The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05
Historic Mount Holly.
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS
By Josaph C. Cowgirl

purchased of Robert Hazelhurst Janu-
airy l, 177S. Robert Hazelharst pur.
chased of Adm. Jones in 1777, who
bought OF Edward Tonkin, Jr., in 1776.
Isaac Hazelhurst is said to have Iocat
ed here in 1772. Arthur Jones, now
deceased, told me he went to a school
In the rear of the High street proper
ties, and Union street did not extend
beyond the alley then. This was about
1928 to 1882. Further allusion will be
made to it later on. 1t was near half
century later ere the growth of our
town seemed to demand or warrant
the laying out of another street. =
Living on Mill street were two ladies
named Susan Parker and Elizabeth
West. Between them was an aIley
toward New street. In No
vember, 1924, it was decided that a
street was desirable at this point, SO
starting from "a stake in or near the
middle OF Mill street." they ran along
this alley land the lots in, the occu-
pancy Of Clayton Munrow crossing
Button Mill run =" thence through
land OF VIM. Rossell, Esq, in or near
the middle of Garden street.. 1t was
that May be the time when
the overseers of the highways shall
open the same for public use. When
passing along Buttonwood street you
could see on the western abutment of
the bridge, stone with 1925 on it,
showing that the street was then open
ed as directed. Prior to this time Brain
ard street had no east exit. Later in
the 3O's two brothers, Isaac N. and Will
liam M. Risdon, having had their atten-
ton called to the land lying principally
north of Garden street, purchased 133
acres, and proceeded to lay their pur
chase out into streets, the more easily
to dispose of their building lots. AS
they had formerly been residents Of
Philadelphia, with its streets running
at right angles, they proceeded to lay
their land out on the same principle.
In order to do this it became necessary
to vacate that part OF the Shutdown
(Jacksonville) road which continued
its course until it struck Garden street,
just about where Edward T. HaiDes'
house now stands. Whether Union
street had been extended eastward be-
fore this do not know, but we find
the Jacksonville road DETECTED into
Union street. This is in November,
1888, when the survey is made, and it
is ordered to be closed May 1, 1889. At
this same time-Nov. %, 1864 new
street is run out, "beginningat stake
81 links to the eastward Of the corner
Of 1. N. Risdon's garden fence in Gar
den street =" to a stake in the
southerly line of Union street." which
gives us Risdon street. The following
year, May, 1889, we have Clover street
laid out.
By appointment Of the court in Feb
ruary, I841, the surveyors of the high
ways met at the house of John West,
on Saturday, March 6, and proceeded
to lay out Ridgway street, some part OF
which appears to have been already
run out (most likely by the Risdons
on their tract.) At this time it was
run through from High street ito a
stake in the public road leading from
Mount Holly to Jacksonville"
By the same appointment-February
Holly avenue, which was
also in part laid out by the 'Risdons,
was officially run from Ridgway street
through to Mill. Both the above streets
were ordered opened by May l.
Green street was run in 1852, extend
ing from Mill.
The next street run was in 1853 start
ing from the point formed by the Bur-
lington road and Graveyard road, road
side of or near Exhibition Grounds, and
led, or was intended to lead, as far as
Avenue street, which meant Mount
Holly avenue.
Cherry street, below Garden, was laid
out in 1856.
King street, from Washington to
Water, spring of 1857.
Pearl street, as we know it, spring OF
1853. Prior to that year q street 40 feet
wide had been run out from Garden
street ana extended south until it
reached the run, or more strictly speak
ing until it joined another unnamed
roadway extending from east side OF
Buttonwood street to the west side OF
lower Cherry street, starting where
John Murphy lives, and coming out at
Cherry street, south of the double
frame building now standing on the
south side of Pearl street, but which
put it on the north side
OF said unnamed street. Facing from
the north side of this street stood a
school house later occupied as the
home Of Thomas McCue. This ar
rangement Of the property, surveyed
In May, 1858, for the benefit OF Aquila
who owned three fourths of
the land touched by Pearl street, start
ing from Garden, was seen to be an
unsatisfactory one, as pretty much all
OF the south side of our street was
totally unfit for building purposes,
being directly along the north side of
the run. One or two parties had pur-
chased lots on Pearl street, Philip
Murphy being one, who was given in
exchange the lot where his heirs now
live on Buttonwood street. The follow
ing spring the Pearl street OF today
was officially opened. Just what was
done with the first Pearl street at the
time do not know, but ten years later
fall of '68-I find it reduced to about
IL feet in width and officially opened
rs Antrim's alley, after Daniel Antrim
then living in the property adjoining
this alley to the east on Garden street.
The next street to be opened after
Pearl was Broad street, extending from
High street to the Jacksonville road in
1860. Pretty much all of this roadway
'ast of Buttonwood street was donated
oy the brothers Risdon. The square
rom High to Buttonwood was owned
by the BROWNS. just about opposite
The alley adjoining Alex Dubell's home
IN Broad street stood an old brick
house, access to it being had by a short
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