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The following is a list of streets in City of Charlottesville and where there names are derived from. | |||
Many of the names of these streets can be found on historic [[maps of Charlottesville]]. | |||
==Guide to streets== | ==Guide to streets== | ||
The system of numbering the streets is somewhat similar to the Washington plan. Each block represents 100 numbers, whether heading east, west, north or south. The city is divided into four sections.<ref>https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000196692&view=1up&seq=33</ref> | The system of numbering the streets is somewhat similar to the Washington plan. Each block represents 100 numbers, whether heading east, west, north or south. The city is divided into four sections.<ref>https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000196692&view=1up&seq=33</ref> | ||
''Street names in | :'''Fifth''' – South of 500 W Main Street | ||
:'''First''' – North of East Main and East of North First, or Northeast | |||
:'''Second''' – South of East Main and east of South First, or Southeast | |||
:'''Third''' – North of West Main and west of North First, or Northwest | |||
:'''Fourth''' – South from 402 West Main | |||
:'''Sixth-and-a-Half''' – South from 606 Dice | |||
:'''Seventh-and-a-Half''' – South from 620 Dice | |||
:'''Main''' – The dividing line between north and south streets, runs east from First to [[C & O Lower Depot]] and west from First to University. The main Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Station, being located under the present day [[Belmont Bridge]]. | |||
:'''First''' – The dividing line between east and west streets, runs north and south from Main to city limits. | |||
From the book ''The Code of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia'' (1909) "General Ordinances" chapter:Charlottesville (Va.), et al. The Code of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia: Containing the Charter As Amended and Re-enacted As a Whole (approved March 14, 1908), the Constitutional and Legislative Provisions of the State Relating to Cities, and the General Ordinances of the City Enacted As a Whole August 6th, 1909, In Effect September 1st, 1909. Michie Co, 1909. | |||
:'''Sec. 148. Numbering and naming streets.''' | |||
::Main Street shall be the east and west line from which all houses and lot numbers shall be counted, those to the north of Main Street, as north, and those to the south of Main Street, as south. | |||
::All streets maintaining comparative parallelism with Main Street shall retain their present names. The meridian street shall be Thirty-Third or Green Street, but shall be known as North First or South First Street, as indicated by its position north or south of Main Street. | |||
::What is known as Thirty-Second or Church Street north of Main Street shall be known as North Second Street East, its continuation south of Main Street, as South Second Street East. What is now known as Thirty-Fourth Street, shall be known as North Second Street West or South Second Street West, as the case may be. | |||
::Whether one goes east or west, the streets running so as to intersect Main, actually or by supposed extension shall be known by the natural numbers increasing in either direction from the meridian at First Street, save in the matter of Park and Ridge Streets. | |||
==(A)== | ==(A)== | ||
*[[Ackley Lane]] | |||
*[[Agnese Street]] | *[[Ackley Lane]] – unknown | ||
*[[Ainsley Alley]] | *[[Agnese Street]] – unknown | ||
*[[Albemarle Street]] | *[[Ainsley Alley]] – unknown | ||
*[[Alderman Road]] | *[[Albemarle Street]] – as with [[Albemarle County]], named for [[Willem van Keppel]], 2nd Earl of Albemarle | ||
*[[Allen Drive]] | *[[Alderman Road]] – [[Edwin A. Alderman]], first President of the [[University of Virginia]] | ||
*[[Allied Lane]] | |||
*[[Allied Street]] | [[File:1906 - Edwin Anderson Alderman.JPG|right|thumb|'''Alderman Road''': Edwin Anderson Alderman, ca. 1906]] | ||
*[[Almere Avenue]] | |||
*[[Altamont Circle]] | *[[Allen Drive]] – unknown | ||
*[[Altamont Street]] | *[[Allied Lane]] – possibly Allied Concrete, founded in 1946 and now located near the street | ||
*[[Altavista Avenue]] | *[[Allied Street]] – possibly Allied Concrete, founded in 1946 and now located near the street | ||
*[[Amherst Commons]] | *[[Almere Avenue]] – unknown | ||
*[[Amherst Street]] | *[[Altamont Circle]] – toponym meaning "high mountain" | ||
*[[Amstel Avenue]] | *[[Altamont Street]] – toponym meaning "high mountain" | ||
*[[Anderson Street]] | *[[Altavista Avenue]] – toponym meaning "high viewpoint" | ||
*[[Angus Road]] | *[[Amherst Commons]] – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_County,_Virginia Amherst County, Virginia] | ||
*[[Antoinette Avenue]] | *[[Amherst Street]] – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_County,_Virginia Amherst County, Virginia] | ||
*[[Antoinette Court]] | *[[Amstel Avenue]] – unknown | ||
*[[Apple Tree Road]] | *[[Anderson Street]] – unknown | ||
*[[Arbor Circle]] | *[[Angus Road]] – unknown | ||
*[[Arlington Boulevard]] - | *[[Antoinette Avenue]] – unknown | ||
*[[Ashby Place]] | *[[Antoinette Court]] – unknown | ||
*[[Augusta Street]] - | *[[Apple Tree Road]] – botanical name | ||
*[[Avon Street]] - the River Avon in England, in reference to the birthplace of William Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon, by the developer of Belmont | *[[Arbor Circle]] – botanical name | ||
*[[Azalea Drive]] - | *[[Arlington Boulevard]] – Arlington National Cemetery (a U.S. military cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C.) built on the slave labor-based plantation land that once belonged to George Washington Parke Custis. Custis was the grandson of Martha Washington and the step-grandson of President George Washington. The site was once the home of Confederate Army commander Robert E. Lee. Congress and President Calvin Coolidge designated Arlington House as a national memorial to Robert E. Lee in [[1925]] to honor his role in promoting peace and reunion after the Civil War. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.history.com/topics/landmarks/arlington-national-cemetery|title=Arlington National Cemetery|last=BY: HISTORY.COM EDITORS|publishdate=UPDATED: JANUARY 20, 2021 {{!}} ORIGINAL: SEPTEMBER 28, 2017|accessdate=August 10, 2023}}</ref> | ||
*[[Ashby Place]] – unknown | |||
*[[Augusta Street]] – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_County,_Virginia Augusta County, Virginia] which was named for Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales and mother of the future King George III of the United Kingdom. | |||
*[[Avon Street]] - the River Avon in England, in reference to the birthplace of William Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon, by Bartlett Bolling, the developer of the Belmont subdivision | |||
*[[Azalea Drive]] – [[Azalea Hall]] <ref name=":0">Massie, Frank A., and Virginia School Company. A New and Historical Map of Albemarle County, Virginia. Owned and published by the Virginia School Company, 1907. https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/maps/items/u2716440</ref> or the city's [[Azalea Park]] consists of 23 acres of level land located off Old Lynchburg Road at the southern edge of the city near Interstate 64. Azaleas and rhododendrons were once so infamous for their toxicity that to receive a bouquet of their flowers in a black vase was a well-known death threat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azalea#cite_note-8|title=|last=|first=|publishdate=|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=}}</ref> | |||
==(B)== | ==(B)== | ||
*[[Bailey Road]] | |||
*[[Bainbridge Street]] | *[[Bailey Road]] – unknown | ||
*[[Baker Street]] | *[[Bainbridge Street]] – unknown | ||
*[[Banbury Street]] | *[[Baker Street]] – unknown | ||
*[[Barbour Drive]] | *[[Banbury Street]] – unknown | ||
*[[Barksdale Street]] | *[[Barbour Drive]] – unknown | ||
*[[Barracks Road]] | *[[Barksdale Street]] – The [[Barksdale family]], prominent Albemarle and City of Charlottesville family dating back to the early 1700s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Albemarle County In Virginia|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028785703|author=Rev. Edgar Woods|work=|publisher=The Michie Company, Printers |location=|publishdate=1901|accessdate=May 7, 2019}}</ref> Members of the family included a soldier in the Revolutionary war. W. R. Barksdale (1828 - 1912) was under Confederate general J.E.B. Stuart’s command, wounded at the battle of Yellow Tavern in the same engagement in which Stuart was killed. His sons, James Barksdale and John Barksdale, were partners with John Fry to invest in small lots in the neighborhood. | ||
*[[Baylor Lane]] | *[[Barracks Road]] – The [[Albemarle Barracks]], a prisoner-of-war camp for British prisoners during the American Revolutionary War. | ||
*[[Baylor Place]] | *[[Baylor Lane]] – unknown | ||
*[[Beechwood Drive]] | *[[Baylor Place]] – unknown | ||
*[[Belleview Avenue]] | *[[Beechwood Drive]] – presumably the tree | ||
*[[Belleview Street]] | *[[Belleview Avenue]] – unknown | ||
*[[Belmont Avenue]] | *[[Belleview Street]] – unknown | ||
*[[Belmont Cottage Lane]] | *[[Belmont Avenue]] – from the 551-acre estate sold in [[1847]] at auction to [[Slaughter Ficklin]] who renamed it Belmont from the original Belle-mont. (From an English surname of Norman origin, a variant of the surname BEAUMONT, which was derived from place names meaning "lovely hill" in Old French (from beu, bel "fair, lovely" and mont "hill")). | ||
*Belmont Park | *[[Belmont Cottage Lane]] – named for the [[Belmont-Carlton neighborhood]], itself named for the plantation big house on the Belle Mont Estate, [[Belmont House]] (or Belmont Mansion), much of which is part of the former [[Belle Mont Estate]], though the property this street is was not part of the estate. It is a common place name meaning "beautiful mountain." | ||
*[[Bennett Street]] | *[[Belmont Park (Street)|Belmont Park]] – named for adjacent [[Belmont Park]], which itself named for the plantation big house on the Belle Mont Estate, [[Belmont House]] (or Belmont Mansion). It is a common place name meaning "beautiful mountain." [[Belmont Park]] one of the finest neighborhood parks in the City, is bounded by [[Stonehenge Avenue]], [[Rialto Street]] and [[Druid Avenue]]. Plans were finalized in [[1915]] for the establishment of [[Belmont Park]] through donations from [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]], a local businessman and philanthropist. The 3.1 acres of land were bought by McIntire in [[1921]] and he transferred the property to the City to be used as a park and playground for local citizens. | ||
*[[Berring Street]] | *[[Bennett Street]] – unknown | ||
*[[Bing Lane]] | *[[Berring Street]] – unknown | ||
*[[Bingler Street]] | *[[Bing Lane]] – the cherry varietal; intersecting with Rainier Road (another cherry varietal) | ||
*[[Birdwood Court]] | *[[Bingler Street]] – unknown | ||
*[[Birdwood Road]] | *[[Birdwood Court]] – [[Birdwood Estate]], owned by the Garth family | ||
*[[Bland Circle]] | *[[Birdwood Road]] – [[Birdwood Estate]], owned by the Garth family | ||
*[[Blenheim Avenue]] | *[[Bland Circle]] – likely the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bland_(burgess) Bland] family, a "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Families_of_Virginia First Family of Virginia]" | ||
*[[Blincoe Land|Blincoe Lane]] | *[[Blenheim Avenue]] – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blenheim_Palace Blenheim Palace] in England, of many English place names used by the developer of Belmont, [[Bartlett Bolling]] | ||
*[[Blue Ridge Road]] | *[[Blincoe Land|Blincoe Lane]] – unknown | ||
*[[Bolling Avenue]] | *[[Blue Ridge Road]] – The Blue Ridge Mountains | ||
*[[Bollingwood Road]] - | *[[Bolling Avenue]] – [[Bolling family]] or a specific Bolling; [[Bartlett Bolling]], a member of the Bolling family, one of the founding member of the [[Belmont Land Company]] (later, the [[Charlottesville Land Corporation]]) developted the neighborhood beginning in 1891 and through the early 20th century, Confederate soldier, and neo-Confederate activist. Related by marriage to the second son of General [[Robert E. Lee]] and Mary Anna ''Custis'' Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (May 31, 1837 – October 15, 1891), also known as W.H.F. Lee. On November 28, 1867, W.H.F. Lee married Mary Tabb Bolling. | ||
*[[Booker Street]] | *[[Bollingwood Road]] - as with Bolling Avenue, [[Bolling family]] or a specific Bolling; [[Bartlett Bolling]] | ||
[[File:1916 - Stewart Fuller aka Stuart Fuller.JPG|right|thumb | *[[Booker Street]] – possibly [[Booker T. Washington]] or [[Rev. George E. Booker, D.D.]], originally ''Brook Street'' (ca. 1916) | ||
*[[Brandon Avenue]] | |||
*[[Brandywine Court]] - | [[File:1916 - Stewart Fuller aka Stuart Fuller.JPG|right|none|thumb|In 1919, [[Stewart Fuller]] lived on '''Booker Street''' with his parents, Stewart & Alberta ''Douglas'' Fuller.]] | ||
*[[Briarcliff Avenue]] | *[[Brandon Avenue]] – unknown | ||
*[[Broad Avenue]] | *[[Brandywine Drive]] and [[Brandywine Court]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brandywine Battle of Brandywine], an important battle during the American Revolutionary War. Part of a cluster of names pertaining to American history in the [[Greenbrier neighborhood]]. | ||
*[[Brook Road]] | *[[Briarcliff Avenue]] – unknown | ||
*[[Brookwood Drive]] | *[[Broad Avenue]] – unknown | ||
*[[Brookwood Lane]] | *[[Brook Road]] – unknown | ||
*[[Brown Street]] | *[[Brookwood Drive]] – unknown | ||
*[[Bruce Avenue]] | *[[Brookwood Lane]] – unknown | ||
*[[Brunswick Road]] | *[[Brown Street]] – ''possibly'' Brown family, owners of the [[Rugby (house)|Rugby]] estate in 1875 or the Brown family of Brown's Cove | ||
*[[Buckingham Road]] | *[[Bruce Avenue]] – ''possibly'' Dr. Philip Alexander Bruce (March 7, 1856 – August 16, 1933), widely known historian, biographer and author. | ||
*[[Buckler Drive]] | *[[Brunswick Road]] – unknown | ||
*[[Bunker Hill Drive]] | *[[Buckingham Road]] – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_County,_Virginia Buckingham County, Virginia] | ||
*[[Burgess Lane]] - | *[[Buckler Drive]] – unknown | ||
*[[Burnet Street]] | *[[Bunker Hill Drive]] – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill Battle of Bunker Hill] , an important battle during the American Revolutionary War. Part of a cluster of names pertaining to American history in the [[Greenbrier neighborhood]]. | ||
*[[Burnet Way]] | *[[Burgess Lane]] – Burguss Family; | ||
*[[Burnley Avenue]] - | |||
:Robert Nicholas Burgess (1839 – 1911) born in Albemarle County, served in the Confederate States army from 1861 to 1865 in Company I, Forty-Sixth Virginia Regiment. He began farming immediately upon his return from the army and continued as a farmer and overseer in Albemarle County until April 1881, when he moved to Charlottesville and accepted a position as policeman; | |||
:John Anderson Burgess (1873-1948), moved to Charlottesville in [[1898]]. [[1890]] opened general contractor business at 401-403 E Market Street; employed 20 painters, paper hangers, carpenters (residence listed as ''Woolen Mills Road'', ca. 1914) | |||
*[[Burnet Street]] – unknown | |||
*[[Burnet Way]] – unknown | |||
*[[Burnley Avenue]] – Burnley family, notably Nathaniel Burnley (owner of a plantation that included [[Hydraulic Mills]]), Drury Wood Burnley, and [[Carrie Burnley]] (first female principal in Charlottesville City Schools and one of the namesakes of [[Burnley-Moran Elementary School]]) | |||
==(C)== | ==(C)== | ||
*[[Cabell Avenue]] | |||
*[[Calhoun Street]] | *[[Cabell Avenue]] – The Cabell Family has lived in Charlottesville since arriving in Virginia in 1726. Members of the family served in the American Revolution and help found the University of Virginia<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://small.library.virginia.edu/collections/featured/the-cabell-family-papers-2/biographies/|title=The Cabell Family|last=|first=|publishdate=2018|publisher=University of Virginia Special Collections Library|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=}}</ref> | ||
*[[Cambridge Circle]] | *[[Calhoun Street]] – possibly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun John C. Calhoun]. Calhoun was political theorist from South Carolina. | ||
*[[Camellia Drive]] | *[[Cambridge Circle]] – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge Cambridge, England] | ||
*[[Cameron Lane]] | *[[Camellia Drive]] – botanical name | ||
*[[Cargil Lane]] | *[[Cameron Lane]] – unknown | ||
*[[Carl Smith Street]] | *[[Cargil Lane]] – unknown | ||
*[[Carlton Avenue]] - | *[[Carl Smith Street]] – [[Carl W. Smith]], a major donor to the [[University of Virginia]] | ||
*[[Carlton Road]] | *[[Carlton Avenue]] – Carlton, an 800-acre farm adjacent to Monticello that had been purchased by Charles L. Bankhead and Ann C. Bankhead early in 1812.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.monticello.org/research-education/for-scholars/papers-of-thomas-jefferson/featured-letters/an-alcoholic-grandson-in-law/|title=Featured Letter: An Alcoholic Grandson-in-Law|publisher=THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION|accessdate=November 29, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-08-02-0242|title=Thomas Jefferson to Jean Baptiste Say, 2 March 1815|accessdate=November 29, 2023}}</ref> | ||
*[[Caroline Avenue]] | *[[Carlton Road]] – Carlton estate, next to [[Monticello]]<ref name=":2" />; originally extended from present day road up to the foot of [[Monticello Mountain]]. | ||
