1 10 100 https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/files/original/229b1673a027b669d59afb8d75a5d7b4.jpg 006d2155925e65ae05249cae4baaf731 https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/files/original/3e4cdb22433c008dc413f1cd3d89a245.mov fae9485e1e62935f9b97789f14fe2d56 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Artifacts Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rutgers University-Camden Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Artifacts from the collections of Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts. Description An account of the resource Artifacts recovered during archaeological dig prior to construction of the Rutgers-Camden dormitory at 330 Cooper Street, Camden, N.J. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yellowware Mug Description An account of the resource American production of yellowware ceramics, named for the yellow hue of the clay used, centered on New Jersey and Pennsylvania. This nearly-complete mug was decorated by trailing bands of darker or lighter clay across the surface as it was worked on a pottery wheel. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Recovered from excavation prior to construction of Rutgers-Camden dormitory at 330 Cooper Street, Camden, N.J. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rutgers University-Camden Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1830-1920; photograph, July 2018 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lucy Davis (Graduate Student, American Material Culture, Spring 2018); photograph by Jacob Lechner. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Collection of Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts Relation A related resource Affleck, Richard, George Cress, Ingrid Weubber, Rebecca White, Kimberly Morrell, and Thomas Kutys. Phase II and Data-Recovery Archaeological Excavations of the Smith-Maskell Site Cooper Street Development Camden, New Jersey. Archaeological Excavation Report, Burlington: URS Corporation. 300 Block Alumni House Display Archaeology Artifacts Ceramics https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/files/original/35ad61a7766e9b18995f5641911d3740.jpg bd5fb6638b9326a8341f5079c4169d21 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Documents Document Date January 26, 1929 Location(s) - Cooper Street 417 Cooper Street Associated Individuals Emma Jarvis Description Emma Jarvis was recently widowed when she appeared in this testimonial advertisement for Nurito, a powder that claimed to provide relief for rheumatism and other ailments. The Chicago-based Nurito Company placed similar advertisements in newspapers across the company; the product could be purchased in Camden at Weiser's Pharmacy at Fifth and Market Streets. During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Jarvis rented 417 Cooper Street for $60 a month and operated it as a boarding house. The 1930 U.S. Census found her at this address at age 59 with two of her adult children (David, 35, an auto repairman, and Marion, 26, a bookkeeper) and six boarders. The boarders included a cook, a laundry manager, a saleswoman and a salesman, and a newspaper reporter. The subheading of the advertisement claims that Jarvis "tried everything without results until she heard of Nurito, amazing remedy for neuritis, sciatica, lumbago, rheumatism, and neuralgia." Below the photograph of Jarvis, the text purports to be a direct quotation: "Happy? I can't be anything else. For three years I have suffered with rheumatism and tried everything I heard of and yet each time no good came from anything I tried. I was just like a hcild. So helpless the children had to help me from chair to chair. At night I was so full of pain I could not lie in bed, I never could sleep. People would tell my children they could hear me scream and they would wonder what the matter was. This was caused by me turning in bed, for every joint in my body was stiff. And how I prayed for God to take me for I would rather die than to suffer day after day. My friends came to me and said they heard Nurito would help me, or my money would be returned. So I sent for a box, and how happy I am to say today--the first three powders proved it would help me. Now I have taken 2 boxes and I am as well as I was when I was a young girl. So I say to those who are not as bad as me--do try Nurito. It will do you more good than anything you have tried, for I sleep, eat, and do all my housework, and people who see me don't believe it is me. So I say, let Nurito help you as it did me." There is no public record of whether Emma Jarvis indeed suffered the condition described in the testimonial, although the youngest of her "children" at the time of the ad was 25 years old, and Emma lived to the advanced age of 71. The advertisements of the Nurito Company attracted the attention of the Federal Trade Commission, which investigated in 1933-34 and found that the miracle drug was largely aspirin and not effective for curing the diseases listed in its advertising. The FTC ordered the Nutrino Company to cease and desist such far-reaching claims. Sources Advertisement in Camden Courier-Post, January 18, 1929. Federal Trade Commission Decisions (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1936), 24-30. U.S. Census, 1930, and Camden City Directories, 1927-31 (Ancestry.com). Research by Charlene Mires Posted by Charlene Mires Send corrections to cmires@camden.rutgers.edu Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Woman Cries Aloud with Joy When Rheumatic Pain Goes (1929) Description An account of the resource Emma Jarvis, a boarding house operator at 417 Cooper Street, lent her name to a product endorsement. 