Sylvan Street

Sylvan Street runs west from South 10th Street for three and one-half blocks, ending a short distance west of South 7th Street. Sylvan Street lies one block south of Woodland Avenue, and three blocks north of Morgan Street.

600 Block of Sylvan Street

600 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1904–1977.

675 Sylvan Street

675 Sylvan Street — 600 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1919–1947	George & Mary Mannion Koenig & Family
1942–1947	Nathan Wine
1919–1947	George Koenig & Family
1919–1947	William Mannion (brother-in-law)
1919–1947	Hubert Mannion (brother-in-law)
1919–1947	Mary Koenig (neice)

693 Sylvan Street

693 Sylvan Street — 600 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1918–1922	Mrs. Christina Keckle & Family
1947	No occupant listed

697 Sylvan Street

697 Sylvan Street — 600 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1904	John Columbine — saloon
1904	John Columbine
1908	Edward Sterling — saloon
1908	Edward Sterling
1909–1910	Charles Fuchs — saloon
1909–1910	Charles Fuchs
1910–1921	Jacob Pfisterer — saloon
1910–1921	Jacob & Barbara Pfisterer
1924	William Greenan — saloon
1924	William Greenan
1926–1927	Peter Greenan — saloon
1926–1927	Peter Greenan
1928	Gabriel DiPaolo — saloon
1928	Gabriel DiPaolo
1929–1931	Albert Garrity — saloon
1929–1931	Albert Garrity
1939–1940	Joseph A. Ragan — saloon
1943–1977	Village Cafe — Frank Bil & Family
—	Frank & Stella Bil
—	Geraldine Bil
—	Kenneth Bil
1977	Closed

Several Seeking License Transfers

Camden Post-Telegram — October 1, 1910

Joseph A. Ragan — 697 Sylvan Street

700 Block of Sylvan Street

700 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1902–1972.

700 Sylvan Street

700 Sylvan Street — 700 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

702 Sylvan Street

702 Sylvan Street — 700 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1902	Nicholas Romaine
1943	Angelo Louis & Family

704 Sylvan Street

704 Sylvan Street — 700 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1930–1940	James Trotman & Family
1930–1940	James & Helen Trotman
1930–1940	Edith Trotman
1930–1940	Edward Trotman

728 Sylvan Street

728 Sylvan Street — 700 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

729 Sylvan Street

729 Sylvan Street — 700 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1940	Alfred Chapman & Family
1940	Alfred & Winifred Chapman
1940	George Chapman
1940	Elizabeth Chapman
1940	Winifred Chapman
1940	Marjorie Chapman
1940	Gladys Chapman

731 Sylvan Street

731 Sylvan Street — 700 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1933	Mrs. Anna Hopper
1940	Vincent Frank & Family
1940	Vincent & Mary Frank
WWII	Private Michael Yachus

733 Sylvan Street

733 Sylvan Street — 700 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1940	Charles Ireland & Family
1940	Charles & Mildred Ireland
1940	Betty Ireland

735 Sylvan Street

735 Sylvan Street — 700 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1940	Henry Straghan & Family
1940	Henry & Rose Straghan

737 Sylvan Street

737 Sylvan Street — 700 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1940	Emil Bibbick & Family
1940	Emil & Anna Bibbick
1940	William Bibbick
1940	Paul Bibbick

739 Sylvan Street

739 Sylvan Street — 700 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1940	Peter Gedrys & Family
1940	Peter & Anna Gedrys
1940	Peter Gedrys Jr.
1940	Robert Gedrys
1940	Patricia Gedrys

741 Sylvan Street

741 Sylvan Street — 700 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1940–1942	Peter Babich & Family
1940–1942	Peter & Mary Babich
1940–1942	Peter Babich Jr.
1940–1942	Anna Loretta Babich

743 Sylvan Street

743 Sylvan Street — 700 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1918	Ole Carlsen & Family
1918	Ole & Esther Carlsen
1940	Frank Shirley & Family

744 Sylvan Street

744 Sylvan Street — 700 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1940	Charles Sperling & Family
1940	Charles & Wally Malitre Sperling
1940	Clara Sperling
1940	Mrs. Augusta Malitre

754 Sylvan Street

754 Sylvan Street — 700 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1940	James Wilson & Family
1940	James & Theresa Wilson
1940	James Wilson Jr.
1955–1972	Frank C.H. Bobkowski & Family

700-702 Sylvan Street, Angelo Louis & Family, 1943 — 700–702 Sylvan Street — Angelo Louis & Family (1943)

Man Mother Accuses Sentenced in Theft

Camden Courier-Post — June 8, 1933

Accused by his mother of stealing two bracelets, Louis Hopper, 25, who said he has no home, was sentenced to 30 days in jail yesterday by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast in lieu of a $25 fine.

