Historical markers at Rutgers-Camden invite you to explore the campus in a new way: as a portal to the past.

Within the campus footprint, the layers of history date back to the Indigenous Lenape people and span through European colonization and the rise of a major American industrial city. Before the campus existed, a neighborhood in the same blocks experienced exhilarating growth, waves of migration and immigration, and continually evolving bonds of community. The same area echoes with the impacts of industrial decline, economic struggle, demolitions, and departures for the suburbs. Over time, new initiatives have planted seeds for renewal.

Our campus holds a history of South Jersey and offers a pathway toward understanding how American cities grow and change.

Pictured: Advertising innovator F.W. Ayer lived at 406 Penn Street, now the Admissions Office.