1920s 417 Cooper Street Advertising Boarding House Operator Health and Medicine Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Data Description An account of the resource Data about past residents, compiled from city directories and the U.S. Census (work in progress). Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rutgers University-Camden Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Data compiled from public records. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilson Street (300 Block) Residents Database Description An account of the resource Wilson Street was a one-block street from Third to Fourth Street between Penn and Linden Streets. Only five two-story rental properties stood on the north side of this street from around 1878-80 until urban renewal demolition created the Rutgers-Camden campus in the 1960s. The street became a walkway through the campus, and the houses stood near the current entrance to the Fine Arts Building of Rutgers-Camden. <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RJbQn_DvUUsgPMEbz0jsgAw6BH3eKuPBSCd1Wz3ZzJI/edit?usp=sharing">Link to database</a>. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Camden City Directories Camden Newspapers U.S. and New Jersey Censuses Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1878-1964 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Research by Charlene Mires Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Data from public sources Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Google Sheets database: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RJbQn_DvUUsgPMEbz0jsgAw6BH3eKuPBSCd1Wz3ZzJI/edit?usp=sharing">link here</a>. https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/files/original/b67d99f31c2bf140155af979fb0da2ad.jpg f79d6fa399760c2d753b00d502080d9c https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/files/original/f6d4ba7bef501afaebef08c763a94443.mov 17240e66ce4b4b2ad9b178f7f6e88322 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Artifacts Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rutgers University-Camden Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Artifacts from the collections of Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts. Description An account of the resource Artifacts recovered during archaeological dig prior to construction of the Rutgers-Camden dormitory at 330 Cooper Street, Camden, N.J. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Whiteware Tea Cup Description An account of the resource London shape, chrome-painted whiteware tea cups were commonly imported into the United States. The flower vine pattern was commonly seen on nineteenth-century whiteware. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Recovered from excavation prior to construction of Rutgers-Camden dormitory at 330 Cooper Street, Camden, N.J. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rutgers University-Camden Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1815-1880; photograph, July 2018 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ernie Ariens (Graduate Student, American Material Culture, Spring 2018); photograph by Jacob Lechner. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Collection of Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts Relation A related resource Affleck, Richard, George Cress, Ingrid Weubber, Rebecca White, Kimberly Morrell, and Thomas Kutys. Phase II and Data-Recovery Archaeological Excavations of the Smith-Maskell Site Cooper Street Development Camden, New Jersey. Archaeological Excavation Report, Burlington: URS Corporation. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource ceramic demitasse cup, approximately 3" diameter. https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/files/original/9132598b524640de118e58054d0d98dc.jpg df7a0103f6088dacf5a94b1842fe1f45 https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/files/original/2d7fc1258ec5047767ae215771e9a572.jpg 063ede4fd063ec8b9a16122e7b9a35a0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Artifacts Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rutgers University-Camden Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Artifacts from the collections of Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts. Description An account of the resource Artifacts recovered during archaeological dig prior to construction of the Rutgers-Camden dormitory at 330 Cooper Street, Camden, N.J. Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource White Granite Plate Description An account of the resource White granite became a popular choice for dinnerware in the mid-nineteenth century because it had the appearance of porcelain but was less expensive and more durable. Pieces were often decorated with natural motifs. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Maddock & Sons. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Recovered from excavation prior to construction of Rutgers-Camden dormitory at 330 Cooper Street, Camden, N.J. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rutgers University-Camden Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1855; photograph, July 2018 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ashley Angelucci (Graduate Student, American Material Culture, Spring 2018); photograph by Jacob Lechner. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Collection of Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts Relation A related resource Affleck, Richard, George Cress, Ingrid Weubber, Rebecca White, Kimberly Morrell, and Thomas Kutys. Phase II and Data-Recovery Archaeological Excavations of the Smith-Maskell Site Cooper Street Development Camden, New Jersey. Archaeological Excavation Report, Burlington: URS Corporation. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource White granite dinner plate 300 Block Alumni House Archaeology Artifacts Dinnerware Plates https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/files/original/20d057b9ee34460c9a13987719e10d5e.jpg 21c6f1374209c758887a5af55e47fa5e https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/files/original/a299bee4b176776bb1228627d9a39f9d.jpg e2d2138e5b2ea27a163ed398429c861e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Artifacts Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rutgers University-Camden Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Artifacts from the collections of Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts. Description An account of the resource Artifacts recovered during archaeological dig prior to construction of the Rutgers-Camden dormitory at 330 Cooper Street, Camden, N.J. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource White Ball Clay Pipe Description An account of the resource Both men and women enjoyed the sweet flavors and the soothing properties of tobacco through white ball clay pipes. Clay smoking pipes are some of the first mass-produced items. Because of this mass production, clay pipes served as an affordable alternative to those who could not afford the more expensive options made of brier wood or meerschaum. Serving as a cheap way to enjoy the pleasures of tobacco, factory workers purchased these pipes one or two at a time. After a couple bowls of tobacco, the pipes would be thrown away. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1880-1890; photographs, March 2018. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Excavation prior to construction of Rutgers-Camden dormitory at 330 Cooper Street, Camden, NJ. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ernie Ariens (Graduate Student, American Material Culture, Spring 2018); photographs by Jacob Lechner. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rutgers University-Camden Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Collection of Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts Relation A related resource Affleck, Richard, George Cress, Ingrid Weubber, Rebecca White, Kimberly Morrell, and Thomas Kutys. Phase II and Data-Recovery Archaeological Excavations of the Smith-Maskell Site Cooper Street Development Camden, New Jersey. Archaeological Excavation Report, Burlington: URS Corporation. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Clay pipe, 4 inches in length with a stem 0.1090 inches in diameter and 3.75 inches long. 1880s 300 Block Alumni House Display Archaeology Domestic Life Smoking https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/files/original/6962da4a6cae5a9775811c8fbef23c82.jpg d1dbcb973c038eafeb181860033c15a3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource People Description An account of the resource Residents of Cooper Street Person An individual. Biographical Text In 1933, Helen Waters opened a beauty shop on the second floor of 421 Cooper Street. She vigorously promoted her business with display advertising and flattering promotional articles in the Camden newspapers, encouraging the women of Camden to come to her for the latest in hairstyling and cosmetics. By the time Helen opened her shop at 421 Cooper, she had been widowed and her work as a beautician supported two daughters. The 1930 Census found her at age 30 living at the Harding Villa Apartments on Federal Street while her daughters Patricia and Dorothy, then aged 9 and 10, lived with her parents