*[[Carrollton Terrace]] | *[[Caroline Avenue]] – unknown | ||
*[[Carter Lane]] | *[[Carrollton Terrace]] – unknown | ||
*[[Castalia Street]] | *[[Carter Lane]] – possibly John Carter, namesake of the Carters Mountain range. The street intersects Kenwood Lane, likely named for an estate in the Carters Mountain range. | ||
*[[Cedar Hill Road]] | *[[Castalia Street]] – unknown | ||
*[[Cedars Court]] | *[[Cedar Hill Road]] – presumably the tree | ||
*[[Center Avenue]] | *[[Cedars Court]] – presumably the tree | ||
*[[Chancellor Street]] - | *[[Center Avenue]] – unknown | ||
*[[Charlton Avenue]] | |||
*[[Chelsea Drive]] | [[File:Chancellor's Drug Store.JPG|right|thumb|'''Chancellor Street''': Chancellor's Drug Store at [[The Corner]]]] | ||
*[[Cherry Avenue]] | |||
*[[Cherry Street]] - | *[[Chancellor Street]] – Chancellor family; Doctor J. Edgar Chancellor, served as a surgeon in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and was later "Demonstrator of Anatomy" in the University of Virginia for a number of years and lived in the [[Birdwood Estate]]. His son, Samuel Chancellor, owner and operator of Chancellor’s Drug Store (1415 University Avenue). Sam was one of the first businesses on [[The Corner]] to adopt Coca-Cola products and sell them in mass quantities.<ref>https://news.virginia.edu/content/do-you-know-history-your-favorite-corner-spots</ref>; Originally Staunton Avenue, named for the destination city of Staunton, Virginia. | ||
*[[Chesapeake Street]] | *[[Charlton Avenue]] – Originally (ca. 1916) ''Carlton Avenue'' until the city changed the spelling by adding an "h" to disambiguate from the east side Carlton Avenue. | ||
*[[Chestnut Street]] - | *[[Chelsea Drive]] – unknown | ||
*[[Chisholm Place]] | *[[Cherry Avenue]] – botanical name, parallel to Elm and Pine Streets | ||
*[[Christa Court]] | *[[Cherry Street]] – botanical name, in a cluster of tree-themed streets off of Carlton Ave | ||
*[[Church Street]] | *[[Chesapeake Street]] – presumably the bay | ||
*[[City Walk Way]] | *[[Chestnut Street]] – botanical name, in a cluster of tree-themed streets off of Carlton Ave. Between [[1904]] and [[1940]], some 3.5 billion American chestnut trees, the giants of the Appalachian hardwood forest, succumbed to a fungal blight called Cryphonectria parasitica. | ||
*[[Clarke Court]] | *[[Chisholm Place]] – unknown | ||
*[[Cleveland Avenue]] | *[[Christa Court]] – unknown | ||
*[[Coleman Court]] | *[[Church Street]] – Named for [[Hinton Avenue United Methodist Church]] | ||
*[[Coleman Street]] | *[[City Walk Way]] – adjacent City Walk Apartments | ||
*[[Commerce Street]] | *[[Clarke Court]] – likely the Clark/Clarke family, one of the "First Families of Virginia," from which [[George Rogers Clark]] and William Clark are members. | ||
*[[Concord Avenue]] | *[[Cleveland Avenue]] – unknown | ||
*[[Concord Drive]] | *[[Coleman Court]] – unknown | ||
*[[Copeley Road]] | *[[Coleman Street]] – unknown | ||
*[[Cottage Lane]] | *[[Commerce Street]] (previously named Little Commerce Street (Gray Map, ca. 1877) – unknown | ||
*[[Cottonwood Road]] | *[[Concord Avenue]] – likely named for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord Battle of Concord] during the American Revolution; parallel to Yorktown Drive | ||
*[[Court Square]] - | *[[Concord Drive]] – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord Battle of Concord], an important battle during the American Revolutionary War. Part of a cluster of names pertaining to American history in the [[Greenbrier neighborhood]]. | ||
*[[Cream Street]] | *[[Copeley Road]] – possibly Walter S. Copeland | ||
*[[Cresap Road]] | *[[Cottage Lane]] – one of several streets named for the property surrounding [[Rugby Hall]], formerly owned by Confederate general [[Thomas L. Rosser]]. Cottage Lane runs between Rugby Hall (908 Cottage Lane) and two cottages (907 and 909 Cottage Lane) that were owned by Rosser in the late 19th century. For a time the cottages were rented out by the Rossers to help generate income.<ref>Sheridan R. Barringer, ''Custer's Gray Rival'', (Burlington, NC, 2019), 249.</ref> | ||
*[[Crestmont Avenue]] | *[[Cottonwood Road]] – presumably the tree | ||
*[[Crispell Drive]] - | |||
[[File:1906 - Court House.JPG|right|thumb|300px|'''Court Square''': Albemarle County Court House. Located at the corner of Jefferson and Park St., this photograph actually shows the portion built in 1859-60. The rear, or north wing, dates to 1803. ''Source: Albemarle Historical Society'']] | |||
*[[Cutler Lane]] | |||
*[[Cynthianna Avenue]] | *[[Court Square]] – Courthouse House Square, historical term refers to the square in the middle of a town where the county courthouse is located. | ||
[[File:1914 - Albemarle Ice Cream.JPG|right|thumb|'''Cream Street''': Albemarle Creamery Co. located at 709 Brown Street, ca. 1914; J. B. Andrews, pres, H. F. Wilde sec. and mgr.]] | |||
*[[Cream Street]] – Just a bit off [[West Main Street]] in the [[Starr Hill Neighborhood]] it was named after a type of business. In [[1914]], Charlottesville had two creameries, with the Albemarle Creamery Co., Inc. standing at 709 Brown Street, on the north side of the street east of [[Charlottesville Union Station |Union Station]]. | |||
*[[Cresap Road]] – unknown | |||
*[[Crestmont Avenue]] – unknown | |||
*[[Crispell Drive]] – likely Kenneth R. Crispell, dean of the University of Virginia Medical School, 1962-1971<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/26/us/kenneth-r-crispell-79-dean-and-health-expert-on-presidents.html|title=Kenneth R. Crispell, 79, Dean And Health Expert on Presidents|last=|first=|publishdate=Aug. 26, 1996|publisher=New York Times|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=2020-10-14}}</ref> | |||
*[[Cutler Lane]] – unknown | |||
*[[Cynthianna Avenue]] – unknown | |||
==(D)== | ==(D)== | ||
*[[Dairy Road]] - unknown | *[[Dairy Road]] - unknown | ||
*[[Dale Avenue]] - | *[[Dale Avenue]] - Originally (1895-1916) named Belmont Avenue, renamed to disambiguate from the east side Belmont Avenue | ||
*[[Dalton Lane]] - unknown | *[[Dalton Lane]] - unknown | ||
*[[Danbury Court]] - | *[[Danbury Court]] - Danbury, Connecticut (co-located with Waterbury, Greenwich, and Hartfort Courts, which abbreviates to "Ct" same as the abbreviation for Conneticut) | ||
*[[Darien Terrace]] - unknown | *[[Darien Terrace]] - unknown | ||
*[[David Terrace]] - unknown | *[[David Terrace]] - unknown | ||
*[[Davis Avenue]] - | *[[Davis Avenue]] - Davis family, named by [[R. M. Davis]] who developed the subdivision around the street in the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://correctingthenarrative.org/posts/davis-field/Davis_Field.pdf|title=|last=|first=|publishdate=|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=}}</ref> | ||
*[[Del Mar Drive]] - unknown | *[[Del Mar Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Delevan Street]] - unknown | *[[Delevan Street]] - unknown | ||
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*[[Dellmead Lane]] - unknown | *[[Dellmead Lane]] - unknown | ||
*[[Denice Lane]] - unknown | *[[Denice Lane]] - unknown | ||
*[[Dice Street]] – Dice family or | *[[Dice Street]] – Dice family or specifically Dr. Reuben B. Dice whose house was located in [[1877]] at the 300 of Dice block - south of Garrett Street. | ||
*[[Douglas Avenue]] - | *[[Douglas Avenue]] - ''probably'' the Douglas family who owned the Rose Valley estate north of the city. A Reaves family owned a lot around the turn of the twentieth century that was called “The Grove” and included the area east of [[Douglas Avenue]] to “Coal Bin Hill”, or near the present day [[Chestnut Street]] area. | ||
*[[Druid Avenue]] - | |||
*[[Dublin Road]] - | [[File:1909 March edition of The Druid.JPG|right|thumb|'''Druid Avenue''': The March 1909 edition of ''The Druid'', a magazine published by the Ancient Order of Druids.]] | ||
*[[Duke Street]] - | |||
*[[Druid Avenue]] - referring to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid Druids] from Celtic culture; parallel to Stonehenge Avenue and Rockland Avenue, all of which lead to the now-abandoned quarry where Quarry Park is now; parallel with [[Stonehenge Avenue]], it is part of a group of themed streets in the [[Belmont-Carlton]] neighborhood carrying names associated with the Ancient Order of Druids. [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Edmund_Antrobus,_4th_Baronet Sir Edmund Antrobus], 4th Baronet, owner of Stonehenge (1848-1915). In [[1905]], he was initiated into the Ancient Order of Druids and welcomed the first massive ceremony of this Order in Stonehenge. | |||
*[[Dublin Road]] - ''likely'' Dublin, Ireland | |||
*[[Duke Street]] - likely the Duke family, notably R. T. W. Duke, Sr. and R. T. W. Duke, Jr. | |||
*[[Dunova Court]] - unknown | *[[Dunova Court]] - unknown | ||
==(E)== | ==(E)== | ||
*[[ | |||
*[[ | *[[Earhart Street]] - Earhart family, notably L. A. Earhart and A. W. Earhart | ||
*[[Early Street]] - Dr. John Emmett Early. Local physician who owned property on either side of the newly created street in 1925. On December 1, 1939, upon petition of Dr. J. E. Early, a resolution was passed by the City Council by which the city takes over the section of Belmont known as Early Street.<ref>{{Cite-progress|url=https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2624067|title=Sewer Right of Way|author=Page 9|publishdate=Tuesday December 2, 1930|accessdate=November 21, 2023}}</ref> | |||
*[[Edge Hill Road]] - runs along the top of the top of Edge Hill | |||
*[[Edge Hill Road]] - | |||
*[[Edgewood Ln]] - unknown | *[[Edgewood Ln]] - unknown | ||
*[[Elizabeth Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Elizabeth Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[Elkhorn Road]] - unknown | *[[Elkhorn Road]] - unknown[[File:Ellie Wood Page.JPG|thumb|'''Elliewood Avenue''': Miss Ellie Wood (possibly taken at [[University Circle]] near the The Colonnades)]][[Elliewood Avenue]] – '''Ellie Wood''' Page Keith Baxter, daughter of Eliza Mason Page. Her mother, also a descendant of [[George Mason]], opened a rooming house business in the nearby previous home of [[Richard Anderson]], founder of the [[Anderson Brothers Bookstore]] (now the site of Ragged Mountain Running Shop, 3 Elliewood Avenue). Little Ellie Wood thought of the tenants, many UVA students, as big brothers. One afternoon, they stuck a sign onto a telephone pole at the corner of the street that said, “Ellie Wood Avenue.” The sign was eventually taken down, but the name stuck. <ref>https://uvamagazine.org/articles/the_golden_age_of_the_rooming_house_matrons</ref> First street in the city bearing a woman's name. | ||
*[[Elliott Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Elliott Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[Elm Street]] - | *[[Elm Street]] - botanical name, parallel to Pine Street and Cherry Avenue. Before Dutch elm disease threatened to wipe out this species in the last century, ''Ulmus americana'' was a fixture of urban streetscapes, parks, school grounds and college campuses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.notabletrees.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Notable-Tree-Tour_October-2020.pdf|title=A Driving Tour of Charlottesville’s Notable Trees|last=|first=|publishdate=2020|publisher=www.notabletrees.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=May 7, 2023}}</ref> | ||
*[[Elsom Street]] - unknown | *[[Elsom Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Emmet Street]] - | *[[Emmet Street]] / Emmet Street South - [[John Patten Emmet]] (1796–1842), the first professor of natural history at the University; appointed by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. | ||
*[[Eric Place]] - unknown | *[[Eric Place]] - unknown | ||
*[[Essex Road]] - | *[[Essex Road]] - possibly Essex, New Jersey, location of numerous events during the American Revolutionary War, as it is in a cluster of names pertaining to American history in the [[Greenbrier neighborhood]]. | ||
*[[Estes Street]] - | *[[Estes Street]] - Estes family, notably Captain Triplett T. Estes, who for many years kept the ''Stone Tavern'' on the square on which the Lipscomb's livery stable once later stood. | ||
*[[Eton Road]] - | *[[Eton Road]] - ''likey'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eton,_Berkshire Eton, England] | ||
*[[Evergreen Avenue]] - | *[[Evergreen Avenue]] - botanical name for the Deodar Cedars on this street, such as the one on the right, at 638 Evergreen Ave - this one was likely planted in 1930, when the house was built. The other outstanding tree is past a sharp bend to the left at 673 Evergreen with its three strong trunks, one of which reaches over the street to provide shade for passersby. A native of the Himalayas, this graceful evergreen takes its name from the Sanskrit for “timber of the gods.” It is beloved for its pendulous branches and has been a divine element of Western landscapes for some 200 years. The Deodar is a true Cedar, unlike the Eastern Red Cedar so familiar in our area, which is actually a Juniper.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.notabletrees.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Notable-Tree-Tour_October-2020.pdf|title=A Driving Tour of Charlottesville’s Notable Trees|last=|first=|publishdate=2020|publisher=www.notabletrees.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=May 7, 2023}}</ref> | ||
==(F)== | ==(F)== | ||
*[[Fairway Avenue]] - | |||
*[[Farish Street]] – namesake of property | *[[Fairway Avenue]] - [[Albemarle Golf and Tennis Club]] (1914-1922). The golf course was located at the east end of Charlottesville, along the [[Rivanna River]] near current day [[Meade Park]]. No trace of the golf course remains today except in the street names “Fairway Avenue” and “Short 18th Street." <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://albemarlehistory.org/collection/albemarle-golf-and-tennis-club/|title=Records of the Albemarle Golf and Tennis Club|last=|first=|publishdate=April 17, 2023|publisher=The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=April 17, 2023}}</ref> | ||
*[[Farm Lane]] – namesake of [[The Farm]] located at 12th Street and Jefferson. An eighteenth century farm that lay east of early Charlottesville which dated from 1825. | *[[Farish Street]] – namesake of property owner Capt. [[Thomas Laughlin Farish]] (1823-1885). Once part of [[The Farm]], one of the finest farms in the country prior to the [[Civil War]], Capt. Farish purchased the large farm and estate house in [[1845]]. In the 1850's, members of the Farish family lived 532 Park Street, located at the corner of Park Street and Farish Street. | ||
*[[Fauquier Road]] - | *[[Farm Lane]] – namesake of [[The Farm]] located at 12th Street and Jefferson. An eighteenth century farm that lay east of early Charlottesville which dated from [[1825]]. | ||
*[[Fendall Avenue]] - | *[[Fauquier Road]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Fauquier Francis Fauquier] (1703 – 1768) was a lieutenant governor of Virginia Colony and served as acting governor from 1758 until his death in 1768. He was a noted teacher and close friend of [[Thomas Jefferson]]. | ||
*[[Fendall Terrace]] - | *[[Fendall Avenue]] - Fendall G. Winston, brother of [[Elizabeth Winston Rosser]] and brother-in-law of Confederate general [[Thomas L. Rosser]] | ||
*[[Fern Court]] - | *[[Fendall Terrace]] - same as Fendall Avenue | ||
*[[Fern Court]] - botanical name | |||
*[[Field Road]] - named for the field portion of the 200-acre property surrounding the [[Rugby Hall]] and owned by the Rosser family ([[Thomas L. Rosser]] and [[Elizabeth Winston Rosser]]). Field Road is one of the flatter streets in the otherwise hilly neighborhood. | *[[Field Road]] - named for the field portion of the 200-acre property surrounding the [[Rugby Hall]] and owned by the Rosser family ([[Thomas L. Rosser]] and [[Elizabeth Winston Rosser]]). Field Road is one of the flatter streets in the otherwise hilly neighborhood. | ||
*[[Finley Alley]] - unknown | *[[Finley Alley]] - unknown | ||
*[[Flint Drive]] - unknown | *[[Flint Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Florence Road]] - unknown | *[[Florence Road]] - unknown | ||
*[[Fontaine Avenue]] - | *[[Fontaine Avenue]] - Fontaine family, notably [[Matthew Fontaine Maury]], the famous “Pathfinder of the Seas;” William M. Fontaine, elected to the chair of natural history and geology at the University of Virginia in [[1879]] - a position first held by [[John Patten Emmet]] (1796–1842), namesake of [[Emmet Street]]. | ||
*[[Forest Hills Avenue]] - | *[[Forest Hills Avenue]] - Adjacent to [[Forest Hills Park]], tree-lined area with mountain views. | ||
*[[Forest Ridge Road]] - | *[[Forest Ridge Road]] - Adjacent to [[Forest Hills Park]], tree-lined area with mountain views. | ||
*[[Forest Street]] | *[[Forest Street]] - The land on which the street lies was once part of [[William Wirt]]'s [[Rose Hill]] estate, one of several large farms surrounding Charlottesville before the Civil War. By [[1895]], a local real estate development, the [[Charlottesville Industrial and Land Improvement Company]] (1890) platted all but 50-60 acres of the former estate. Previous street name: Forrest Street (1895); New street name: Forest Street (1950's) | ||
*[[Foxbrook Lane]] - unknown | *[[Foxbrook Lane]] - unknown | ||
*[[Francis Fife Way]] – in honor of [[Francis Fife]] | *[[Francis Fife Way]] – in honor of [[Francis Fife]], Mayor of Charlottesville ([[1972]]-[[1974]]) | ||
*[[Franklin Street]] - | *[[Franklin Street]] - likely named for the Franklin estate of the Craven family, located just north of the City | ||
