year.

Capt. George Fuscellaro, 37, of 1041 Lois ave., was approved for pension, at full salary, by the retirement committee of the police and Firemen Pension Commission at Trenton.

Fuscellaro was injured April 4, 1953, while fighting a fire at two houses in the 220 block of Sewell st. While pulling an inflated hose over the edge of a roof, Fuscellaro suffered a severe back pain and it was necessary to take him from the roof by stretcher and remove him to the hospital.

Forced to Wear Brace

Fuscellaro’s condition was reported to the committee by Drs. Edwin Rosner, of Collingswood, Stanley L. Brown, orthopedic specialist, and Garnett Summerill, Camden police surgeon.

Members of the committee, Arthur Wright, of Bayonne, Ross Logan, of Haddonfield, and John Fryland, of Clifton, fireman, civilian and policeman members respectively, were told Fuscellaro must wear a brace at all times.

In a report to Director of Public Safety Aaron, Dr. Brown reported that Fuscellaro’s condition is worse today than it was a year ago.

City Will Pay Half

Spencer Smith, a member of the Camden Fire Department, and one of the four representatives to the committee elected throughout the state, presented Fuscellaro’s case at the hearing.

Under the present state pension laws, the pension commission and the City of Camden will each pay half of Fuscellaro’s salary, averaged over the last three years, of $3850. Fuscellaro was appointed to the department Feb. 1, 1942. Commissioner Aaron will introduce a resolution at the next city commission meeting for the payment.

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