Woodstream at Marlton, located in Evesham Township New Jersey, is one of the Township's earliest developments. Created and developed by Chiusano Brothers, Inc., Woodstream is located on the North side of West Route 70 at the Cherry Hill border and extends beyond Greentree Road and is bordered by Cropwell Road and the Pennsauken Creek.
The Chiusanos purchased three farms in the early 1960's, the Barton, Wm. Lippincott and Vennel farms, which comprised 230 acres and cost $1.25 million. They began building Woodstream in 1962 beginning at the Route 70 entrance.
Woodstream was completed in 1968 with 650 homes, an elementary school and a swim club. A 128 unit apartment complex was built by Chuisano in 1968 at the Rt. 70 entrance.
Route 70 entrance to Woodstream in 1966, showing original development sign and Shell gas station, today Liberty Gas, and lots of wide open space!
Welcome to the Reflections of Woodstream at Marlton N.J. Website!
This site is designed to be a walk down memory lane for longtime current and former residents of Woodstream at Marlton-one of Evesham Township's most desirable developments! It is also the mission of this site to provide newcomers with historical and nostalgic background on the development and surrounding area.
I moved to Woodstream in 1965 at the age of 10 months and lived here until 1988, when I moved to a neighboring town. In 1996 I was fortunate enough to return to Woodstream in my own house. Using many years of memories, along with photos and newspaper clippings, I present this site to you. It is my wish that you find everything here interesting and informative, and that you enjoy your visit and return often. Please feel free to sign the Guestbook at the bottom of the page and leave your comments and share your memories of Woodstream. There is also a link here to a Message Board/Forum that can be used to share memories or connect with others.
Thanks for visiting!
John S. Flack, Jr.
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I took this photo in the mid 1970's, probably after buying film at Photo Drive Thru at the Woodstream Shopping Center, showing Route 70 at the entrance to Woodstream.
We can see the Red Robin Food Store road sign, Shell's $1.00 Car Wash sign, American gas and light traffic on Route 70. I wish I filled up the rest of the roll with similar scenes.
What is that yellow line bi-secting Woodstream on the map to the right? Doing some research recently, I discovered that this was the original planned route for the Marlton-Medford Railroad-right through the center of Woodstream.
The road bed was actually constructed for this planned line in 1873. My source, a 1988 township publication, said there were still remains of the earthern mound of this bed from Woodstream to Locust Avenue.
The blue line shows where the tracks were actualy laid in 1880.