==(G)== | ==(G)== | ||
*[[Galloway Drive]] | |||
*[[Garden Drive]] | *[[Galloway Drive]] – unknown | ||
*[[Garden Street]] - | *[[Garden Drive]] – unknown | ||
*[[Garrett Street]] | *[[Garden Street]] – botanical name, in a cluster of tree-themed streets off of Carlton Ave | ||
*[[Gentry Lane]] | *[[Garrett Street]] – [[Alexander Garrett]], who owned the "[[Oak Hill]]" plantation around the area of the street. Formerly known as Garrett's Avenue and City Line in 1877. | ||
*[[Gildersleeve Wood]] | *[[Gentry Lane]] – unknown | ||
*[[Gillespie Avenue]] | *[[Gildersleeve Wood]] – Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (1831 – 1924). From 1856 to 1876, he was professor of Greek at the University of Virginia, holding the chair of Latin also from 1861 to 1866. | ||
*[[Gleason Street]] | *[[Gillespie Avenue]] – unknown | ||
*[[Glendale Road]] | *[[Gleason Street]] – H. M. Gleason & Sons Feed and Farm Supply Store once located at 126 [[Garrett Street]] (1873 to 2004). | ||
*[[Glenn Court]] | *[[Glendale Road]] – unknown | ||
*[[Goodman Street]] | *[[Glenn Court]] – a "first name" street, likely named by the developers of Greenbrier Heights for an acquaintances | ||
*[[Gordon Avenue]] - | *[[Goodman Street]] – the Goodman family, most recently David R. Goodman (1830-1900?), who owned the land that became Graves Addition which contains the street from [[1892]] until his death ''or possibly'' the Goodman estate that roughly covered the area from [[Monticello Road]] northwest to the railroad tracks and was bordered by the present day [[Douglas Avenue]] and [[Graves Street]]. This estate had a French name, the “Hodesville Estate,” possibly because Mr. Goodman’s wife was of French origin. | ||
*[[Grace Street]] | *[[Gordon Avenue]] – The Gordon family, or a specific Gordon, ''possibly'': | ||
*[[Grady Avenue]] | **General William F. Gordon (1787–1858), of Albemarle, attorney and public official, he represented Albemarle County in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1818–21 and 1822–29, and there strongly supported [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s plan for a state university and the [[1826 lottery]] for his financial aid | ||
*[[Graves Street]] | **Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. (1855 -1931) an attorney and a writer, graduated from the [[University of Virginia]] and William and Mary Law School, a member of the [[Board of Visitors]] at the [[University of Virginia]] for sixteen years, was rector of the [[University of Virginia]] ([[1897]]-[[1898]], [[1906]]-[[1918]]) His tenure on the University of Virginia board included the aftermath of the burning of [[The Rotunda]] on [[October 27]], [[1895]] | ||
**[https://history.house.virginia.gov/clerks/11 William Fitzhugh Gordon Jr.] (1823-1904), a Confederate politician and soldier and for whom [[Enderly]] was constructed | |||
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_Gordon John Brown Gordon], Confederate officer, United States Senator from Georgia and [[Lost Cause]] advocate; it is parallel to Grady Avenue, possibly named for white supremacist journalist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_W._Grady Henry W. Grady] (1832-1904) | |||
*[[Grace Street]] – unknown | |||
*[[Grady Avenue]] – possibly named for white supremacist journalist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_W._Grady Henry W. Grady], as it is parallel to Gordon Avenue. | |||
*[[Graves Street]] and [[Little Graves Street]] – Lewis W. Graves, developer of the Graves Addition area of Belmont | |||
*[[Green Street]] - unknown | *[[Green Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Greenbrier Drive]] | *[[Greenbrier Drive]] – presumably, a botanical name | ||
*[[Greenbrier Terrace]] | *[[Greenbrier Terrace]] – presumably, a botanical name | ||
*[[Greenleaf Lane]] | *[[Greenleaf Lane]] – presumably, a botanical name | ||
*[[Greenway Road]] | *[[Greenway Road]] – presumably, a botanical name | ||
*[[Greenwich Court]] | *[[Greenwich Court]] – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich,_Connecticut Greenwich, Connecticut] (co-located with Waterbury, Hartford, and Danbury Courts, which abbreviates to "Ct" same as the abbreviation for Conneticut) | ||
*[[Grimes Place]] | *[[Grimes Place]] – unknown | ||
*[[Grove Avenue]] | *[[Grove Avenue]] – derived from the “[[Locust Grove]]” estate and its main house. The [[Locust Grove (neighborhood)| Locust Grove neighborhood]] first started development in the 1890s as the ''Locust Grove Subdivision''. | ||
*[[Grove Road]] | *[[Grove Road]] – unknown | ||
*[[Grove Street]] | *[[Grove Street]] – unknown | ||
*[[Grove St Extended]] | *[[Grove St Extended]] – unknown | ||
*[[Grover Court]] | *[[Grover Court]] – unknown | ||
==(H)== | ==(H)== | ||
[[File:Holiday Inn.JPG|right|thumb|'''Holiday Drive''': (Postcard) Holiday Inn Motel, ca. 1960]] | |||
*[[Hammond Street]] - unknown | *[[Hammond Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Hampton Street]] - | *[[Hampton Street]] - ''likely'' Hampton, Virginia. | ||
*[[Hanover Street]] - | *[[Hanover Street]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanover_County,_Virginia Hanover County, Virginia] | ||
*[[Hardwood Avenue]] - presumably, a botanical name referencing a classification of tree wood | *[[Hardwood Avenue]] - presumably, a botanical name, referencing a classification of tree wood | ||
*[[Hardy Drive]] - Rev. [[R. B. Hardy]] | *[[Hardy Drive]] - Rev. [[R. B. Hardy]] | ||
*[[Harmon Street]] - unknown | *[[Harmon Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Harris Road]] - | *[[Harris Road]] - [[W. D. Harris]] or former mayor [[R. F. Harris]] | ||
*[[Harris Street]] - | *[[Harris Street]] - [[W. D. Harris]] or former mayor [[R. F. Harris]] | ||
*[[Harrow Road]] - unknown | *[[Harrow Road]] - unknown | ||
*[[Hartford Court]] - | *[[Hartford Court]] - Hartford, Connecticut (co-located with Waterbury, Greenwich, and Danbury Courts, which abbreviates to "Ct" same as the abbreviation for Conneticut) | ||
*[[Hartmans Mill Road]] – Hartman family, notably Henry (1815–1902?) | *[[Hartmans Mill Road]] – Hartman family, notably mill owner Henry Hartman (1815–1902?). | ||
*[[Hazel Street]] - | *[[Hazel Street]] - botanical name | ||
*[[Hedge Street]] - | *[[Hedge Street]] - Dr. Halstead S. Hedges, founder of [[Martha Jefferson Hospital]]. Hedges Family House "Meadlands" once located on Park Street, demolished, now the site of [[First Baptist Church]]. | ||
*[[Hemlock Lane]] - | *[[Hemlock Lane]] - botanical name | ||
*[[Henry Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Henry Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[Hereford Drive]] - | *[[Hereford Drive]] - Frank Loucks Hereford Jr. (1923–2004); a nuclear physicist who served as president of the [[University of Virginia]] from 1974 to 1985. | ||
*[[Herndon Road]] - unknown | *[[Herndon Road]] - unknown | ||
*[[Hessian Road]] - | *[[Hessian Road]] - Presumably after the German mercenaries (commonly known as “Hessians”) housed at [[Albemarle Barracks]] from [[1779]] to [[1781]], during the American Revolution. Located between [[Barracks Road]] and [[Blue Ridge Road]]. | ||
*[[E High Street|High Street]] and [[Little High Street]] - Named for it being the topographically highest street in the original platting of the town of Charlottesville around the Albemarle County Courthouse. | |||
*[[Highland Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Highland Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[Hill Street]] - | *[[Hill Street]] - The topography of an area | ||
*[[Hillcrest Road]] - | *[[Hillcrest Road]] - a steep road going to the top of Edge Hill | ||
*[[Hillsdale Drive]] - unknown | *[[Hillsdale Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Hilltop Road]] - unknown | *[[Hilltop Road]] - unknown | ||
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*[[Hilton Drive]] - unknown | *[[Hilton Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Hinton Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Hinton Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[Holiday Drive]] - | *[[Holiday Drive]] - Holiday Inn Motel complex, once located at the intersection U.S. Highways 29 & 250 By-Pass. | ||
*[[Holly Court]] - | *[[Holly Court]] - botanical name | ||
*[[Holly Drive]] - | *[[Holly Drive]] - botanical name | ||
*[[Holly Road]] - | *[[Holly Road]] - botanical name | ||
*[[Holly Street]] - | *[[Holly Street]] - botanical name, in a cluster of tree-themed streets off of Carlton Ave (Dettor Blvd on Google Maps?) | ||
*[[Holmes Avenue]] - | *[[Holmes Avenue]] - Part of late 1950's, early 1960's residential development; un-likely it was named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederick_Holmes George Frederick Holmes] (1820–1897), professor at UVA and slavery advocate. | ||
*[[Howard Drive]] - unknown | *[[Howard Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Huntley Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Huntley Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[Hurst Lane]] - unknown | *[[Hurst Lane]] - unknown | ||
*[[Hydraulic Road]] - | *[[Hydraulic Road]] - [[Hydraulic Mills]] | ||
==(I)== | ==(I)== | ||
*[[India Road]] - unknown | *[[India Road]] - unknown | ||
*[[International Drive]] - unknown | *[[International Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Ivy Road]] - | *[[Ivy Road]] - the unincorporated community of [[Ivy]] to which it leads, which itself is named for Ivy Creek | ||
==(J)== | ==(J)== | ||
*[[Jamestown Drive]] - | |||
*[[Jeanette Lancaster Way]] - | *[[Jamestown Drive]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia Jamestown, Virginia]. Part of a cluster of names pertaining to American history in the [[Greenbrier neighborhood]]. | ||
*[[Jefferson | *[[Jeanette Lancaster Way]] - Jeanette Lancaster, former Dean of Nursing at UVA. | ||
*[[Jefferson Park Circle | * Named for [[Thomas Jefferson]] | ||
**[[Jefferson Street]] | |||
**[[Jefferson Park Avenue]], formerly known as Fry's Springs Road. | |||
**[[Jefferson Park Circle]] | |||
*[[John Street]] - unknown | *[[John Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[John | *[[John Warner Parkway]] - namesake of former Republican [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Warner Sen. John W. Warner], who advocated for the project in Washington D.C. and secured $27 million in federal funds for its construction.<ref>Tubbs, Sean. "Supervisors pass resolution in support of naming Meadowcreek Parkway after John Warner." Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center. 8 Jan. 2009. <http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2009/01/board_parkway.html>.</ref> | ||
*[[Jones Street]] - unknown | *[[Jones Street]] - unknown | ||
==(K)== | ==(K)== | ||
*[[Kearney Lane]] - unknown | *[[Kearney Lane]] - unknown | ||
*[[Keene Court]] - unknown | *[[Keene Court]] - unknown | ||
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*[[Kelsey Court]] - unknown | *[[Kelsey Court]] - unknown | ||
*[[Kensington Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Kensington Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[Kent Road]] | *[[Kent Road]] and Kent Terrace - ''likely'' Charles William Kent, professor of English at UVA during the 19th and early 20th century | ||
*[[Kenwood Circle]] and [[Kenwood Lane]] - ''likely'' the Kenwood estate south of Monticello | |||
*[[Kenwood Circle]] | |||
*[[Kerry Lane]] - unknown | *[[Kerry Lane]] - unknown | ||
*[[Keystone Place]] - unknown | *[[Keystone Place]] - unknown | ||
*[[King Mountain Road]] - | *[[King Mountain Road]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kings_Mountain Battle of Kings Mountain], an important battle during the American Revolutionary War. Part of a cluster of names pertaining to American history in the [[Greenbrier neighborhood]]. | ||
*[[King Street]] - | *[[King Street]] - possibly [[W. W. King]] (1869-1928), president of the [[King Lumber Company]] which he founded in [[1899]]. | ||
*[[Knoll Street]] - unknown | *[[Knoll Street]] - unknown | ||
==(L)== | ==(L)== | ||
*[[Lafayette Street]] - | |||
*[[Lambeth Lane]] - | *[[Lafayette Street]] - ''likely'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_Marquis_de_Lafayette Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette], an important military officer during the American Revolutionary War. His personal visit with [[Thomas Jefferson]] at [[Monticello]], Nov. 4-15, [[1824]], was a grand occasion. | ||
*[[Landonia Circle]] - | *[[Lambeth Lane]] - William Alexander Lambeth (October 27, 1867 – June 24, 1944), a medical professor who was the first athletic director at the [[University of Virginia]]. | ||
*[[Landonia Circle]] - Landonia possibly means "live in sweden." The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name ''Landonia'' is Saturday, October 15th, 1881. | |||
*[[Lane Road]] - unknown | *[[Lane Road]] - unknown | ||
*[[Lankford Avenue]] – | *[[Lankford Avenue]] – [[W. A. Lankford]] (1859 – 1922), former superintendent of city streets and sanitation, he supervised the opening of many new streets in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Remnants of Lankford’s horticultural business may still be evident in the wooded area across [[Cherry Avenue]] from [[Oakwood Cemetery]]. [[File:1906 - W.A. Lankford.JPG|right|thumb|400px|'''Lankford Avenue:''' W. A. Lankford, ca. 1906]] | ||
*[[Latrobe Court]] - unknown | *[[Latrobe Court]] - unknown | ||
*[[Laurel Circle]] - | *[[Laurel Circle]] - botanical name | ||
*[[Leake Lane]] - | *[[Leake Lane]] - Leake family, including [[Shelton Farrar Leake]] (November 30, 1812 – March 4, 1884), a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and teacher. He served as Virginia’s first lieutenant governor from 1852 to 1856. He also served two non-consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives. | ||
*[[Lee Street]] - presumably, Confederate general [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee Robert E. Lee] | *[[Lee Street]] - presumably, Confederate general [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee Robert E. Lee] | ||
*[[Lehigh Circle]] - unknown | *[[Lehigh Circle]] - unknown | ||
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*[[Lester Drive]] - unknown | *[[Lester Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Levy Avenue]] - Levy family, including [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uriah_P._Levy Uriah P. Levy] who purchased Monticello from the Jefferson/Randolph family and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Monroe_Levy Jefferson Monroe Levy] who was a property owner in the vicinity of the street | *[[Levy Avenue]] - Levy family, including [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uriah_P._Levy Uriah P. Levy] who purchased Monticello from the Jefferson/Randolph family and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Monroe_Levy Jefferson Monroe Levy] who was a property owner in the vicinity of the street | ||
*[[Lewis Mountain Circle]] | *[[Lewis Mountain Circle]], [[Lewis Mountain Road]], and [[Lewis Street]] - [[David Lewis Sr.]] | ||
*[[Lexington Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Lexington Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[Lide Place]] - unknown | *[[Lide Place]] - unknown | ||
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*[[Linden Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Linden Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[Linden Street]] - unknown | *[[Linden Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[ | *[[Lochlyn Hill Drive]] - unknown, thought Lochlyn Mills existed in the area | ||
*[[ | *[[Locust Avenue]] – as was [[Grove Avenue]], derived from the “[[Locust Grove]]” estate and its main house on which property these streets were carved. Built for George Sinclair, ca. 1840, [[Locust Grove (house)|Locust Grove]]'s Greek-Revival main house still stands at 810 [[Locust Avenue]]. | ||
*[[Locust Lane Court]] - derived from the “[[Locust Grove]]” estate and its main house [[Locust Grove (house)]] | |||
*[[Locust Lane]] - derived from the “[[Locust Grove]]” estate and its main house [[Locust Grove (house)]] | |||
*[[Locust Lane Court]] - [[ | |||
*[[Locust Lane]] - | |||
*[[Lodge Creek Circle]] - unknown | *[[Lodge Creek Circle]] - unknown | ||
*[[Long Street]] - | *[[Long Street]] - [[W.F. Long]] | ||
*[[Longwood Drive]] - unknown | *[[Longwood Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Lyman Street]] - unknown | *[[Lyman Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Lyons Avenue]] - | *[[Lyons Avenue]] - Lyons family; Judge Thomas Barton Lyons (1838 – 1909) who purchased 598 [[Park Street]]. It is believed that the house was built by [[John H. Timberlake]] for his aunt, Mrs. B. C. Flannagan. This property, consisting of 32 acres, was bought in [[1901]] from the Trustees of Mrs. M. M. and Mrs. M. S. Durrette by the late Judge Thomas Barton Lyons of Birmingham, Ala. (Albemarle County Deed Book 94, p. 459). Its grounds have been converted into building sites and Lyons Avenue commemorates this family's association with the estate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=|title=|last=|first=|publishdate=|publisher=Early Charlottesville; recollections of James Alexander, 1828-1874. Reprinted from the Jeffersonian republican by the Albemarle County Historical Society.|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=}}</ref> | ||
*[[Lyons Court Lane]] - | *[[Lyons Court Lane]] - Lyons family. | ||
*[[Lyons Court]] - | *[[Lyons Court]] - Lyons family; [[Lyons House]] (1858). | ||
==(M)== | ==(M)== | ||