Mrs. Anna Hopper, 731 Sylvan Street, said her son came to her home last Saturday and took the bracelets. Hopper said he took them only for a “joke” and declared he returned them Tuesday.

Private Michael Yachus — 731 Sylvan Street

Gloucester Man Held, Admits Taking Auto

Camden Courier-Post — June 17, 1932

754 Sylvan Street — Frank C.H. Bobkowski & Family

$600 C-P Prize Arrives in Time To Pay Hospital — Courier-Post, February 24, 1955 — Jackpot Lifts Burden: $600 C-P Prize Arrives in Time To Pay Hospital

YOU USUALLY WIN SOMETHING when you don’t need it, but not so with Mrs. Muriel Bobkowski. She won third prize—$600—in the Courier-Post Lucky 31 Jackpot Puzzle Contest and received it just as her husband returned from a hospital. Making payment here is Harold M. Snyder, Courier-Post circulation manager.

By Victor Keller

The $600 third prize in The Courier-Post’s Lucky Jackpot Contest was won by Mrs. Muriel Bobkowski, of 754 Sylvan st., Camden, at the world’s luckiest moment.

The day she learned some prize money was in store for her, she got her husband back from the hospital.

Although the amount was a happy surprise, she said the whole $600 will go toward doctors’ bills and hospital expenses. “It will put us back in health,” she declared.

Camden Courier-Post — February 24, 1955

Gunman Gets $40 in Store On Broadway — Courier-Post, September 24, 1957 — GUNMAN GETS $40 IN STORE ON BROADWAY

A gun-wielding bandit held up a Broadway shop shortly before 9 a.m. today and escaped with about $40 after binding and gagging a woman clerk.

Mrs. Elsie Bobkowski, 754 Sylvan st., the clerk, told police she opened the Style Shop, 703 Broadway, a few minutes before 9 a.m. As she opened the door, she told police, a tall Negro, about 18, entered and asked for two nickels for a dime. As she went to the cash register, the bandit whipped out a “small, black gun” and said, “This is a holdup.”

Empties Cash Register

Mrs. Bobkowski said the bandit emptied the cash register, which contained about $40. He asked for her handbag but she convinced him she did not have it with her. The bandit then forced Mrs. Bobkowski into a small room behind the store, bound her hands and feet with leather thongs which he had taken with him. He then gagged her with a woman’s kerchief which he also had in his possession. Mrs. Bobkowski said the bandit then sat her down in a chair and fled.

Unties Self

After struggling with her bonds for about 15 minutes, she said, she managed to free herself and ran out into the street screaming. Daniel Finkel, owner of the New York Fur Factory, 701 Broadway, ran to Mrs. Bobkowski’s aid and called police. Ptl. Frank Mignogna and Louis Quaranto responded to the call and searched the neighborhood in an effort to apprehend the gunman, but without success.

Mrs. Bobkowski said the bandit wore a black suit, white shirt and white tie and was carrying books which gave him the appearance of a student.

Camden Courier-Post — September 24, 1957

Bobkowski obituary — Courier-Post, January 25, 1972 — BOBKOWSKI — On Jan. 24, 1972. Anna N. of 754 Sylvan St., Camden, N.J. Age 76 years. Sister of Mrs. Clara Magan, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and aunt of Frank C. H. Bobkowski, Camden. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the requiem high Mass Friday at 9:30 a.m. from the St. George’s R.C. Church, 9th Street and Chelton Avenue, Camden, N.J., where they may also call Thursday evening from 7 to 9. Interment Friday afternoon, St. Stanislas Cemetery, Shamokin, Pa.

