Introduction
St. Mihiel Street, named for the World War I Battle of St. Mihiel, where American forces performed heroically, originally ran north from Line Street to Mt. Ephraim Avenue. The original Camden Convention Hall stood on the northeast corner of St. Mihiel Street and Line Street.
In the late 1940s, St. Mihiel Street was shortened, terminating at North 10th Street, when the Camden Connection overpass was built, crossing Admiral Wilson Boulevard at Memorial Avenue. In the early 1950s, Camden Convention Hall was destroyed by fire. Campbell Soup acquired the land where Convention Hall stood, as well as several other parcels of real estate along Memorial Avenue including the Mechling Brothers factory, to build their corporate headquarters. Argonne Street and Verdun Street, which also bordered Convention Hall, disappeared as part of that construction, as did the greater part of Memorial Avenue.
In more recent years, St. Mihiel Street was renamed St. Mihiel Avenue.
1946 Map of Camden
1946 map of Camden. Argonne Street runs east to west between St. Mihiel Street and Memorial Avenue, north of Line Street.
2012 Map of Camden
St. Mihiel Avenue, Camden — 2012 map.
St. Mihiel Street & Line Street
Aerial view of St. Mihiel Street and Line Street, showing the original Camden Convention Hall — 1920s–1930s.