*[[Madison Avenue]] - named after [[James Madison]] | *[[Madison Avenue]] - named after [[James Madison]] | ||
*[[Madison Lane]] - named after [[James Madison]] | *[[Madison Lane]] - named after [[James Madison]] | ||
*[[E Main Street|Main Street]] - common name for the major street in the middle of a shopping area. | |||
*[[Malcolm Crescent]] - unknown | *[[Malcolm Crescent]] - unknown | ||
*[[Manila Street]] - | *[[Manila Street]] - renamed in 2002<ref name=":1">{{Agenda-citycouncil|newid=1104|when=October 7, 2002|accessdate=2022-06-07|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824065331/http://www.charlottesville.org/home/showdocument?id=1104}}</ref> from Azalea Street by the Filipino families living there for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila Manila], the capital of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines Philippines]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://balitangamerica.tv/a-street-called-manila-home-for-filipinos-in-charlottesville/|title=|last=|first=|publishdate=|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=}}</ref> | ||
*[[Maple Street]] - presumably the tree. | *[[Maple Street]] - presumably the tree. | ||
*[[Merchant Street]] - | *[[E Market Street|Market Street]] - common name for the major street in the middle of a shopping area. | ||
*[[Marie Place]] - | *[[Merchant Street]] - named after the Marchant Mansion (1840's) once owned by [[Henry Clay Marchant]], president of the nearby [[Woolen Mills (factory)|Charlottesville Woolen Mills]]—a historic site undergoing extensive redevelopment. This no-contiguous road is divided by the [[C&O Railroad]], a delineation between city and county limits within the [[Woolen Mills neighborhood]] boundaries. Left of the entrance to the mansion, at 2000 Marchant Street, stands the Historic Tulip Tree, a large tree with its tulip-shaped leaves and flowers, towering in the urban landscape. Although it is often called a Tulip Poplar or Yellow Poplar, this tree is not a Poplar at all. It’s actually a member of the Magnolia family. It typically grows from 90 to 110 feet in height but can reach nearly 200 feet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.notabletrees.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Notable-Tree-Tour_October-2020.pdf|title=A Driving Tour of Charlottesville’s Notable Trees|last=|first=|publishdate=2020|publisher=www.notabletrees.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=May 7, 2023}}</ref> | ||
*[[Marie Place]] - a "first name" street, likely named by the developers of Greenbrier Heights for an acquaintances | |||
*[[Marion Court]] - unknown | *[[Marion Court]] - unknown | ||
*[[E Market Street|Market Street]] - common name for the major street in the middle of a shopping area. | |||
*[[Marshall Court]] – Named in honor of the family of the wife of the principal subdivision developer, [[R.M. Davis]]. The road was originally laid out as part of a proposed subdivision which now leads to city park land. Subdivision: Maple Hill (ca. 1965) | *[[Marshall Court]] – Named in honor of the family of the wife of the principal subdivision developer, [[R.M. Davis]]. The road was originally laid out as part of a proposed subdivision which now leads to city park land. Subdivision: Maple Hill (ca. 1965) | ||
*[[Marshall Street]] – | *[[Marshall Street]] – Marshall family or a specific Marshall; [[R.M. Davis]] subdivision developer’s wife's maiden name. | ||
*[[Martin Street]] – name of attorney listed on 1900 property deed of sale. | *[[Martin Street]] – name of attorney listed on 1900 property deed of sale. | ||
*[[Mason Lane]] - unknown | *[[Mason Lane]] - unknown | ||
*[[Mason Street]] - unknown | *[[Mason Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Massie Road]] - | *[[Massie Road]] - Massie family of Spring Hill plantation. <ref>Woods, E. (1901). ''Albemarle County in Virginia: giving some account of what it was by nature, of what it was made by man, and of some of the men who made it.'' Charlottesville, Va.: The Michie Company, printers. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Albemarle_County_in_Virginia/oX3hxtr5L24C?hl=en</ref> Spring Hill is a historic home located at Ivy, Albemarle County; the main house dates to about [[1785]]. Also possibly, Charles Massie (1727-1817), an Albemarle County landowner whose plantation, Spring Valley, provided apples and cider to [[Monticello]]; Frank A. Massie, maker of the 1907 map of Albemarle County entitled, “A New and Historical Map of Albemarle County, Virginia”, often called the ''Massie Map''. | ||
*[[Maury Avenue]] - | *[[Maury Avenue]] - Maury family, owners of Piedmont plantation; notable members include S. Price Maury, Jesse Lewis Maury, and Reuben Maury. Possibly the Maury and Fontaine families (both Huguenot families who fled France because of religious persecution since the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes), notably [[Matthew Fontaine Maury]] the famous “Pathfinder of the Seas” and grandson of Rev. [[James Maury]], who taught science to young [[Thomas Jefferson]] in east [[Albemarle County]]. | ||
*[[Maywood Lane]] - unknown | *[[Maywood Lane]] - unknown | ||
*[[ | *[[McElroy Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Mcintire Park Drive|McIntire Park Drive]] - [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]], who donated 92 acres for the adjacent park | *[[Mcintire Park Drive|McIntire Park Drive]] - [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]], who donated 92 acres for the adjacent park | ||
*[[Mcintire Road|McIntire Road]] – [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]] | *[[Mcintire Road|McIntire Road]] – [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]] | ||
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*[[Meadow Street]] - unknown | *[[Meadow Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Meadow Way]] - unknown | *[[Meadow Way]] - unknown | ||
*[[Meadowbrook Court]] - | *[[Meadowbrook Court]] - [[Meadowbrook creek]] and/or tributary | ||
*[[Meadowbrook Heights Road]] - | *[[Meadowbrook Heights Road]] - [[Meadowbrook creek]] and/or tributary | ||
*[[Meadowbrook Road]] - | *[[Meadowbrook Road]] - [[Meadowbrook creek]] and/or tributary | ||
*[[Megan Court]] - unknown | *[[Megan Court]] - unknown | ||
*[[Melbourne Park Circle]] - | *[[Melbourne Road]] and [[Melbourne Park Circle]] - "Melbourne" estate<ref name=":0" />, a toponym meaning "mill stream". Notably the name of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne Melbourne, Australia] , and ultimately linked to linked to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne,_Derbyshire Melbourne, Derbyshire, England] | ||
*[[Melissa Place]] - a "first name" street, likely named by the developers of Greenbrier Heights for an acquaintances | |||
*[[Melissa Place]] - | |||
*[[Meridian Street]] - unknown | *[[Meridian Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Meriwether Street]] - | *[[Meriwether Street]] - Meriweather family<ref>http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/lewisandclark/students/projects/homesteads/genealogy/meriwethers.html</ref> | ||
*[[Michael Place]] - | *[[Michael Place]] - a "first name" street, likely named by the developers of Greenbrier Heights for an acquaintances | ||
*[[Michie Drive]] - | *[[Michie Drive]] - Michie family | ||
*[[Middlesex Drive]] - unknown | *[[Middlesex Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Middleton Lane]] - unknown | *[[Middleton Lane]] - unknown | ||
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*[[Milford Terrace]] - unknown | *[[Milford Terrace]] - unknown | ||
*[[Millmont Street]] - unknown | *[[Millmont Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Minor | *[[Minor Road]] and [[Minor Court Lane]] - Minor family, notably John Barbee Minor (1813–1895), professor of law at UVA | ||
*[[Mobile Lane]] - unknown | *[[Mobile Lane]] - unknown | ||
*[[Monroe Lane]] - | *[[Monroe Lane]] - James Monroe | ||
*[[Monte Vista Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Monte Vista Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[Montebello Circle]] – Historic plantation home of [https://mappingcville.com/2020/02/16/2-montebello/ Montebello]. | *[[Montebello Circle]] – Historic plantation home of [https://mappingcville.com/2020/02/16/2-montebello/ Montebello]. | ||
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*[[Montpelier Street]] – Plantation of James Madison [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison]] | *[[Montpelier Street]] – Plantation of James Madison [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison]] | ||
*[[Montrose Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Montrose Avenue]] - unknown | ||
* | *Moore Avenue - unknown | ||
* | *Moore Street - unknown | ||
*[[Morgan Court]] - unknown | *[[Morgan Court]] - unknown | ||
*[[Morris Paul Court]] - unknown | *[[Morris Paul Court]] - unknown | ||
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*[[Morton Drive]] - unknown | *[[Morton Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Morton Lane]] - unknown | *[[Morton Lane]] - unknown | ||
*[[Moseley Drive]] - | *[[Moseley Drive]] - ''likely'' Alexander Moseley | ||
*[[Mountain View Street]] - | *[[Mountain View Street]] - toponym referring to the Carters Mountain range | ||
*[[Mowbray Place]] - unknown | *[[Mowbray Place]] - unknown | ||
*[[Mulberry Avenue]] - | *[[Mulberry Avenue]] - botanical name | ||
*[[Myrtle Street]] - | *[[Myrtle Street]] - botanical name, in a cluster of tree-themed streets off of Carlton Ave | ||
==(N)== | ==(N)== | ||
*[[Nalle Street]] - unknown | *[[Nalle Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Nassau Street]] - unknown | *[[Nassau Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Naylor Street]] - unknown | *[[Naylor Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Nelson Drive]] - | *[[Nelson Drive]] - Nelson family in general, for which [[Nelson County]] is also named | ||
*[[Nicholson Street]] - unknown | *[[Nicholson Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[North Avenue]] - unknown | *[[North Avenue]] - unknown | ||
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*[[Norwich Street]] - presumably the tree | *[[Norwich Street]] - presumably the tree | ||
*[[Nunley Street]] - unknown | *[[Nunley Street]] - unknown | ||
==(O)== | |||
*[[Oak Lawn Court]] - presumably the tree | *[[Oak Lawn Court]] - presumably the tree | ||
*[[Oak Lawn Drive]] - presumably the tree | *[[Oak Lawn Drive]] - presumably the tree | ||
*[[Oak Street]] - presumably the | *[[Oak Street]] - presumably the circa 1863, 14-acre municipal [[Oakwood Cemetery]] which contains massive oak trees. The cemetery is located along [[#Elliott Avenue|Elliott Avenue]] and is bordered on the north by Oak Street and on the east by 1st Street. | ||
*[[Oakhurst Circle]] - | *[[Oakhurst Circle]] - named for Oakhurst estate of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Lanneau_Gildersleeve Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve], UVA professor and Confederate Army staff officer | ||
*[[Oakleaf Lane]] - presumably the tree | *[[Oakleaf Lane]] - presumably the tree | ||
*[[Oakmont Street]] - presumably the tree | *[[Oakmont Street]] - presumably the tree | ||
*[[Observatory Avenue]] - | *[[Observatory Avenue]] - road (somewhat) aligned on the summit Mount Jefferson (also known as [[Observatory Hill]] or "[[O-Hill]]") | ||
*[[Old 5th Street]] - unknown | *[[Old 5th Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Old Farm Road]] - presumably for the farm buildings associated with the 200-acre property owned by [[Thomas L. Rosser]] and [[Elizabeth Winston Rosser]] as part of [[Rugby Hall]]. | *[[Old Farm Road]] - presumably for the farm buildings associated with the 200-acre property owned by Confederate general [[Thomas L. Rosser]] and [[Elizabeth Winston Rosser]] as part of [[Rugby Hall]].[[List of street namesakes#cite note-18|[18]]] | ||
*[[Old Fifth Circle]] - unknown | *[[Old Fifth Circle]] - unknown | ||
*[[Old Lynchburg Road]] - | *[[Old Lynchburg Road]] - road leading to Lynchburg, Virginia (historically referred to as ''Hills City'' and/or ''City of Seven Hills'') | ||
*[[Old Preston Avenue]] - | *[[Old Preston Avenue]] - previously connected to Preston Avenue | ||
*[[Olinda Drive]] - unknown | *[[Olinda Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Orange Street]] - | *[[Orange Street]] - likely [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_County,_Virginia Orange County, Virginia] | ||
*[[Orangedale Avenue]] - | *[[Orangedale Avenue]] - the Orangedale estate owned by the Watson family (1875 Green Peyton map) | ||
*[[Otter Street]] - unknown | *[[Otter Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Oxford Place]] - unknown | *[[Oxford Place]] - unknown | ||
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==(P)== | ==(P)== | ||
*[[Page Street]] - | |||
*[[Page Street]] - Page family in general (one of the "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Families_of_Virginia First Families of Virginia]"), including Dr. Mann and Jane (Walker) Page of Albemarle County; also James Morris Page of Albemarle County, graduate, professor of mathematics, Chairman of the Faculty, and dean of UVA | |||
*[[Palatine Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Palatine Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[Paoli Street]] - unknown | *[[Paoli Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Park Hill]] - | *[[Park Hill]] - location/topography; runs north-west from [[Park Street]] ends at crest of hill. | ||
*[[Park Lane E]] - unknown | *[[Park Lane E]] - unknown | ||
*[[Park Lane W]] - unknown | *[[Park Lane W]] - unknown | ||
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*[[Parkway Street]] - unknown | *[[Parkway Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Paton Street]] - unknown | *[[Paton Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Peartree Lane]] | *[[Peartree Lane]] - botanical name | ||
*[[Pen Park Road]] - [[Pen Park estate]]; also ''Penn Park'' (ca. 1914) | *[[Pen Park Lane]] - [[Pen Park estate]]. Formerly ''Penn Park Lane'' | ||
[[file: 1897_-_Pen_Park_ca._1897.JPG|right|thumb|400px| View of Pen Park Plantation House, ca. [[1897]]. In [[1777]], Dr. [[George Gilmer]] purchased the land and his family owned it until 1800. Originally the estate consisted of four thousand acres; by 1897 all had been sold off save the six hundred acres immediately about the house. ]] | *[[Pen Park Road]] - [[Pen Park estate]]; also referred to as ''Penn Park'' (ca. 1914) | ||
[[file: 1897_-_Pen_Park_ca._1897.JPG|right|thumb|400px| '''Pen Park:''' View of Pen Park Plantation House, ca. [[1897]]. In [[1777]], Dr. [[George Gilmer]] purchased the land and his family owned it until 1800. Originally the estate consisted of four thousand acres; by 1897 all had been sold off save the six hundred acres immediately about the house. ]] | |||
*[[Penick Court]] - unknown | *[[Penick Court]] - unknown | ||
*[[Pepsi Place]] - | *[[Pepsi Place]] - Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Central Virginia | ||
*[[Perry Drive]] - unknown | *[[Perry Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Peterson Place]] - unknown | *[[Peterson Place]] - unknown | ||
*[[Piedmont Avenue North | *[[Piedmont Avenue North|Piedmont Avenue North/South]] - toponym or Piedmont plantation owned by the Maury family; "Piedmont" comes from the Italian word "Piemonte", meaning foothill, and Charlottesville is in the Piedmont region of Virginia. | ||
*[[Pine Street]] - | *[[Pine Street]] - botanical name, parallel to Elm Street and Cherry Avenue | ||
*[[Pine Top Road]] - presumably the tree | *[[Pine Top Road]] - presumably the tree | ||
*[[Plateau Road]] - | *[[Plateau Road]] - geography | ||
*[[Plymouth Road]] - unknown | *[[Plymouth Road]] - unknown | ||
*[[Poplar Street]] - | *[[Poplar Street]] - botanical name | ||
*[[Porter Avenue]] - | *[[Porter Avenue]] - likely the Porter family, owners of the Kenwood estate, south of Monticello | ||
*[[Preston Avenue]] – [[ | *[[Preston Avenue]] – currently [[Asalie Minor Preston]], renamed for her in [[2019]]. Formerly named for nearby plantation owner [[Thomas Lewis Preston]] | ||
*[[Preston Place]] - | *[[Preston Place]] - as with Preston Aveue, [[Thomas L. Preston|Thomas Lewis Preston]] | ||
*[[Price Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Price Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[Prospect Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Prospect Avenue]] - unknown | ||
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*[[Quarry Road]] - | |||
*[[Quarry Road]] - for the stone quarry the road previously led to, now [[Quarry Park]] | |||
==(R)== | ==(R)== | ||
*[[Rainier Road]] - | |||
*[[Rainier Road]] - the cherry varietal; intersecting with [[Bing Road]] (another cherry varietal) | |||
*[[Raymond Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Raymond Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[Raymond Road]] - unknown | *[[Raymond Road]] - unknown | ||
*[[Rayon Street]] - unknown | *[[Rayon Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Rialto Street]] - | *[[Rialto Street]] - likely the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rialto Rialto] area of Venice, Italy; less likely the Rialto neighborhood in Dublin, Ireland | ||
*[[Ricky Road]] - unknown | *[[Ricky Road]] - unknown | ||
* | *Ridge-Mcintire Road - named for connecting Ridge Street and McIntire Road | ||
*[[Ridge Street]] - | *[[Ridge Street]] - toponym, as street runs along a ridge extending away from downtown Charlottesville | ||
*[[Ridgecrest Drive]] - | *[[Ridgecrest Drive]] - toponym | ||