Camden Courier-Post — January 25, 1972

700 Block of Sylvan Street — Photos

728 Sylvan Street, September 5, 2013 — 728 Sylvan Street — September 5, 2013

729-731 Sylvan Street, September 5, 2013 — 729–731 Sylvan Street — September 5, 2013

733-735 Sylvan Street, September 5, 2013 — 733–735 Sylvan Street — September 5, 2013

735 Sylvan Street, September 5, 2013 — 735 Sylvan Street — September 5, 2013

737 Sylvan Street, September 5, 2013 — 737 Sylvan Street — September 5, 2013

737-739 Sylvan Street, September 5, 2013 — 737–739 Sylvan Street — September 5, 2013

739 Sylvan Street, September 5, 2013 — 739 Sylvan Street — September 5, 2013

741 Sylvan Street, September 5, 2013 — 741 Sylvan Street — September 5, 2013

741-743 Sylvan Street, September 5, 2013 — 741–743 Sylvan Street — September 5, 2013

743 Sylvan Street, September 5, 2013 — 743 Sylvan Street — September 5, 2013

744 Sylvan Street, September 5, 2013 — 744 Sylvan Street — September 5, 2013

754 Sylvan Street, September 5, 2013 — 754 Sylvan Street — September 5, 2013

Intersection of South 8th Street & Sylvan Street

Street sign at South 8th Street and Sylvan Street, September 5, 2013 — Street sign — South 8th Street & Sylvan Street

Looking west on Sylvan Street from South 8th Street, September 5, 2013 — Looking west on Sylvan Street from South 8th Street — September 5, 2013

Looking north on South 8th Street from Sylvan Street, September 5, 2013 — Looking north on South 8th Street from Sylvan Street — September 5, 2013

Looking east on Sylvan Street from South 8th Street, September 5, 2013 — Looking east on Sylvan Street from South 8th Street — September 5, 2013

Looking south on South 8th Street from Sylvan Street, September 5, 2013 — Looking south on South 8th Street from Sylvan Street — September 5, 2013

800 Block of Sylvan Street

800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1903–1974.

800 Sylvan Street

800 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1903–1920	Herman Laute & Family
1903–1920	Herman & Emma Laute
1947	No occupant listed

804 Sylvan Street

804 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

805 Sylvan Street

805 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1940	Edwin Johnson & Family
1940	Norman Johnson
1940	Caroline Johnson

806 Sylvan Street

806 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

807 Sylvan Street

807 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1915–1940	Charles Larson & Family
1915–1940	Charles & Anna Larson
1915–1940	Charles G. Larson
1915–1940	William A. Larson
1915–1940	Elmer H. Larson
1915–1940	Jennie E. Larson
1940	James McDowell & Family

808 Sylvan Street

808 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1930–1942	Frank J. Warden & Family
1974	James A. Williams
1930–1942	Elaine K. Warden

810 Sylvan Street

810 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1918	George C. Anderson & Family
1918	George C. & Mary Anderson
1947	No occupant listed

812 Sylvan Street

812 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

814 Sylvan Street

814 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1930–1943	Walter S. Larsen & Family
1930–1943	Walter S. & Stella Larsen

816 Sylvan Street

816 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

818 Sylvan Street

818 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

820 Sylvan Street

820 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

822 Sylvan Street

822 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

824 Sylvan Street

824 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

826 Sylvan Street

826 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

827 Sylvan Street

827 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1940	Mrs. Margaret Reiff & Family
1940	Henry Reiff

828 Sylvan Street

828 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

829 Sylvan Street

829 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1922	Walter Larson
1934	Frank DiPeto
1940	George Smith & Family

830 Sylvan Street

830 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

831 Sylvan Street

831 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1940–1942	Mrs. Mabel Lauck & Family
1940–1942	William
1940–1942	Emma
1940–1942	Florence
1940–1942	Thelma
1940–1942	Virginia
1940–1942	Catherine
1940–1942	Rhoda Anne
1940–1942	Margaret Helen Lauck

832 Sylvan Street

832 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1918	Edward Conover & Family
1918	Edward & Mary B. Conover
1938	Eugene C. Scranton
1947	No occupant listed

833 Sylvan Street

833 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

834 Sylvan Street

834 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

835 Sylvan Street

835 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

836 Sylvan Street

836 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

837 Sylvan Street

837 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1919–1920	Louis Schmidt
1919–1920	Louis & Laura Schmidt
1930–1940	Nathan Wine
1947	No occupant listed

839 Sylvan Street

839 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

841 Sylvan Street

841 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	Frank DiGiallionardo & Family / Julius DiGiallionardo & Family
1947	Frank & Mary Di Giallionardo

843 Sylvan Street

843 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1953	Site of Private Plane Crash, September 30, 1953
1958–1959	John Darpino & Family
1958–1959	Deborah Darpino
1996	Alfonzo Cherry & Family
1996	Alfonzo & Sylvia Cherry
1996	Anna Mae Cherry

845 Sylvan Street

845 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

847 Sylvan Street

847 Sylvan Street — 800 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

Louis Schmidt, who lived at 837 Sylvan Street — Louis Schmidt — 837 Sylvan Street (1919–1920)

Gun Victim Identified As City Man

Camden Courier-Post — November 18, 1974

Private Plane Crashed in Front of 843 Sylvan Street

September 30, 1953

Cherry

Camden Courier-Post — May 24, 1996

800 Block of Sylvan Street — Photos

810 Sylvan Street, February 2, 2013 — 810 Sylvan Street — February 2, 2013

900 Block of Sylvan Street

900 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1918–2013.

