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Sycamore Terrace

Sycamore Terrace, Camden, NJ

Introduction

Sycamore Terrace was a one block street that ran from Chestnut Street south to Sycamore Street, east of South 2nd Street and west of Locust Street. There were 2 houses on Sycamore Terrace, originally numbered 1 and 2, and changed to 1116 and 1118. Sycamore Terrace was not in existence when the 1885 Sanborn Map was published. The two houses were built and occupied by 1890.

Both houses on Sycamore Terrace were still occupied in 1947. Sycamore Terrace was erased in the 1950s as part of an urban redevelopment project meant to provide land for industrial development in South Camden. This project took out every building west of Locust Street from Walnut Street to Kaighn Avenue.

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1906 Sanborn Map

1906 Sanborn map showing Sycamore Terrace between Chestnut Street and Sycamore Street, Camden NJ

Sycamore Terrace — 1906 Sanborn map. The same buildings also appear in the 1891 Sanborn Maps.

Sycamore Terrace — Occupants

City directory records, 1890–1947.

1 / 1116 Sycamore Terrace

1 / 1116 Sycamore Terrace — Sycamore Terrace — Occupants
Year Name
1890William H. Allen (teamster)
1894George W. Schellenger (carpenter)
1947Mrs. Josephine Johnson

2 / 1118 Sycamore Terrace

2 / 1118 Sycamore Terrace — Sycamore Terrace — Occupants
Year Name
1890Lizzie Foster (seamstress)
1891Harvey Marcellus (electrician)
1947William L. Williams

1116 Sycamore Terrace

1116 Sycamore Terrace — Sycamore Terrace — Occupants
Year Name
1947Mrs. Josephine Johnson

1118 Sycamore Terrace

1118 Sycamore Terrace — Sycamore Terrace — Occupants
Year Name
1947William L. Williams
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