*[[Rio Road]] - | *[[Rio Road]] - for leading to [[Rio Mills]] and the [[Rivanna River]] | ||
*[[Rivanna Avenue]] - | *[[Rivanna Avenue]] - The [[Rivanna River]], named in honor if Queen Anne (1665 – 1714) who was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland between March 8 1702 and May 1, 1707. | ||
*[[River Court]] - | *[[River Court]] - [[Rivanna River]] | ||
*[[River Road]] - | *[[River Road]] - [[Rivanna River]] | ||
*[[River Vista Avenue]] - | *[[River Vista Avenue]] - [[Rivanna River]] | ||
*[[Riverbluff Circle]] - | *[[Riverbluff Circle]] - [[Rivanna River]] | ||
*[[Riverdale Drive]] - unknown | *[[Riverdale Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Riverside Avenue]] - | *[[Riverside Avenue]] - [[Rivanna River]] | ||
*[[Riverview Avenue]] - | *[[Riverview Avenue]] - [[Rivanna River]] | ||
*[[Rives Street]] - | *[[Rives Street]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Rives Alexander Rives] Following the [[Civil War]], Rives became the ninth [[Rector of the University of Virginia]] from [[1865]] to [[1866]]. | ||
*[[Roades Court]] - unknown | *[[Roades Court]] - unknown | ||
*[[Robertson Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Robertson Avenue]] - unknown | ||
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*[[Robinson Woods]] - unknown | *[[Robinson Woods]] - unknown | ||
*[[Rock Creek Road]] - unknown | *[[Rock Creek Road]] - unknown | ||
*[[Rockland Avenue]] - | *[[Rockland Avenue]] - reference to it leading to the now-abandoned quarry where Quarry Park is now; parallel to Druid Avenue and Stonehenge Avenue | ||
*[[Roosevelt Brown Boulevard]] – | *[[Roosevelt Brown Boulevard]] – [[Roosevelt Brown | Roosevelt "Rosie" Brown Jr.]], first African American professional football player from Charlottesville to be named to the NFL Hall of Fame; an American football player. | ||
*[[Rosa Terrace]] - unknown | *[[Rosa Terrace]] - unknown | ||
*[[Rose Hill Drive]] - Located in the [[Rose Hill]] Neighborhood and | *[[Rose Hill Drive]] - previously know as "Rose Hill" (suburb) until annexed by the city of Charlottesville in [[1916]], than named "Rose Hill Street". Located in the [[Rose Hill]] Neighborhood and once part of the the "Rose Hill property" owned by [[William Wirt]] (1795.) <ref>http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?query=Roslyn&docId=uva-sc%2Fviu03696.xml&chunk.id=</ref> In 1795, Dr. [[George Gilmer]]'s daughter Mildred Gilmer, married [[William Wirt]]; Dr. Gilmer gave his new son-in-law part of the [[Pen Park]] estate, property which William and Mildred named '''Rose Hill.''' | ||
*[[Rosser Avenue East]] - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by General [[Thomas L. Rosser]] | *[[Rosser Avenue East]] - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased in [[1883]] by ex-Confederate general, brigadier general during the Spanish–American War and Charlottesville's Postmaster General [[Thomas L. Rosser]]. | ||
*[[Rosser Avenue West]] - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by | *[[Rosser Avenue West]] - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by [[Thomas L. Rosser]] in 1883. | ||
*[[Rosser Lane]] - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by | *[[Rosser Lane]] - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by [[Thomas L. Rosser]] in 1883. (named Augusta Lane until 1950 <ref>{{Cite-progress|url=https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2802958|title=Daily Progress, Tuesday May 16, 1950|author=|publishdate=|accessdate=March 28, 2023}}</ref>) | ||
*[[Rothery Road]] - unknown | *[[Rothery Road]] - unknown | ||
*[[Rougemont Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Rougemont Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[Roys Place]] - unknown | *[[Roys Place]] - unknown | ||
*[[Rugby Avenue]] - | *[[Rugby Avenue]] - [[Rugby (house)]] | ||
*[[Rugby Circle]] - | *[[Rugby Circle]] - [[Rugby (house)]] | ||
*[[Rugby Place]] - | *[[Rugby Place]] - [[Rugby (house)]] | ||
*[[Rugby Road]] - | *[[Rugby Road]] - [[Rugby (house)]] | ||
*[[Run Street]] - unknown | *[[Run Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Rutledge Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Rutledge Avenue]] - unknown | ||
==(S)== | ==(S)== | ||
*[[Sadler Street]] - unknown | *[[Sadler Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Seminole Court]] - unknown | *[[Seminole Court]] - unknown | ||
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*[[Shasta Court]] - unknown | *[[Shasta Court]] - unknown | ||
*[[Shelby Drive]] - unknown | *[[Shelby Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Sheridan Avenue]] - United States Army General [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Sheridan Philip Sheridan], | *[[Sheridan Avenue]] - United States Army General [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Sheridan Philip Sheridan], whose forces liberated Charlottesville from Confederate control in 1865 and made their camp in the vicinity of the street | ||
*[[Sherwood Road]] - unknown | *[[Sherwood Road]] - unknown | ||
*[[Short 18th Street]] - [[Albemarle Golf and Tennis Club]] (1914-1922). The golf course was located at the east end of Charlottesville, along the [[Rivanna River]] near current day [[Meade Park]]. No trace of the golf course remains today except in the street names “Fairway Avenue” and “Short 18th Street."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://albemarlehistory.org/collection/albemarle-golf-and-tennis-club/|title=Records of the Albemarle Golf and Tennis Club|last=|first=|publishdate=April 17, 2023|publisher=The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=April 17, 2023}}</ref> | |||
*[[Slate Place]] - unknown | *[[Slate Place]] - unknown | ||
*[[Smith Street]] - unknown | *[[Smith Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Somesso Court]] - unknown | *[[Somesso Court]] - unknown | ||
*[[Sonoma Street]] - unknown | *[[Sonoma Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[E South Street|South Street]] - at one point, the southern-most street amoung the grid of Charlottesville (see 1875 Green Peyton Map) | |||
*[[Spottswood Road]] - unknown | *[[Spottswood Road]] - unknown | ||
*[[Sprigg Lane]] - | *[[Sprigg Lane]] - ''possibly'' derived from the gardening term "sprigging" which is the planting of sprigs, plant sections cut from rhizomes or stolons that includes crowns and roots. On this short street, the main house of [[Morea]] was built in [[1830]] and belonged to John Emmet, first professor of natural history at the University of Virginia, appointed by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. | ||
*[[Spring Street]] - | *[[Spring Street]] - located near a place where groundwater naturally flows out of the ground. | ||
*[[Spruce Street]] - | *[[Spruce Street]] - botanical name, in a cluster of tree-themed streets off of Carlton Ave | ||
*[[St Annes Drive]] - unknown | *[[St Annes Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[St Annes Road]] - unknown | *[[St Annes Road]] - unknown | ||
*[[St Charles Avenue]] - | *[[St Charles Avenue]] - This road runs parallel to the [[St. Charles Creek]]. | ||
*[[St Charles Court]] - unknown | *[[St Charles Court]] - unknown | ||
*[[St Clair Avenue]] - | *[[St Clair Avenue]] - Sinclair Family who owned [[Locust Grove]] when it was a plantation, whose Scottish family name was changed from "St. Clair" to "Sinclair" in the late 17th century. | ||
*[[St George Avenue]] - unknown | *[[St George Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[St James Circle]] - unknown | *[[St James Circle]] - unknown | ||
*[[Stadium Road]] - | *[[Stadium Road]] - adjacent to UVA's Scott Stadium (officially the Carl Smith Center, Home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium). | ||
*[[Steephill Street]] - unknown | *[[Steephill Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Stewart Circle]] - unknown | *[[Stewart Circle]] - unknown | ||
*[[Stewart Street]] - unknown | *[[Stewart Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Stonefield Lane]] - | *[[Stonefield Lane]] - named for the former Stonefield plantation in which the street lies | ||
*[[Stonehenge Avenue]] - | *[[Stonehenge Avenue]] - referring to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England]; parallel to Druid Avenue and Rockland Avenue, all of which lead to the now-abandoned quarry where Quarry Park is now; part of a group of themed streets in the [[Belmont-Carlton]] neighborhood carrying names associated with the ''Ancient Order of Druids''. [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Edmund_Antrobus,_4th_Baronet Sir Edmund Antrobus], 4th Baronet, owner of Stonehenge (1848-1915). In [[1905]], he was initiated into the ''Ancient Order of Druids'' and welcomed the first massive ceremony of this Order in Stonehenge. | ||
*[[Stratford Court]] - unknown | *[[Stratford Court]] - unknown | ||
*[[Stribling Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Stribling Avenue]] - unknown | ||
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*[[Swanson Drive]] - unknown | *[[Swanson Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Swift Lane]] - unknown | *[[Swift Lane]] - unknown | ||
*[[Sycamore Street]] - | *[[Sycamore Street]] - botanical name, as with adjacent streets | ||
==(T)== | ==(T)== | ||
*[[Tarleton Drive]] - presumably | |||
*[[Taylor Street]] - | *[[Tarleton Drive]] - presumably Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton (one of the most hated British officers of the Revolution). In early June of 1781, Tarleton and his Green Dragoons pursued Governor [[Thomas Jefferson]] and the Virginia General Assembly from Richmond to Charlottesville. All [[Albemarle County Courthouse]] order books except the first and many loose papers between 1748 and 1781 were destroyed in Tarleton's raid. | ||
*[[Taylor Street]] - According to the [[1914]] City Directory, the home of '''[[J. S. Taylor|James T. S. Taylor]]''' (1840–1918) was located at 534 NE Taylor St. In [[1863]], Taylor became one of about 240 African-Americans from Albemarle County to join the Union Army in the [[Civil War]]. During [[Reconstruction]], Taylor went on to be a county delegate at the Virginia Constitutional Convention of [[1868]] | |||
*[[Thomas Drive]] - unknown | *[[Thomas Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Thomson Road]] - unknown | *[[Thomson Road]] - unknown | ||
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*[[Tripper Court]] - unknown | *[[Tripper Court]] - unknown | ||
*[[Troost Court]] - unknown | *[[Troost Court]] - unknown | ||
*[[Tufton Avenue]] - [[Tufton farm]], one of [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s quarter farms and borders the Monticello plantation. | *[[Tufton Avenue]] - [[Tufton farm]], one of [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s quarter farms and borders the [[Monticello]] plantation. | ||
*[[Tunlaw Place]] - unknown | *[[Tunlaw Place]] - unknown | ||
*[[Twyman Road]] - Twyman family, including [[Fred W. Twyman]] | *[[Twyman Road]] - Twyman family, including [[Fred W. Twyman]] | ||
==(U)== | ==(U)== | ||
*[[University Avenue]] | |||
*[[University Circle]] | *[[University Avenue]] - [[University of Virginia]] | ||
*[[University Court]] | *[[University Circle]] - [[University of Virginia]] | ||
*[[University Grounds]] | *[[University Court]] - [[University of Virginia]] | ||
*[[University Minor]] | *[[University Grounds]] - [[University of Virginia]] | ||
*[[University Way]] | *[[University Minor]] - [[University of Virginia]] | ||
*[[University Way]] - [[University of Virginia]] | |||
==(V)== | ==(V)== | ||
*[[Valley Circle]] - | |||
*[[Valley Road]] - | *[[Valley Circle]] - topography | ||
*[[Valley Road Ext]] - | *[[Valley Road]] - topography | ||
*[[Valley View Circle]] - | *[[Valley Road Ext]] - topography | ||
*[[Village Court]]- unknown | *[[Valley View Circle]] - topography | ||
*[[Village Road]]- unknown | *[[Village Court]] - unknown | ||
*[[Vine Street]]- unknown | *[[Village Road]] - unknown | ||
*[[Virginia Avenue]]- State of Virginia | *[[Vine Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Virginia Avenue]] - State of Virginia | |||
==(W)== | ==(W)== | ||
*[[ | *[[Walker Square]] - Walker family, notably [[Thomas Walker|Dr. Thomas Walker]] and Francis Walker of [[Castle Hill]] | ||
*[[Walker Street]] - Walker family, notably [[Thomas Walker|Dr. Thomas Walker]] and Francis Walker of [[Castle Hill]] | |||
*[[Walnut Street]] - botanical name, in a cluster of tree-themed streets off of Carlton Ave | |||
*[[ | |||
*[[Walnut Street]] - | |||
*[[Ward Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Ward Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[Ware Street]] - unknown | *[[Ware Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Warren Lane]] - | *[[Warren Lane]] - ''likely'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_County,_Virginia Warren County, Virginia] | ||
*[[Washington Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Washington Avenue]] - ''presumably'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington George Washington], first President of the United States | ||
*[[Waterbury Court]] - | *[[E Water Street|Water Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Watson Avenue]] - [[Watson family]] | *[[Waterbury Court]] - Waterbury, Connecticut (co-located with Hartford, Greenwich, and Danbury Courts, which abbreviates to "Ct" same as the abbreviation for Conneticut) | ||
*[[Watson Avenue]] - [[Watson family]], who owned [[Hard Bargain]] located a few hundred feet to the north at 1105 Park Street. Other prominent family members include [[John Davis Watson]], Judge Egbert R. Watson, and William O. Watson (longtime official for the C&O Railroad). | |||
*[[Wayside Place]] - unknown | *[[Wayside Place]] - unknown | ||
*[[Welk Place]] - unknown | *[[Welk Place]] - unknown | ||
*[[Wellford Street]] - unknown | *[[Wellford Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Wertland Street]] - takes its name from the family of [[William Wertenbaker]]. Located in the [[Wertland Street Historic District]].<ref>https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/104-0136/</ref> | *[[Wertland Street]] - takes its name from the family of [[William Wertenbaker]] (1797-1882), appointed by Thomas Jefferson to serve as the university’s second librarian, a post he held for over fifty years. Wertenbaker’s 1830 brick I-house at 1301 Wertland Street is the oldest house in the district. Its grounds originally extended to Main Street; his son Colonel Charles C. Wertenbaker (1834-1919) a Civil War veteran, he served in the [[19th Virginia Regiment]], he was in Pickett's Charge the climax of the Battle of Gettysburg (1863), and one of the most famous infantry attacks of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Located in the [[Wertland Street Historic District]].<ref>https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/104-0136/</ref> | ||
*[[West Street]] - in the neighborhood of [[10th and Page]], was named for [[John West]], a former slave. A barber by trade, over time West made a substantial return from real estate investments. | |||
[[File:1906-Col. Charles C. Wertenbaker.JPG|thumb|400px| '''Wertland Street:''' A member of the Wertland family, Colonel Wertenbaker was a Civil War veteran, having served in the [[19th Virginia Regiment]], son of [[William Wertenbaker]]]] | |||
*[[West Street]] - in the neighborhood of [[10th and Page]], was named for [[John West]], a former slave. A barber by trade, over time West made a substantial return from real estate investments. Contrary to popular misconception, his home was on West Main Street and not on the street or on the land now occupied by Westhaven. | |||
*[[Westerly Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Westerly Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[Westview Road]] - presumably for the view across the western portion of the 200-acre property owned by | *[[Westview Road]] - presumably for the view across the western portion of the 200-acre property owned by Confederate general [[Thomas L. Rosser]] and [[Elizabeth Winston Rosser]]. | ||
*[[Westwood Circle]] - unknown | *[[Westwood Circle]] - unknown | ||
*[[Westwood Road]] - unknown | *[[Westwood Road]] - unknown | ||
*[[Wilder Drive]] - unknown | *[[Wilder Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Willard Drive]] - unknown | *[[Willard Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Willow Drive]] - presumably | *[[Willow Drive]] - ''presumably'' botanical name | ||
*[[Wilson Court]] - | *[[Wilson Court]] - a "first name" street, likely named by the developers of Greenbrier Heights for an acquaintances | ||
*[[Wine Cellar Circle]] - named for the [[Monticello Wine Company]] located at the end of [[Wine Street]], near [[Hedge Street]]. Founded in [[1873]], it was the largest winery in the South. | *[[Wine Cellar Circle]] - named for the [[Monticello Wine Company]] located at the end of [[Wine Street]], near [[Hedge Street]]. Founded in [[1873]], it was the largest winery in the South. | ||
*[[Wine Street]] - named for the [[Monticello Wine Company]] located at the end of the street, founded in [[1873]]. | *[[Wine Street]] - named for the [[Monticello Wine Company]] located at the end of the street, founded in [[1873]]. | ||
*[[Winston Road]] - in the [[Venable neighborhood]], named for Elizabeth Winston, wife of | *[[Winston Road]] - in the [[Venable neighborhood]], named for Elizabeth Winston, wife of Confederate general [[Thomas L. Rosser]]. Winston Rd. and Rosser Ln. intersect at a corner of the block encompassing [[Rugby Hall]], which the Rossers purchased in [[1885]]. | ||