905 Sylvan Street

905 Sylvan Street — 900 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1919–1940s	Christian Emmel & Family
1940s	John Emmel — Plumbing & Heating Contractor

914 Sylvan Street

914 Sylvan Street — 900 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1919–1920	Michael Raab & Family
1919–1920	Michael & Ludmilla Raab
1947	No occupant listed

924 Sylvan Street

924 Sylvan Street — 900 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1919–1932	August Kusch & Family
1919–1932	August & Frances Kusch

930 Sylvan Street

930 Sylvan Street — 900 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1919–1920	Charles Solly & Family
1919–1920	Charles & Gertrude Solly
1919–1920	Doris Solly
1919–1920	Norma Solly
1947	Gone

946 Sylvan Street

946 Sylvan Street — 900 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

961 Sylvan Street

961 Sylvan Street — 900 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1918–1930s	George Jacob Stech & Family
1935–2013	Stech Transportation Company
1935–2013	Stech Group, Inc.

967 Sylvan Street

967 Sylvan Street — 900 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

975 Sylvan Street

975 Sylvan Street — 900 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1919–1930	James Huddell & Family

977 Sylvan Street

977 Sylvan Street — 900 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	No occupant listed

979 Sylvan Street

979 Sylvan Street — 900 Block of Sylvan Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1919–1920	Joseph J. Risley & Family
1928	Peter Gomocin
1947	Gone

John Emmel Plumbing & Heating Contractor, 905 Sylvan Street — John Emmel — Plumbing & Heating Contractor, 905 Sylvan Street (1940s)

George Stech — 961 Sylvan Street

George Stack of 961 Sylvan Street burned by live wire — Philadelphia Inquirer, March 20, 1918 — George Stack, seven years old, of 961 Sylvan street, was burned yesterday when he grasped a live wire. He was treated at Cooper Hospital.

Stech Transportation Company, 961 Sylvan Street — Stech Transportation Company / Stech Group, Inc. — 961 Sylvan Street (1935–2013)

For over 70 years, The Stech Group has long been a family owned and operated company proud of their heritage and service in the community. Started in 1935, Frank Stech Sr. began this warehouse, transportation and distribution business as a local cartage company with one truck. Many of its first customers were the canning and food industries headquartered in nearby Camden, NJ. As the Stech Group’s reputation for quality, honesty and value grew, so did its mission. Opening their first warehouse in 1955, they were quickly able to establish themselves as an integral part of their customers’ supply chain.

In 1979, Frank Stech passed control on to his sons, William Stech and Frank Stech, Jr. With the growth of the business, Frank and Bill split company responsibilities with Bill heading the warehouse company (Standard Warehouse and Mid-Atlantic Distribution) and Frank heading the trucking and logistics companies (F&W Transportation, Mid-Atlantic Logistics and Stech Transportation).

Stech Transportation Company truck, 961 Sylvan Street — Stech Transportation Company / Stech Group, Inc. — 961 Sylvan Street (1935–2013)

For over 70 years, The Stech Group has long been a family owned and operated company proud of their heritage and service in the community. Started in 1935, Frank Stech Sr. began this warehouse, transportation and distribution business as a local cartage company with one truck. Many of its first customers were the canning and food industries headquartered in nearby Camden, NJ. As the Stech Group’s reputation for quality, honesty and value grew, so did its mission. Opening their first warehouse in 1955, they were quickly able to establish themselves as an integral part of their customers’ supply chain.

In 1979, Frank Stech passed control on to his sons, William Stech and Frank Stech, Jr. With the growth of the business, Frank and Bill split company responsibilities with Bill heading the warehouse company (Standard Warehouse and Mid-Atlantic Distribution) and Frank heading the trucking and logistics companies (F&W Transportation, Mid-Atlantic Logistics and Stech Transportation).

Important Note!