Daniel and Lida Chester elsewhere in Camden. Helen, who had an eighth-grade education, worked as a beautician for Binder's Beauty Shop in Philadelphia before opening her own establishment at 421 Cooper Street, where she and her daughters also came to live. In 1938, Waters added cosmetics and facials to her business. Her daughters both graduated from high school, including at least one year at Mount St. Mary's Academy run by the Sisters of Mercy in Plainfield, New Jersey. In 1940, living with their mother at 421 Cooper, Dorothy worked as a typist and Patricia as a telephone operator. Patricia actively promoted a women's basketball league in Camden for former high school players. The 421 Cooper Street building, originally a Greek Revival row house, had been renovated into an office building with Mission Revival embellishments. Other businesses and organizations, including the Camden County Real Estate Board and the Camden County Democratic Party, had offices in the building while Helen operated the shop and lived upstairs. In 1945, after both of her daughters had married, Helen bought the building but retained ownership only until 1947. When she put 421 Cooper Street up for sale, it offered an office suite on the first floor, additional office space on the second floor, "plus three nicely planned apartments with modern tile baths." Helen continued to operate her beauty salon in the building until at least 1950, but after its sale she moved behind it to 426 Lawrence Street. (Illustration: Advertisement, Camden Morning Post, October 6, 1933.) Time period on Cooper Street 1933-1947 Location(s) - Cooper Street 421 Cooper Street Location(s) - Other Harding Villa Apartments, Federal Street Binder's Beauty Shop, Philadelphia 426 Lawrence Street Occupation Beautician Birth Date c. 1900 Birthplace New Jersey (likely Cape May, listed there at 5 months old in 1900 U.S. Census) Death Date Unknown (after 1950) Associated Individuals Daniel and Lida Chester (parents) Joseph Waters (husband) Dorothy Waters (daughter, married Edwin J. Schmidt Jr. of Oaklyn, N.J., in 1940) Patricia Waters (daughter, married John Tesik of Hazleton, Pa., warrant officer in U.S. Navy, in 1945) Sources Camden City Directories, 1930-1947 (Ancestry.com) Camden Newspapers, 1930-1950 (Newspapers.com) U.S. Census, 1930-1940 (Ancestry.com) Research by Charlene Mires and Kaya Durkee Posted by Charlene Mires Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Waters, Helen Description An account of the resource Helen Waters, a widow, supported her family by operating a beauty salon on the second floor of 421 Cooper Street from the 1930s to at least 1950. 1930s 1940s 400 Block 421 Cooper Street 426 Lawrence Street Adult Beauticians Cape May Cosmetics Female Philadelphia Widows https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/files/original/623e1a76d695c6d377a9311f663b84dc.jpg 042a37857d05cd007c70558770e1997c https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/files/original/1908d4f95094b138bf7e333bb92209fd.jpg 60ece30cb81e813ac440635d44090497 https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/files/original/68ac1ae5b59b2cfae7fc1fc22690fb4b.jpg 0541be6d60b4e869afc3f8a46e63604d https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/files/original/b8ba05cf565780f7c2b273d34a3295c1.jpg 4ee4b1455934728cc4474efe57d96aa7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Artifacts Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rutgers University-Camden Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Artifacts from the collections of Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts. Description An account of the resource Artifacts recovered during archaeological dig prior to construction of the Rutgers-Camden dormitory at 330 Cooper Street, Camden, N.J. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Typewriter Dusting Brush Description An account of the resource Typewriter manufacturing companies of the early twentieth century often paired the machines with a manual and a cleaning kit, providing consumers with two cleaning brushes, an oil can, and a small screwdriver. This "Typewriters Companion" dusting brush, made in France, would have been paired with a shorter, stiff-bristled brush that was used first to remove the hardened grime from between the type keys. The dusting brush was typically used after the type brush to wiping the typewriter clean of loosened dirt and dust without harming it. The handle was originally threaded with horsehair bristles, creating a much softer surface than the wire bristles of its partner, the type brush. With its long, curved handle and its wide set of soft bristles, the Typewriters Companion played a significant role in maintaining typewriters in the early twentieth century. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1880-1930; photographs, March 2018. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Recovered from excavation prior to construction of Rutgers-Camden dormitory at 330 Cooper Street, Camden, N.J. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource McKenna Britton (Graduate Student, American Material Culture, Spring 2018) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rutgers University-Camden Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Collection of Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts Relation A related resource Affleck, Richard, George Cress, Ingrid Weubber, Rebecca White, Kimberly Morrell, and Thomas Kutys. Phase II and Data-Recovery Archaeological Excavations of the Smith-Maskell Site Cooper Street Development Camden, New Jersey. Archaeological Excavation Report, Burlington: URS Corporation. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Bone brush handle, 14.5 cm (length) x 0.5 cm (width). 1880s 1890s 1900 1910s 1920s 1930s 300 Block Alumni House Display Archaeology Business France Technology Typewriting https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/files/original/617ffd39eced02a48b4246331d1f2d9b.pdf 17888bf7473f29f8b2c775ce0dba6d79 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Two Glass Syringes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Timothy J. Potero Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Research Reports Description An account of the resource Research by student and faculty investigators. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rutgers University-Camden Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tia Antonelli, Lucy Davis, William Krakower, Charlene Mires, Timothy Potero Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Two Glass Syringes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Timothy J. Potero Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rutgers University-Camden Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright 2018 Timothy J. Potero; do not distribute or cite without permission of the author. 300 Block Archaeology Civil War Doctors Health and Medicine Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource People Description An account of the resource Residents of Cooper Street Person An individual. Time period on Cooper Street c. 1876-88 (boarding) c. 1892, 1903 (buildings) Location(s) - Cooper Street 415 Cooper Street 514 Cooper Street (designed by Baily & Truscott for William T. Read, 1903) 538-42 Cooper Street (designed by Baily & Truscott for John W. Cheney, c. 1892) 726 Cooper Street (designed by Arthur Truscott for Lynn Truscott, 1888) Location(s) - Other 19 Springfield Avenue, Merchantville (Truscott family home, c. 1892-1930s) New Jersey Trust and Safe Deposit Building, Third and Market Streets, Camden (designed by Arthur Truscott, 1888) Baily & Truscott office, 138 S. Fourth Street, Philadelphia Drexel University, Philadelphia Blackwood, New Jersey Columbia, Tennessee Occupation Architect Birth Date December 4, 1858 Birthplace Cornwall, England Death Date September 12, 1938, in Blackwood, New Jersey. Buried in Harleigh Cemetery. Biographical Text For at least twelve years, between 1876 and 1888, English immigrant Arthur Truscott boarded at 415 Cooper Street while establishing a career in architecture in Philadelphia. His work included notable buildings for Camden, including houses on Cooper Street and the New Jersey Safe Deposit & Trust Company building at Third and Market Streets. Truscott arrived in the United States in 1875, at the age of 18, and by 1876 he appeared in Camden city directories as a boarder in the 415 Cooper Street home of <a href="https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/items/show/44" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jerusha Browning</a>, a member by marriage of the prominent Browning family of South Jersey. In addition to Arthur, the boarders at 415 Cooper included his two brothers, J. Lynn Truscott (four years older) and Millwood Truscott (two years younger). Arthur's brothers both established long-term, prosperous careers in the insurance industry, following in the footsteps of an uncle already in Camden: John W. Cheney. The Truscott brothers became active in the nearby St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, and Lynn Truscott eventually married into the extended Browning family. While living at 415 Cooper Street, Arthur Truscott gained architectural training in a series of leading Philadelphia firms, including <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/21576" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Wilson Bros. & Co</a>. and <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/23024" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Cope & Stewardson</a>. By 1888, when he left Cooper Street, he had published house plans in <a href="https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/godeys-ladys-book/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Godey's Lady's Book</a>, and he demonstrated his range in commercial as well as residential architecture with at least two buildings in Camden. For his brother Lynn, Truscott designed a double-lot gray stone home