*[[Winston Terrace]] - | *[[Winston Terrace]] - same as Winston Road | ||
*[[Wise Street]] - | *[[Wise Street]] - possibly named for Henry A. Wise, who was the Governor of Virginia, serving from 1856 to 1860. | ||
*[[Witton Court]] - unknown | *[[Witton Court]] - unknown | ||
*[[Woodfolk Drive]] - | *[[Woodfolk Drive]] - southeast of Baylor’s Lane, adjacent to parcels 50 through 65 on City Real Property Tax Map 26. Originally named after [[Mary Truehart Woodfolk]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Ridge_Street_Oral_History_Project.html?id=V5uvHAAACAAJ|title=Ridge Street Oral History Project: A Supplement to the Survey of the Ridge Street Historic District and Proposal for Local Designation|last=|first=|publishdate=1995|publisher=Preservation Piedmont for the City of Charlottesville Department of Community Planning|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://books.google.com/books/about/Ridge_Street_Oral_History_Project.html?id=V5uvHAAACAAJ|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=}}</ref> | ||
*[[Woodland Drive]] - unknown | *[[Woodland Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Woodrow Street]] - unknown | *[[Woodrow Street]] - unknown | ||
==(Y)== | ==(Y)== | ||
*[[Yorktown Drive]] - | |||
*[[Yorktown Drive]] - possibly named after the Siege of Yorktown, the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. Part of a cluster of named streets pertaining to American history in the Greenbrier neighborhood. | |||
==(Z)== | ==(Z)== | ||
*[[Zan Road]] – unknown | *[[Zan Road]] – unknown | ||
==Street name changes== | ==Street name changes in Charlottesville== | ||
* Augusta Road - renamed Rosser Lane. Constructed sometime after 1938, it appeared as Augusta Rd on the 1950 Census Enumeration Map of Charlottesville.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/51435466|title=1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Virginia (VA) - Charlottesville City - Charlottesville - ED 104-1 to 31|last=|first=|publishdate=|publisher=US Census Bureau|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=}}</ref> <ref>https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Charlottesville&page=1&state=VA#</ref> | |||
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==Extinct streets== | ==Extinct streets== | ||
*Alphanso Street ran north from Williams Street to Preston W first east of 10th NW | |||
*Alphanso Street – ran north from Williams Street to Preston W first east of 10th NW | |||
*Apple Street – West of 601 Ridge Street | *Apple Street – West of 601 Ridge Street | ||
* | *Cabell Street – parallel to Lee Street, removed by Pinn Hall at UVA Medical Center | ||
Loudoun Road (ca. 1964) | *Diggs - removed with the development of Garrett Square (now Friendship Court) (Sanborn Maps) | ||
*Williams Street | *Digges - ran from South First, west to Ridge St | ||
*Fuller Avenue - renamed as part of Monticello Avenue, when Monticello was "redirected" to continue west instead of turning north on what is now Avon Street (Sanborn Maps) | |||
*Indian Run - ca. 1950; undeveloped street between Spottswood Rd and Pine Top Rd. | |||
*Johnny Cake Ln - ca. 1950; undeveloped street between Hessian Rd and Spottswood Rd. | |||
*McKee - North from Jefferson to High, first east of 4th N E | |||
*Loudoun Road (ca. 1964) – (undeveloped street between Lewis Mountain and Thomson roads)<ref>https://v3.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2681176/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2681197/3799.5/4438.5/4/1/0</ref> | |||
*Lyman's Row - ran from C&O depot, east to city limits | |||
*Lutheran Lane - ran from Dice St south to Oak St | |||
*Park Place Avenue – perpendicular to Lee Street, removed by Pinn Hall at UVA Medical Center | |||
*Parrot (Sanborn Maps) - removed with the development of Garrett Square (now Friendship Court) | |||
*Pearl Street - southeast of the Silk Mills, removed when Lane High School was constructed (Sanborn Maps) | |||
*Randall Street – parallel to Lee Street, removed by Pinn Hall at UVA Medical Center | |||
*Williams Street (Sanborn Maps) | |||
*Vinegar Street (Gray Map, ca. 1877) - removed; now (2022) pedestrian walkway between the Omni Charlottesville Hotel and the Center of Developing Entrepreneurs (C.O.D.E. Building) | |||
*Wyndhurst Circle and Wyndhurst Way, ca. [[1920]]; precursors to the present-day Preston Place.<ref>https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/104-0048_Wyndhurst_2018_NR_Summary_Proposed_Relocation.pdf</ref> | |||
[[Category:Lists]] | [[Category:Lists]] |
Latest revision as of 23:16, 10 March 2024
The following is a list of streets in City of Charlottesville and where there names are derived from.
Many of the names of these streets can be found on historic maps of Charlottesville.
Guide to streets
The system of numbering the streets is somewhat similar to the Washington plan. Each block represents 100 numbers, whether heading east, west, north or south. The city is divided into four sections.[1]
- Fifth – South of 500 W Main Street
- First – North of East Main and East of North First, or Northeast
- Second – South of East Main and east of South First, or Southeast
- Third – North of West Main and west of North First, or Northwest
- Fourth – South from 402 West Main
- Sixth-and-a-Half – South from 606 Dice
- Seventh-and-a-Half – South from 620 Dice
- Main – The dividing line between north and south streets, runs east from First to C & O Lower Depot and west from First to University. The main Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Station, being located under the present day Belmont Bridge.
- First – The dividing line between east and west streets, runs north and south from Main to city limits.
From the book The Code of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia (1909) "General Ordinances" chapter:Charlottesville (Va.), et al. The Code of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia: Containing the Charter As Amended and Re-enacted As a Whole (approved March 14, 1908), the Constitutional and Legislative Provisions of the State Relating to Cities, and the General Ordinances of the City Enacted As a Whole August 6th, 1909, In Effect September 1st, 1909. Michie Co, 1909.
- Sec. 148. Numbering and naming streets.
- Main Street shall be the east and west line from which all houses and lot numbers shall be counted, those to the north of Main Street, as north, and those to the south of Main Street, as south.
- All streets maintaining comparative parallelism with Main Street shall retain their present names. The meridian street shall be Thirty-Third or Green Street, but shall be known as North First or South First Street, as indicated by its position north or south of Main Street.
- What is known as Thirty-Second or Church Street north of Main Street shall be known as North Second Street East, its continuation south of Main Street, as South Second Street East. What is now known as Thirty-Fourth Street, shall be known as North Second Street West or South Second Street West, as the case may be.
- Whether one goes east or west, the streets running so as to intersect Main, actually or by supposed extension shall be known by the natural numbers increasing in either direction from the meridian at First Street, save in the matter of Park and Ridge Streets.
(A)
- Ackley Lane – unknown
- Agnese Street – unknown
- Ainsley Alley – unknown
- Albemarle Street – as with Albemarle County, named for Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle
- Alderman Road – Edwin A. Alderman, first President of the University of Virginia
- Allen Drive – unknown
- Allied Lane – possibly Allied Concrete, founded in 1946 and now located near the street
- Allied Street – possibly Allied Concrete, founded in 1946 and now located near the street
- Almere Avenue – unknown
- Altamont Circle – toponym meaning "high mountain"
- Altamont Street – toponym meaning "high mountain"
- Altavista Avenue – toponym meaning "high viewpoint"
- Amherst Commons – Amherst County, Virginia
- Amherst Street – Amherst County, Virginia
- Amstel Avenue – unknown
- Anderson Street – unknown
- Angus Road – unknown
- Antoinette Avenue – unknown
- Antoinette Court – unknown
- Apple Tree Road – botanical name
- Arbor Circle – botanical name
- Arlington Boulevard – Arlington National Cemetery (a U.S. military cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C.) built on the slave labor-based plantation land that once belonged to George Washington Parke Custis. Custis was the grandson of Martha Washington and the step-grandson of President George Washington. The site was once the home of Confederate Army commander Robert E. Lee. Congress and President Calvin Coolidge designated Arlington House as a national memorial to Robert E. Lee in 1925 to honor his role in promoting peace and reunion after the Civil War. [2]
- Ashby Place – unknown
- Augusta Street – Augusta County, Virginia which was named for Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales and mother of the future King George III of the United Kingdom.
- Avon Street - the River Avon in England, in reference to the birthplace of William Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon, by Bartlett Bolling, the developer of the Belmont subdivision
- Azalea Drive – Azalea Hall [3] or the city's Azalea Park consists of 23 acres of level land located off Old Lynchburg Road at the southern edge of the city near Interstate 64. Azaleas and rhododendrons were once so infamous for their toxicity that to receive a bouquet of their flowers in a black vase was a well-known death threat.[4]
(B)
- Bailey Road – unknown
- Bainbridge Street – unknown
- Baker Street – unknown
- Banbury Street – unknown
- Barbour Drive – unknown
- Barksdale Street – The Barksdale family, prominent Albemarle and City of Charlottesville family dating back to the early 1700s.[5] Members of the family included a soldier in the Revolutionary war. W. R. Barksdale (1828 - 1912) was under Confederate general J.E.B. Stuart’s command, wounded at the battle of Yellow Tavern in the same engagement in which Stuart was killed. His sons, James Barksdale and John Barksdale, were partners with John Fry to invest in small lots in the neighborhood.
- Barracks Road – The Albemarle Barracks, a prisoner-of-war camp for British prisoners during the American Revolutionary War.
- Baylor Lane – unknown
- Baylor Place – unknown
- Beechwood Drive – presumably the tree
- Belleview Avenue – unknown
- Belleview Street – unknown
- Belmont Avenue – from the 551-acre estate sold in 1847 at auction to Slaughter Ficklin who renamed it Belmont from the original Belle-mont. (From an English surname of Norman origin, a variant of the surname BEAUMONT, which was derived from place names meaning "lovely hill" in Old French (from beu, bel "fair, lovely" and mont "hill")).
- Belmont Cottage Lane – named for the Belmont-Carlton neighborhood, itself named for the plantation big house on the Belle Mont Estate, Belmont House (or Belmont Mansion), much of which is part of the former Belle Mont Estate, though the property this street is was not part of the estate. It is a common place name meaning "beautiful mountain."
- Belmont Park – named for adjacent Belmont Park, which itself named for the plantation big house on the Belle Mont Estate, Belmont House (or Belmont Mansion). It is a common place name meaning "beautiful mountain." Belmont Park one of the finest neighborhood parks in the City, is bounded by Stonehenge Avenue, Rialto Street and Druid Avenue. Plans were finalized in 1915 for the establishment of Belmont Park through donations from Paul Goodloe McIntire, a local businessman and philanthropist. The 3.1 acres of land were bought by McIntire in 1921 and he transferred the property to the City to be used as a park and playground for local citizens.
- Bennett Street – unknown
- Berring Street – unknown
- Bing Lane – the cherry varietal; intersecting with Rainier Road (another cherry varietal)
- Bingler Street – unknown
- Birdwood Court – Birdwood Estate, owned by the Garth family
- Birdwood Road – Birdwood Estate, owned by the Garth family
- Bland Circle – likely the Bland family, a "First Family of Virginia"
- Blenheim Avenue – Blenheim Palace in England, of many English place names used by the developer of Belmont, Bartlett Bolling
- Blincoe Lane – unknown
- Blue Ridge Road – The Blue Ridge Mountains
- Bolling Avenue – Bolling family or a specific Bolling; Bartlett Bolling, a member of the Bolling family, one of the founding member of the Belmont Land Company (later, the Charlottesville Land Corporation) developted the neighborhood beginning in 1891 and through the early 20th century, Confederate soldier, and neo-Confederate activist. Related by marriage to the second son of General Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (May 31, 1837 – October 15, 1891), also known as W.H.F. Lee. On November 28, 1867, W.H.F. Lee married Mary Tabb Bolling.
- Bollingwood Road - as with Bolling Avenue, Bolling family or a specific Bolling; Bartlett Bolling
- Booker Street – possibly Booker T. Washington or Rev. George E. Booker, D.D., originally Brook Street (ca. 1916)
- Brandon Avenue – unknown
- Brandywine Drive and Brandywine Court - Battle of Brandywine, an important battle during the American Revolutionary War. Part of a cluster of names pertaining to American history in the Greenbrier neighborhood.
- Briarcliff Avenue – unknown
- Broad Avenue – unknown
- Brook Road – unknown
- Brookwood Drive – unknown
- Brookwood Lane – unknown
- Brown Street – possibly Brown family, owners of the Rugby estate in 1875 or the Brown family of Brown's Cove
- Bruce Avenue – possibly Dr. Philip Alexander Bruce (March 7, 1856 – August 16, 1933), widely known historian, biographer and author.
- Brunswick Road – unknown
- Buckingham Road – Buckingham County, Virginia
- Buckler Drive – unknown
- Bunker Hill Drive – Battle of Bunker Hill , an important battle during the American Revolutionary War. Part of a cluster of names pertaining to American history in the Greenbrier neighborhood.
- Burgess Lane – Burguss Family;
- Robert Nicholas Burgess (1839 – 1911) born in Albemarle County, served in the Confederate States army from 1861 to 1865 in Company I, Forty-Sixth Virginia Regiment. He began farming immediately upon his return from the army and continued as a farmer and overseer in Albemarle County until April 1881, when he moved to Charlottesville and accepted a position as policeman;
- John Anderson Burgess (1873-1948), moved to Charlottesville in 1898. 1890 opened general contractor business at 401-403 E Market Street; employed 20 painters, paper hangers, carpenters (residence listed as Woolen Mills Road, ca. 1914)
- Burnet Street – unknown
- Burnet Way – unknown
- Burnley Avenue – Burnley family, notably Nathaniel Burnley (owner of a plantation that included Hydraulic Mills), Drury Wood Burnley, and Carrie Burnley (first female principal in Charlottesville City Schools and one of the namesakes of Burnley-Moran Elementary School)
(C)
- Cabell Avenue – The Cabell Family has lived in Charlottesville since arriving in Virginia in 1726. Members of the family served in the American Revolution and help found the University of Virginia[6]
- Calhoun Street – possibly John C. Calhoun. Calhoun was political theorist from South Carolina.
- Cambridge Circle – Cambridge, England
- Camellia Drive – botanical name
- Cameron Lane – unknown
- Cargil Lane – unknown
- Carl Smith Street – Carl W. Smith, a major donor to the University of Virginia
- Carlton Avenue – Carlton, an 800-acre farm adjacent to Monticello that had been purchased by Charles L. Bankhead and Ann C. Bankhead early in 1812.[7][8]
- Carlton Road – Carlton estate, next to Monticello[7]; originally extended from present day road up to the foot of Monticello Mountain.
- Caroline Avenue – unknown
- Carrollton Terrace – unknown
- Carter Lane – possibly John Carter, namesake of the Carters Mountain range. The street intersects Kenwood Lane, likely named for an estate in the Carters Mountain range.
- Castalia Street – unknown
- Cedar Hill Road – presumably the tree
- Cedars Court – presumably the tree
- Center Avenue – unknown
- Chancellor Street – Chancellor family; Doctor J. Edgar Chancellor, served as a surgeon in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and was later "Demonstrator of Anatomy" in the University of Virginia for a number of years and lived in the Birdwood Estate. His son, Samuel Chancellor, owner and operator of Chancellor’s Drug Store (1415 University Avenue). Sam was one of the first businesses on The Corner to adopt Coca-Cola products and sell them in mass quantities.[9]; Originally Staunton Avenue, named for the destination city of Staunton, Virginia.
- Charlton Avenue – Originally (ca. 1916) Carlton Avenue until the city changed the spelling by adding an "h" to disambiguate from the east side Carlton Avenue.
- Chelsea Drive – unknown
- Cherry Avenue – botanical name, parallel to Elm and Pine Streets
- Cherry Street – botanical name, in a cluster of tree-themed streets off of Carlton Ave
- Chesapeake Street – presumably the bay
- Chestnut Street – botanical name, in a cluster of tree-themed streets off of Carlton Ave. Between 1904 and 1940, some 3.5 billion American chestnut trees, the giants of the Appalachian hardwood forest, succumbed to a fungal blight called Cryphonectria parasitica.
- Chisholm Place – unknown
- Christa Court – unknown
- Church Street – Named for Hinton Avenue United Methodist Church
- City Walk Way – adjacent City Walk Apartments
- Clarke Court – likely the Clark/Clarke family, one of the "First Families of Virginia," from which George Rogers Clark and William Clark are members.
