1950s view of Wenonah Train Station

Check out the PDFs below to read the article with photos.

There's one on a school building addition, too.

In 1946 Wenonah invested in some new life saving equipment.

As you look through the booklet you can access via the PDF below the name Grosscup may ring a bell. Take a short detour to the page below to learn more about him.

http://wenonahhistoricalsociety.org/Edward-Everett-Grosscup

Larry Smith wrote:
Robert W. Sands, Jr. donated this wood model of the house his grandparents, Llewellyn and Lillian Jones, built in 1957 at 408 N. Princeton Ave., along with the ledger his grandmother kept documenting the work that was done on the house and the cost.

Larry Smith wrote:
You may recognize this building on Mantua Ave. The photo was taken when it was a Lutheran church. Did you know the building was moved from N. Clinton Ave. where it was used by the adjacent First Presbyterian Church for Sunday school classes? Or, that after it was moved to its current location, it became Wenonah's first public library?

8 West Mantua Ave.

A 2019 Google Street view of 8 West Mantua Ave.

This photo of an early Wenonah fire truck was donated to the Wenonah Historical Society by Debra Higbee of the Pitman Memorabilia Committee. She received the photo from Pat Pearson McAvoy, the granddaughter of Frank S. Pearson, who manufactured trucks in Hurfville, NJ between 1920-1950.

See another photo of this engine and read more about the Wenonah Fire Company at the link below.

http://wenonahhistoricalsociety.org/Wenonah-fire-company

Larry Smith shared this photo of a no longer existing boathouse on Greene's Lake that many remember as Parker's Lake.

Homes built 1763 to 1854. Only 6 homes are standing at this time.

Homes built 1763 to 1870. 28 homes were added from 1871-1878, almost all of them east of the railroad.

Homes built 1763 to 1887. 26 more homes added to Wenonah during this period.

Homes built 1763 to 1897. 30 homes were added to Wenonah during this time.

* DAVID C. BOWEN
* WILLIAM C. CATTELL, JR.
* JOHN HEDGES
* ROBERT H. MANNERS
* WAYNE M. RALSTON, JR.
* WILLIAM E. SEIDERS, JR.
* HARRY N. STEVENS, JR.
* JAMES R. SOUTHARD

If you attended the January meeting of the Wenonah Historical Society, you heard Bob Sickels talk about the Virginia Riding Academy in Wenonah. I believe Bob said the academy was located on N Clinton Ave, north of Maple St. Paths went through the woods up there.

It turns out there were several places to ride horses in Wenonah in the 1930s. I found these clippings and photos in one of the boxes dropped off by Alex Pozza.

An interesting article on the front page of the Camden Daily Post on Aug 19, 1879.

"Wenonah,one of Jersey's pleasant country seats..."

Click on the PDF below to read the entire article.

From October 1880 there is an ad offering six cottages and a number of lots for sale in Wenonah.

An 1881 article covers a meeting of the Mantua Land and Improvement Company that brought the town into being.

A Pan-American Corporation bottle from Wenonah in the 1920s.

Larry Smith wrote:
According to Marjorie Lentz's "Wenonah," the Pan American Products Company had a factory in Wenonah. The company manufactured Matteen, a soft drink made of South American herbs.

Pan American Products' factory was located in a wooded area beyond the end of S. West Ave. The building was also at one time used as a soap factory, and later by Clark and Clark --- when it became known as the "pill factory."

Check out a history of the park by George Eldridge in the attached PDF.