at 627 Cooper Street (later demolished for construction of the Walt Whitman Hotel). He also designed a four-story office building at Third and Market Streets for the New Jersey Safe Deposit & Trust Company. By 1990, when buildings associated with the banking, insurance, and legal professions in Camden were added to the National Register of Historic Places, Truscott's Victorian Eclectic building for New Jersey Trust was the oldest surviving structure designed for specific use as a bank. Truscott left New Jersey for about two years, 1888-90, to serve as architect for a federal arsenal in Columbia, Tennessee (also later listed on the National Register). When he returned, he formed a partnership with Philadelphia architect William Lloyd Baily, and among many other commissions for residences and churches, Truscott & Baily added four houses to the 500 block of Cooper Street: three of them the trio of Chateauesque stone townhouses for Truscott's uncle, John W. Cheney, at 538-42 Cooper Street (built c. 1892). The facades were preserved as part of the buildings for the LEAP Academy Charter School. About a decade after the Cheney project, in 1903, Baily & Truscott produced the very different red-brick Colonial Revival home at 514 Cooper Street for William T. Read. Truscott, meanwhile, married and designed a home for his family in Merchantville, then a suburban enclave attracting Philadelphia and South Jersey professionals, including a number of prominent architects. His household there, from the 1890s through the 1930s, included his wife, Alice, four children, his mother-in-law, and domestic servants. After the dissolution of the Baily partnership in 1904, Truscott became head of the architecture program at the Drexel Institute (later Drexel University); he was a supervising architect for Camden High School, built on Park Boulevard 1916-18, and late in his life, he worked as a draftsman for a Philadelphia firm specializing in church architecture, <a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/18688" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Charles Bolton & Son</a>. At the time of his death in 1938, he was living in Blackwood, New Jersey; he is buried in Camden, in Harleigh Cemetery. Find illustrations of Arthur Truscott's work and further biographical details in "Arthur Truscott" online at <a href="http://www.dvrbs.com/people/CamdenPeople-ArthurTruscott.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">dvrbs.com</a>. Associated Individuals J. Lynn Truscott (brother); married Mary Cooper Paul Browning Millwood Truscott (brother); married Carrie Weatherby Jerusha Browning (head of household at 415 Cooper Street) Margaret Browning (daughter of Jerusha Browning) George Cole (also resident at 415 Cooper Street, 1885) Anna Browning (also resident at 415 Cooper Street, 1885) Kate Browning (also resident of 415 Cooper Street, 1885) Edward P. Browning (also resident at 415 Cooper Street, 1888-89) Alice Parry, wife (married 1889) Arthur S. Truscott (son), served as aviator in British Royal Air Force during World War I; died from accidental gas inhalation at Truscott family home in 1935. Alice Truscott (daughter) W. Parry Truscott (son) Catharine F. Truscott (daughter) Anna G. Parry (mother-in-law) Lolie Dangrigred (?), servant in 1900, African American born in Virginia Dorinda Barrett, servant in 1910, African American born in Pennsylvania William Lloyd Baily, business partner, 1890-1904 John W. Cheney, uncle (related through Cheney's wife Emily Cook; Truscott's mother was Susan Frances Matilda Cook); client, 538-42 Cooper Street William T. Read, client, 514 Cooper Street Sources Banks, Insurance and Legal Buildings in Camden, New Jersey, 1873-1938, Nomination, National Register for Historic Places, U.S. Department of the Interior. Berenson, Carol A., Merchantville, New Jersey: The Development, Architecture, and Preservation of a Victorian Commuter Suburb (Thesis, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania), 1984. Camden City Directories, New Jersey State Census, U.S. Census (Ancestry.com). Camden Newspapers (Newspapers.com). Cooper Street Historic District Nomination, National Register of Historic Places, U.S. Department of the Interior. "<a href="https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/21581" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Truscott, Arthur (1858-1938)</a>, Philadelphia Buildings and Architects, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Research by Charlene Mires and Lucy Davis Posted by Charlene Mires Send corrections to cmires@camden.rutgers.edu Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Truscott, Arthur Description An account of the resource While boarding at 415 Cooper Street, architect Arthur Truscott launched his career in Philadelphia. 415 Cooper Street 514 Cooper Street 538 Cooper Street 540 Cooper Street 542 Cooper Street 627 Cooper Street Adult Architects Banking Blackwood England Immigrants Insurance LEAP Academy Male Merchantville Philadelphia Tennessee