- Cleveland Avenue – unknown
- Coleman Court – unknown
- Coleman Street – unknown
- Commerce Street (previously named Little Commerce Street (Gray Map, ca. 1877) – unknown
- Concord Avenue – likely named for the Battle of Concord during the American Revolution; parallel to Yorktown Drive
- Concord Drive – Battle of Concord, an important battle during the American Revolutionary War. Part of a cluster of names pertaining to American history in the Greenbrier neighborhood.
- Copeley Road – possibly Walter S. Copeland
- Cottage Lane – one of several streets named for the property surrounding Rugby Hall, formerly owned by Confederate general Thomas L. Rosser. Cottage Lane runs between Rugby Hall (908 Cottage Lane) and two cottages (907 and 909 Cottage Lane) that were owned by Rosser in the late 19th century. For a time the cottages were rented out by the Rossers to help generate income.[10]
- Cottonwood Road – presumably the tree
- Court Square – Courthouse House Square, historical term refers to the square in the middle of a town where the county courthouse is located.
- Cream Street – Just a bit off West Main Street in the Starr Hill Neighborhood it was named after a type of business. In 1914, Charlottesville had two creameries, with the Albemarle Creamery Co., Inc. standing at 709 Brown Street, on the north side of the street east of Union Station.
- Cresap Road – unknown
- Crestmont Avenue – unknown
- Crispell Drive – likely Kenneth R. Crispell, dean of the University of Virginia Medical School, 1962-1971[11]
- Cutler Lane – unknown
- Cynthianna Avenue – unknown
(D)
- Dairy Road - unknown
- Dale Avenue - Originally (1895-1916) named Belmont Avenue, renamed to disambiguate from the east side Belmont Avenue
- Dalton Lane - unknown
- Danbury Court - Danbury, Connecticut (co-located with Waterbury, Greenwich, and Hartfort Courts, which abbreviates to "Ct" same as the abbreviation for Conneticut)
- Darien Terrace - unknown
- David Terrace - unknown
- Davis Avenue - Davis family, named by R. M. Davis who developed the subdivision around the street in the 1970s.[12]
- Del Mar Drive - unknown
- Delevan Street - unknown
- Dell Lane - unknown
- Dellmead Lane - unknown
- Denice Lane - unknown
- Dice Street – Dice family or specifically Dr. Reuben B. Dice whose house was located in 1877 at the 300 of Dice block - south of Garrett Street.
- Douglas Avenue - probably the Douglas family who owned the Rose Valley estate north of the city. A Reaves family owned a lot around the turn of the twentieth century that was called “The Grove” and included the area east of Douglas Avenue to “Coal Bin Hill”, or near the present day Chestnut Street area.
- Druid Avenue - referring to the Druids from Celtic culture; parallel to Stonehenge Avenue and Rockland Avenue, all of which lead to the now-abandoned quarry where Quarry Park is now; parallel with Stonehenge Avenue, it is part of a group of themed streets in the Belmont-Carlton neighborhood carrying names associated with the Ancient Order of Druids. Sir Edmund Antrobus, 4th Baronet, owner of Stonehenge (1848-1915). In 1905, he was initiated into the Ancient Order of Druids and welcomed the first massive ceremony of this Order in Stonehenge.
- Dublin Road - likely Dublin, Ireland
- Duke Street - likely the Duke family, notably R. T. W. Duke, Sr. and R. T. W. Duke, Jr.
- Dunova Court - unknown
(E)
- Earhart Street - Earhart family, notably L. A. Earhart and A. W. Earhart
- Early Street - Dr. John Emmett Early. Local physician who owned property on either side of the newly created street in 1925. On December 1, 1939, upon petition of Dr. J. E. Early, a resolution was passed by the City Council by which the city takes over the section of Belmont known as Early Street.[13]
- Edge Hill Road - runs along the top of the top of Edge Hill
- Edgewood Ln - unknown
- Elizabeth Avenue - unknown
- Elkhorn Road - unknownElliewood Avenue – Ellie Wood Page Keith Baxter, daughter of Eliza Mason Page. Her mother, also a descendant of George Mason, opened a rooming house business in the nearby previous home of Richard Anderson, founder of the Anderson Brothers Bookstore (now the site of Ragged Mountain Running Shop, 3 Elliewood Avenue). Little Ellie Wood thought of the tenants, many UVA students, as big brothers. One afternoon, they stuck a sign onto a telephone pole at the corner of the street that said, “Ellie Wood Avenue.” The sign was eventually taken down, but the name stuck. [14] First street in the city bearing a woman's name.
- Elliott Avenue - unknown
- Elm Street - botanical name, parallel to Pine Street and Cherry Avenue. Before Dutch elm disease threatened to wipe out this species in the last century, Ulmus americana was a fixture of urban streetscapes, parks, school grounds and college campuses.[15]
- Elsom Street - unknown
- Emmet Street / Emmet Street South - John Patten Emmet (1796–1842), the first professor of natural history at the University; appointed by Thomas Jefferson.
- Eric Place - unknown
- Essex Road - possibly Essex, New Jersey, location of numerous events during the American Revolutionary War, as it is in a cluster of names pertaining to American history in the Greenbrier neighborhood.
- Estes Street - Estes family, notably Captain Triplett T. Estes, who for many years kept the Stone Tavern on the square on which the Lipscomb's livery stable once later stood.
- Eton Road - likey Eton, England
- Evergreen Avenue - botanical name for the Deodar Cedars on this street, such as the one on the right, at 638 Evergreen Ave - this one was likely planted in 1930, when the house was built. The other outstanding tree is past a sharp bend to the left at 673 Evergreen with its three strong trunks, one of which reaches over the street to provide shade for passersby. A native of the Himalayas, this graceful evergreen takes its name from the Sanskrit for “timber of the gods.” It is beloved for its pendulous branches and has been a divine element of Western landscapes for some 200 years. The Deodar is a true Cedar, unlike the Eastern Red Cedar so familiar in our area, which is actually a Juniper.[16]
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- Fairway Avenue - Albemarle Golf and Tennis Club (1914-1922). The golf course was located at the east end of Charlottesville, along the Rivanna River near current day Meade Park. No trace of the golf course remains today except in the street names “Fairway Avenue” and “Short 18th Street." [17]
- Farish Street – namesake of property owner Capt. Thomas Laughlin Farish (1823-1885). Once part of The Farm, one of the finest farms in the country prior to the Civil War, Capt. Farish purchased the large farm and estate house in 1845. In the 1850's, members of the Farish family lived 532 Park Street, located at the corner of Park Street and Farish Street.
- Farm Lane – namesake of The Farm located at 12th Street and Jefferson. An eighteenth century farm that lay east of early Charlottesville which dated from 1825.
- Fauquier Road - Francis Fauquier (1703 – 1768) was a lieutenant governor of Virginia Colony and served as acting governor from 1758 until his death in 1768. He was a noted teacher and close friend of Thomas Jefferson.
- Fendall Avenue - Fendall G. Winston, brother of Elizabeth Winston Rosser and brother-in-law of Confederate general Thomas L. Rosser
- Fendall Terrace - same as Fendall Avenue
- Fern Court - botanical name
- Field Road - named for the field portion of the 200-acre property surrounding the Rugby Hall and owned by the Rosser family (Thomas L. Rosser and Elizabeth Winston Rosser). Field Road is one of the flatter streets in the otherwise hilly neighborhood.
- Finley Alley - unknown
- Flint Drive - unknown
- Florence Road - unknown
- Fontaine Avenue - Fontaine family, notably Matthew Fontaine Maury, the famous “Pathfinder of the Seas;” William M. Fontaine, elected to the chair of natural history and geology at the University of Virginia in 1879 - a position first held by John Patten Emmet (1796–1842), namesake of Emmet Street.
- Forest Hills Avenue - Adjacent to Forest Hills Park, tree-lined area with mountain views.
- Forest Ridge Road - Adjacent to Forest Hills Park, tree-lined area with mountain views.
- Forest Street - The land on which the street lies was once part of William Wirt's Rose Hill estate, one of several large farms surrounding Charlottesville before the Civil War. By 1895, a local real estate development, the Charlottesville Industrial and Land Improvement Company (1890) platted all but 50-60 acres of the former estate. Previous street name: Forrest Street (1895); New street name: Forest Street (1950's)
- Foxbrook Lane - unknown
- Francis Fife Way – in honor of Francis Fife, Mayor of Charlottesville (1972-1974)
- Franklin Street - likely named for the Franklin estate of the Craven family, located just north of the City
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- Galloway Drive – unknown
- Garden Drive – unknown
- Garden Street – botanical name, in a cluster of tree-themed streets off of Carlton Ave
- Garrett Street – Alexander Garrett, who owned the "Oak Hill" plantation around the area of the street. Formerly known as Garrett's Avenue and City Line in 1877.
- Gentry Lane – unknown
- Gildersleeve Wood – Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (1831 – 1924). From 1856 to 1876, he was professor of Greek at the University of Virginia, holding the chair of Latin also from 1861 to 1866.
- Gillespie Avenue – unknown
- Gleason Street – H. M. Gleason & Sons Feed and Farm Supply Store once located at 126 Garrett Street (1873 to 2004).
- Glendale Road – unknown
- Glenn Court – a "first name" street, likely named by the developers of Greenbrier Heights for an acquaintances
- Goodman Street – the Goodman family, most recently David R. Goodman (1830-1900?), who owned the land that became Graves Addition which contains the street from 1892 until his death or possibly the Goodman estate that roughly covered the area from Monticello Road northwest to the railroad tracks and was bordered by the present day Douglas Avenue and Graves Street. This estate had a French name, the “Hodesville Estate,” possibly because Mr. Goodman’s wife was of French origin.
- Gordon Avenue – The Gordon family, or a specific Gordon, possibly:
- General William F. Gordon (1787–1858), of Albemarle, attorney and public official, he represented Albemarle County in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1818–21 and 1822–29, and there strongly supported Thomas Jefferson's plan for a state university and the 1826 lottery for his financial aid
- Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. (1855 -1931) an attorney and a writer, graduated from the University of Virginia and William and Mary Law School, a member of the Board of Visitors at the University of Virginia for sixteen years, was rector of the University of Virginia (1897-1898, 1906-1918) His tenure on the University of Virginia board included the aftermath of the burning of The Rotunda on October 27, 1895
- William Fitzhugh Gordon Jr. (1823-1904), a Confederate politician and soldier and for whom Enderly was constructed
- John Brown Gordon, Confederate officer, United States Senator from Georgia and Lost Cause advocate; it is parallel to Grady Avenue, possibly named for white supremacist journalist Henry W. Grady (1832-1904)
- Grace Street – unknown
- Grady Avenue – possibly named for white supremacist journalist Henry W. Grady, as it is parallel to Gordon Avenue.
- Graves Street and Little Graves Street – Lewis W. Graves, developer of the Graves Addition area of Belmont
- Green Street - unknown
- Greenbrier Drive – presumably, a botanical name
- Greenbrier Terrace – presumably, a botanical name
- Greenleaf Lane – presumably, a botanical name
- Greenway Road – presumably, a botanical name
- Greenwich Court – Greenwich, Connecticut (co-located with Waterbury, Hartford, and Danbury Courts, which abbreviates to "Ct" same as the abbreviation for Conneticut)
- Grimes Place – unknown
- Grove Avenue – derived from the “Locust Grove” estate and its main house. The Locust Grove neighborhood first started development in the 1890s as the Locust Grove Subdivision.
- Grove Road – unknown
- Grove Street – unknown
- Grove St Extended – unknown
- Grover Court – unknown
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- Hammond Street - unknown
- Hampton Street - likely Hampton, Virginia.
- Hanover Street - Hanover County, Virginia
- Hardwood Avenue - presumably, a botanical name, referencing a classification of tree wood
- Hardy Drive - Rev. R. B. Hardy
- Harmon Street - unknown
- Harris Road - W. D. Harris or former mayor R. F. Harris
- Harris Street - W. D. Harris or former mayor R. F. Harris
- Harrow Road - unknown
- Hartford Court - Hartford, Connecticut (co-located with Waterbury, Greenwich, and Danbury Courts, which abbreviates to "Ct" same as the abbreviation for Conneticut)
- Hartmans Mill Road – Hartman family, notably mill owner Henry Hartman (1815–1902?).
- Hazel Street - botanical name
- Hedge Street - Dr. Halstead S. Hedges, founder of Martha Jefferson Hospital. Hedges Family House "Meadlands" once located on Park Street, demolished, now the site of First Baptist Church.
- Hemlock Lane - botanical name
- Henry Avenue - unknown
- Hereford Drive - Frank Loucks Hereford Jr. (1923–2004); a nuclear physicist who served as president of the University of Virginia from 1974 to 1985.
- Herndon Road - unknown
- Hessian Road - Presumably after the German mercenaries (commonly known as “Hessians”) housed at Albemarle Barracks from 1779 to 1781, during the American Revolution. Located between Barracks Road and Blue Ridge Road.
- High Street and Little High Street - Named for it being the topographically highest street in the original platting of the town of Charlottesville around the Albemarle County Courthouse.
- Highland Avenue - unknown
- Hill Street - The topography of an area
- Hillcrest Road - a steep road going to the top of Edge Hill
- Hillsdale Drive - unknown
- Hilltop Road - unknown
- Hillwood Place - unknown
- Hilton Drive - unknown
- Hinton Avenue - unknown
- Holiday Drive - Holiday Inn Motel complex, once located at the intersection U.S. Highways 29 & 250 By-Pass.
- Holly Court - botanical name
- Holly Drive - botanical name
- Holly Road - botanical name
- Holly Street - botanical name, in a cluster of tree-themed streets off of Carlton Ave (Dettor Blvd on Google Maps?)
- Holmes Avenue - Part of late 1950's, early 1960's residential development; un-likely it was named after George Frederick Holmes (1820–1897), professor at UVA and slavery advocate.
- Howard Drive - unknown
- Huntley Avenue - unknown
- Hurst Lane - unknown
- Hydraulic Road - Hydraulic Mills
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- India Road - unknown
- International Drive - unknown
- Ivy Road - the unincorporated community of Ivy to which it leads, which itself is named for Ivy Creek
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- Jamestown Drive - Jamestown, Virginia. Part of a cluster of names pertaining to American history in the Greenbrier neighborhood.
- Jeanette Lancaster Way - Jeanette Lancaster, former Dean of Nursing at UVA.
- Named for Thomas Jefferson
- Jefferson Street
- Jefferson Park Avenue, formerly known as Fry's Springs Road.
- Jefferson Park Circle
- John Street - unknown
- John Warner Parkway - namesake of former Republican Sen. John W. Warner, who advocated for the project in Washington D.C. and secured $27 million in federal funds for its construction.[18]
- Jones Street - unknown
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- Kearney Lane - unknown
- Keene Court - unknown
- Keith Valley Road - unknown
- Kelly Avenue - unknown
- Kelsey Court - unknown
- Kensington Avenue - unknown
- Kent Road and Kent Terrace - likely Charles William Kent, professor of English at UVA during the 19th and early 20th century
- Kenwood Circle and Kenwood Lane - likely the Kenwood estate south of Monticello
- Kerry Lane - unknown
- Keystone Place - unknown
- King Mountain Road - Battle of Kings Mountain, an important battle during the American Revolutionary War. Part of a cluster of names pertaining to American history in the Greenbrier neighborhood.
- King Street - possibly W. W. King (1869-1928), president of the King Lumber Company which he founded in 1899.
- Knoll Street - unknown
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- Lafayette Street - likely Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, an important military officer during the American Revolutionary War. His personal visit with Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, Nov. 4-15, 1824, was a grand occasion.
- Lambeth Lane - William Alexander Lambeth (October 27, 1867 – June 24, 1944), a medical professor who was the first athletic director at the University of Virginia.
- Landonia Circle - Landonia possibly means "live in sweden." The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Landonia is Saturday, October 15th, 1881.
- Lane Road - unknown
- Lankford Avenue – W. A. Lankford (1859 – 1922), former superintendent of city streets and sanitation, he supervised the opening of many new streets in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Remnants of Lankford’s horticultural business may still be evident in the wooded area across Cherry Avenue from Oakwood Cemetery.
- Latrobe Court - unknown
- Laurel Circle - botanical name
- Leake Lane - Leake family, including Shelton Farrar Leake (November 30, 1812 – March 4, 1884), a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and teacher. He served as Virginia’s first lieutenant governor from 1852 to 1856. He also served two non-consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives.
- Lee Street - presumably, Confederate general Robert E. Lee
- Lehigh Circle - unknown
- Leigh Place - unknown
- Leonard Street - unknown
- Lester Drive - unknown
- Levy Avenue - Levy family, including Uriah P. Levy who purchased Monticello from the Jefferson/Randolph family and Jefferson Monroe Levy who was a property owner in the vicinity of the street
- Lewis Mountain Circle, Lewis Mountain Road, and Lewis Street - David Lewis Sr.
- Lexington Avenue - unknown
- Lide Place - unknown
- Lili Lane - unknown
- Linda Court - unknown
- Linden Avenue - unknown
- Linden Street - unknown
- Lochlyn Hill Drive - unknown, thought Lochlyn Mills existed in the area
- Locust Avenue – as was Grove Avenue, derived from the “Locust Grove” estate and its main house on which property these streets were carved. Built for George Sinclair, ca. 1840, Locust Grove's Greek-Revival main house still stands at 810 Locust Avenue.
