Fire rips through the Camden house where Martin Luther King Jr. stayed
A crumbling Camden rowhouse where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sometimes stayed in the early 1950s when he was a graduate seminary student, subject of a years-long historic preservation effort, sustained heavy damage in an early-morning fire Saturday.
The blaze at the boarded-up three-story home at 735 Walnut St. was reported just after 2:30 a.m., Camden Fire Department officials said. Arriving crews saw heavy flames pouring from the rear of the second floor, and part of the roof later collapsed.“From the ashes will rise the Phoenix,” said Patrick Duff, of Haddon Heights, an activist and amateur historian who
. The state Historic Preservation Office ruled it ineligible in 2020, saying King had not been a legal resident in the home.Duff said he drove to the scene early Saturday as soon as he heard about the fire. “It’s been a long battle,” he said. “I felt like crap this morning, defeated. But now I think this isn’t going to end here.”The cause of the fire is under investigation, Camden fire officials said Saturday afternoon. It was not clear whether the structure would be condemned and demolished.
King and a classmate stayed at the home while attending the now-closed Crozer Theological Seminary in Upland, Delaware County, from fall 1948 to spring 1951, according to Duff’s research. Other historical sources say King lived mostly on the seminary’s campus but often visited the home and stayed there during school breaks.
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