2 Berkeley Place1


2 Berkeley Place was build in 1930. The designation is Block 3705, Lot 9.2
The occupants of 2 Berkeley Place were:

#1. James L. Gordon (from 1930 to 1931.)
The value of the house in 1930 was $12,000.3

James L. Gordon was born in 1901 in Massachusetts.3,4 James L. Gordon married Marilyn L. in 1926.3,4 James L. Gordon appeared on the 1930 Census as the head of household at 2 Berkeley Place, with Marilyn as wife, and their child Winston E..3 James L. Gordon was a (furniture) salesman. In the 1940 census he is listed as a salesman in a department store.3,5,4 He owned a radio in 1930.3 Marilyn was born in 1907 in New York.3,4 Winston was born in 1929 in New York.3,4 James and Marilyn were listed in 1930-1 at 2 Berkeley Place, and in 1933-46 at 14 Beekman Place.


#2. Lawrence N. VanNort (from 1933 to 1956).
     In 1944 Bruce Echols was listed as head, and in 1946 Frederick L. Elsaesser, but these seem to have been renters.
The value of the house in 1940 was $9,000.6
The New York Times, 3 June 1931, pg. 51.
     The City Housing Corporation sold a house at 2 Berkeley Place to Lawrence N. VanNort of Roslyn, LI.7

Lawrence N. VanNort was born in 1899 in Pennsylvania.6 Lawrence N. VanNort married Elizabeth C.8,6 Lawrence N. VanNort was a mechanical engineer in New York. In the 1940 census he is listed as a mechanical engineer at the Telephone Company.9,10,6,11 Elizabeth was born in 1903 in Pennsylvania.6 Robert E. Bruce married Verna (M.)11,12 Robert E. Bruce was in 1952 a salesman. In 1954 he is a district manager in Passaic.11,12


#3. Bruce Echols (1944).
     James B. Smith is listed as a renter.
Bruce Echols was in 1944 an engineer in Paterson.13 James B. Smith was in 1944 an engineer in Paterson.13


#4. Frederick L. Elsaesser (1946.)
Frederick L. Elsaesser was in 1946 an engineer in Wood Ridge.14


#5. John P. Wall (from 1958 to 1970.)
John was listed from 1958 to 1970 at 2 Berkeley Place, and in 1973 at 352 Owen Avenue. John P. Wall was in 1973 an executive.15


In 1973 it was listed as vacant.

Citations

  1. [S3] Radburn Association, Map of Radburn, NJ, c. 1990.
  2. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  3. [S1] 1930 Federal Census, T626, Roll 1312, ED 2-66: sheet 3B (151), line 62-64.
  4. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 64A (1320), line 4-7.
  5. [S5] 1931 Directory.
  6. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 10A (1314), line 1-2.
  7. [S76] NY Times, June 3, 1931. pg. 51.
  8. [S6] 1933 Directory.
  9. [S7] 1935 Directory.
  10. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  11. [S15] 1952 Directory.
  12. [S16] 1954 Directory.
  13. [S11] 1944 Directory.
  14. [S12] 1946 Directory.
  15. [S25] 1973 Directory.