- Locust Lane Court - derived from the “Locust Grove” estate and its main house Locust Grove (house)
- Locust Lane - derived from the “Locust Grove” estate and its main house Locust Grove (house)
- Lodge Creek Circle - unknown
- Long Street - W.F. Long
- Longwood Drive - unknown
- Lyman Street - unknown
- Lyons Avenue - Lyons family; Judge Thomas Barton Lyons (1838 – 1909) who purchased 598 Park Street. It is believed that the house was built by John H. Timberlake for his aunt, Mrs. B. C. Flannagan. This property, consisting of 32 acres, was bought in 1901 from the Trustees of Mrs. M. M. and Mrs. M. S. Durrette by the late Judge Thomas Barton Lyons of Birmingham, Ala. (Albemarle County Deed Book 94, p. 459). Its grounds have been converted into building sites and Lyons Avenue commemorates this family's association with the estate.[19]
- Lyons Court Lane - Lyons family.
- Lyons Court - Lyons family; Lyons House (1858).
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- Madison Avenue - named after James Madison
- Madison Lane - named after James Madison
- Main Street - common name for the major street in the middle of a shopping area.
- Malcolm Crescent - unknown
- Manila Street - renamed in 2002[20] from Azalea Street by the Filipino families living there for Manila, the capital of the Philippines[21]
- Maple Street - presumably the tree.
- Market Street - common name for the major street in the middle of a shopping area.
- Merchant Street - named after the Marchant Mansion (1840's) once owned by Henry Clay Marchant, president of the nearby Charlottesville Woolen Mills—a historic site undergoing extensive redevelopment. This no-contiguous road is divided by the C&O Railroad, a delineation between city and county limits within the Woolen Mills neighborhood boundaries. Left of the entrance to the mansion, at 2000 Marchant Street, stands the Historic Tulip Tree, a large tree with its tulip-shaped leaves and flowers, towering in the urban landscape. Although it is often called a Tulip Poplar or Yellow Poplar, this tree is not a Poplar at all. It’s actually a member of the Magnolia family. It typically grows from 90 to 110 feet in height but can reach nearly 200 feet.[22]
- Marie Place - a "first name" street, likely named by the developers of Greenbrier Heights for an acquaintances
- Marion Court - unknown
- Market Street - common name for the major street in the middle of a shopping area.
- Marshall Court – Named in honor of the family of the wife of the principal subdivision developer, R.M. Davis. The road was originally laid out as part of a proposed subdivision which now leads to city park land. Subdivision: Maple Hill (ca. 1965)
- Marshall Street – Marshall family or a specific Marshall; R.M. Davis subdivision developer’s wife's maiden name.
- Martin Street – name of attorney listed on 1900 property deed of sale.
- Mason Lane - unknown
- Mason Street - unknown
- Massie Road - Massie family of Spring Hill plantation. [23] Spring Hill is a historic home located at Ivy, Albemarle County; the main house dates to about 1785. Also possibly, Charles Massie (1727-1817), an Albemarle County landowner whose plantation, Spring Valley, provided apples and cider to Monticello; Frank A. Massie, maker of the 1907 map of Albemarle County entitled, “A New and Historical Map of Albemarle County, Virginia”, often called the Massie Map.
- Maury Avenue - Maury family, owners of Piedmont plantation; notable members include S. Price Maury, Jesse Lewis Maury, and Reuben Maury. Possibly the Maury and Fontaine families (both Huguenot families who fled France because of religious persecution since the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes), notably Matthew Fontaine Maury the famous “Pathfinder of the Seas” and grandson of Rev. James Maury, who taught science to young Thomas Jefferson in east Albemarle County.
- Maywood Lane - unknown
- McElroy Drive - unknown
- McIntire Park Drive - Paul Goodloe McIntire, who donated 92 acres for the adjacent park
- McIntire Road – Paul Goodloe McIntire
- Meade Avenue - unknown
- Meadow Street - unknown
- Meadow Way - unknown
- Meadowbrook Court - Meadowbrook creek and/or tributary
- Meadowbrook Heights Road - Meadowbrook creek and/or tributary
- Meadowbrook Road - Meadowbrook creek and/or tributary
- Megan Court - unknown
- Melbourne Road and Melbourne Park Circle - "Melbourne" estate[3], a toponym meaning "mill stream". Notably the name of Melbourne, Australia , and ultimately linked to linked to Melbourne, Derbyshire, England
- Melissa Place - a "first name" street, likely named by the developers of Greenbrier Heights for an acquaintances
- Meridian Street - unknown
- Meriwether Street - Meriweather family[24]
- Michael Place - a "first name" street, likely named by the developers of Greenbrier Heights for an acquaintances
- Michie Drive - Michie family
- Middlesex Drive - unknown
- Middleton Lane - unknown
- Midland Street - unknown
- Midmont Lane - unknown
- Milford Terrace - unknown
- Millmont Street - unknown
- Minor Road and Minor Court Lane - Minor family, notably John Barbee Minor (1813–1895), professor of law at UVA
- Mobile Lane - unknown
- Monroe Lane - James Monroe
- Monte Vista Avenue - unknown
- Montebello Circle – Historic plantation home of Montebello.
- Monticello Avenue - Monticello was the primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson
- Monticello Road - Monticello was the primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson
- Montpelier Street – Plantation of James Madison [[4]]
- Montrose Avenue - unknown
- Moore Avenue - unknown
- Moore Street - unknown
- Morgan Court - unknown
- Morris Paul Court - unknown
- Morris Road - unknown
- Morton Drive - unknown
- Morton Lane - unknown
- Moseley Drive - likely Alexander Moseley
- Mountain View Street - toponym referring to the Carters Mountain range
- Mowbray Place - unknown
- Mulberry Avenue - botanical name
- Myrtle Street - botanical name, in a cluster of tree-themed streets off of Carlton Ave
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- Nalle Street - unknown
- Nassau Street - unknown
- Naylor Street - unknown
- Nelson Drive - Nelson family in general, for which Nelson County is also named
- Nicholson Street - unknown
- North Avenue - unknown
- North Baker Street - unknown
- North Berkshire Road - unknown
- Northwood Avenue - unknown
- Northwood Circle - unknown
- Norwich Street - presumably the tree
- Nunley Street - unknown
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- Oak Lawn Court - presumably the tree
- Oak Lawn Drive - presumably the tree
- Oak Street - presumably the circa 1863, 14-acre municipal Oakwood Cemetery which contains massive oak trees. The cemetery is located along Elliott Avenue and is bordered on the north by Oak Street and on the east by 1st Street.
- Oakhurst Circle - named for Oakhurst estate of Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, UVA professor and Confederate Army staff officer
- Oakleaf Lane - presumably the tree
- Oakmont Street - presumably the tree
- Observatory Avenue - road (somewhat) aligned on the summit Mount Jefferson (also known as Observatory Hill or "O-Hill")
- Old 5th Street - unknown
- Old Farm Road - presumably for the farm buildings associated with the 200-acre property owned by Confederate general Thomas L. Rosser and Elizabeth Winston Rosser as part of Rugby Hall.[18]
- Old Fifth Circle - unknown
- Old Lynchburg Road - road leading to Lynchburg, Virginia (historically referred to as Hills City and/or City of Seven Hills)
- Old Preston Avenue - previously connected to Preston Avenue
- Olinda Drive - unknown
- Orange Street - likely Orange County, Virginia
- Orangedale Avenue - the Orangedale estate owned by the Watson family (1875 Green Peyton map)
- Otter Street - unknown
- Oxford Place - unknown
- Oxford Road - unknown
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- Page Street - Page family in general (one of the "First Families of Virginia"), including Dr. Mann and Jane (Walker) Page of Albemarle County; also James Morris Page of Albemarle County, graduate, professor of mathematics, Chairman of the Faculty, and dean of UVA
- Palatine Avenue - unknown
- Paoli Street - unknown
- Park Hill - location/topography; runs north-west from Park Street ends at crest of hill.
- Park Lane E - unknown
- Park Lane W - unknown
- Park Plaza - unknown
- Park Road - unknown
- Park Street - unknown
- Parker Place - unknown
- Parkway Street - unknown
- Paton Street - unknown
- Peartree Lane - botanical name
- Pen Park Lane - Pen Park estate. Formerly Penn Park Lane
- Pen Park Road - Pen Park estate; also referred to as Penn Park (ca. 1914)
- Penick Court - unknown
- Pepsi Place - Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Central Virginia
- Perry Drive - unknown
- Peterson Place - unknown
- Piedmont Avenue North/South - toponym or Piedmont plantation owned by the Maury family; "Piedmont" comes from the Italian word "Piemonte", meaning foothill, and Charlottesville is in the Piedmont region of Virginia.
- Pine Street - botanical name, parallel to Elm Street and Cherry Avenue
- Pine Top Road - presumably the tree
- Plateau Road - geography
- Plymouth Road - unknown
- Poplar Street - botanical name
- Porter Avenue - likely the Porter family, owners of the Kenwood estate, south of Monticello
- Preston Avenue – currently Asalie Minor Preston, renamed for her in 2019. Formerly named for nearby plantation owner Thomas Lewis Preston
- Preston Place - as with Preston Aveue, Thomas Lewis Preston
- Price Avenue - unknown
- Prospect Avenue - unknown
- Putnam Alley - unknown
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- Quarry Road - for the stone quarry the road previously led to, now Quarry Park
(R)
- Rainier Road - the cherry varietal; intersecting with Bing Road (another cherry varietal)
- Raymond Avenue - unknown
- Raymond Road - unknown
- Rayon Street - unknown
- Rialto Street - likely the Rialto area of Venice, Italy; less likely the Rialto neighborhood in Dublin, Ireland
- Ricky Road - unknown
- Ridge-Mcintire Road - named for connecting Ridge Street and McIntire Road
- Ridge Street - toponym, as street runs along a ridge extending away from downtown Charlottesville
- Ridgecrest Drive - toponym
- Rio Road - for leading to Rio Mills and the Rivanna River
- Rivanna Avenue - The Rivanna River, named in honor if Queen Anne (1665 – 1714) who was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland between March 8 1702 and May 1, 1707.
- River Court - Rivanna River
- River Road - Rivanna River
- River Vista Avenue - Rivanna River
- Riverbluff Circle - Rivanna River
- Riverdale Drive - unknown
- Riverside Avenue - Rivanna River
- Riverview Avenue - Rivanna River
- Rives Street - Alexander Rives Following the Civil War, Rives became the ninth Rector of the University of Virginia from 1865 to 1866.
- Roades Court - unknown
- Robertson Avenue - unknown
- Robertson Lane - unknown
- Robinson Place - unknown
- Robinson Woods - unknown
- Rock Creek Road - unknown
- Rockland Avenue - reference to it leading to the now-abandoned quarry where Quarry Park is now; parallel to Druid Avenue and Stonehenge Avenue
- Roosevelt Brown Boulevard – Roosevelt "Rosie" Brown Jr., first African American professional football player from Charlottesville to be named to the NFL Hall of Fame; an American football player.
- Rosa Terrace - unknown
- Rose Hill Drive - previously know as "Rose Hill" (suburb) until annexed by the city of Charlottesville in 1916, than named "Rose Hill Street". Located in the Rose Hill Neighborhood and once part of the the "Rose Hill property" owned by William Wirt (1795.) [25] In 1795, Dr. George Gilmer's daughter Mildred Gilmer, married William Wirt; Dr. Gilmer gave his new son-in-law part of the Pen Park estate, property which William and Mildred named Rose Hill.
- Rosser Avenue East - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased in 1883 by ex-Confederate general, brigadier general during the Spanish–American War and Charlottesville's Postmaster General Thomas L. Rosser.
- Rosser Avenue West - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by Thomas L. Rosser in 1883.
- Rosser Lane - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by Thomas L. Rosser in 1883. (named Augusta Lane until 1950 [26])
- Rothery Road - unknown
- Rougemont Avenue - unknown
- Roys Place - unknown
- Rugby Avenue - Rugby (house)
- Rugby Circle - Rugby (house)
- Rugby Place - Rugby (house)
- Rugby Road - Rugby (house)
- Run Street - unknown
- Rutledge Avenue - unknown
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- Sadler Street - unknown
- Seminole Court - unknown
- Seminole Trail - unknown; in 1928, the Virginia General Assembly (Senate Bill 64) voted to approve an act naming route 29 the Seminole Trail.
- Shale Place - unknown
- Shamrock Road - unknown
- Shasta Court - unknown
- Shelby Drive - unknown
- Sheridan Avenue - United States Army General Philip Sheridan, whose forces liberated Charlottesville from Confederate control in 1865 and made their camp in the vicinity of the street
- Sherwood Road - unknown
- Short 18th Street - Albemarle Golf and Tennis Club (1914-1922). The golf course was located at the east end of Charlottesville, along the Rivanna River near current day Meade Park. No trace of the golf course remains today except in the street names “Fairway Avenue” and “Short 18th Street."[27]
- Slate Place - unknown
- Smith Street - unknown
- Somesso Court - unknown
- Sonoma Street - unknown
- South Street - at one point, the southern-most street amoung the grid of Charlottesville (see 1875 Green Peyton Map)
- Spottswood Road - unknown
- Sprigg Lane - possibly derived from the gardening term "sprigging" which is the planting of sprigs, plant sections cut from rhizomes or stolons that includes crowns and roots. On this short street, the main house of Morea was built in 1830 and belonged to John Emmet, first professor of natural history at the University of Virginia, appointed by Thomas Jefferson.
- Spring Street - located near a place where groundwater naturally flows out of the ground.
- Spruce Street - botanical name, in a cluster of tree-themed streets off of Carlton Ave
- St Annes Drive - unknown
- St Annes Road - unknown
- St Charles Avenue - This road runs parallel to the St. Charles Creek.
- St Charles Court - unknown
- St Clair Avenue - Sinclair Family who owned Locust Grove when it was a plantation, whose Scottish family name was changed from "St. Clair" to "Sinclair" in the late 17th century.
- St George Avenue - unknown
- St James Circle - unknown
- Stadium Road - adjacent to UVA's Scott Stadium (officially the Carl Smith Center, Home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium).
- Steephill Street - unknown
- Stewart Circle - unknown
- Stewart Street - unknown
- Stonefield Lane - named for the former Stonefield plantation in which the street lies
- Stonehenge Avenue - referring to Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England; parallel to Druid Avenue and Rockland Avenue, all of which lead to the now-abandoned quarry where Quarry Park is now; part of a group of themed streets in the Belmont-Carlton neighborhood carrying names associated with the Ancient Order of Druids. Sir Edmund Antrobus, 4th Baronet, owner of Stonehenge (1848-1915). In 1905, he was initiated into the Ancient Order of Druids and welcomed the first massive ceremony of this Order in Stonehenge.
- Stratford Court - unknown
- Stribling Avenue - unknown
- Summit Street - unknown
- Sunrise Park Lane - unknown
- Sunset Avenue - unknown
- Sunset Road - unknown
- Swanson Drive - unknown
- Swift Lane - unknown
- Sycamore Street - botanical name, as with adjacent streets
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- Tarleton Drive - presumably Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton (one of the most hated British officers of the Revolution). In early June of 1781, Tarleton and his Green Dragoons pursued Governor Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia General Assembly from Richmond to Charlottesville. All Albemarle County Courthouse order books except the first and many loose papers between 1748 and 1781 were destroyed in Tarleton's raid.
- Taylor Street - According to the 1914 City Directory, the home of James T. S. Taylor (1840–1918) was located at 534 NE Taylor St. In 1863, Taylor became one of about 240 African-Americans from Albemarle County to join the Union Army in the Civil War. During Reconstruction, Taylor went on to be a county delegate at the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868
- Thomas Drive - unknown
- Thomson Road - unknown
- Todd Avenue - unknown
- Trailridge Road - unknown
- Tripper Court - unknown
- Troost Court - unknown
- Tufton Avenue - Tufton farm, one of Thomas Jefferson's quarter farms and borders the Monticello plantation.
- Tunlaw Place - unknown
- Twyman Road - Twyman family, including Fred W. Twyman
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- University Avenue - University of Virginia
- University Circle - University of Virginia
- University Court - University of Virginia
- University Grounds - University of Virginia
- University Minor - University of Virginia
- University Way - University of Virginia
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- Valley Circle - topography
- Valley Road - topography
- Valley Road Ext - topography
- Valley View Circle - topography
- Village Court - unknown
- Village Road - unknown
- Vine Street - unknown
- Virginia Avenue - State of Virginia
(W)
- Walker Square - Walker family, notably Dr. Thomas Walker and Francis Walker of Castle Hill
- Walker Street - Walker family, notably Dr. Thomas Walker and Francis Walker of Castle Hill
- Walnut Street - botanical name, in a cluster of tree-themed streets off of Carlton Ave
- Ward Avenue - unknown
- Ware Street - unknown
- Warren Lane - likely Warren County, Virginia
- Washington Avenue - presumably George Washington, first President of the United States
- Water Street - unknown
- Waterbury Court - Waterbury, Connecticut (co-located with Hartford, Greenwich, and Danbury Courts, which abbreviates to "Ct" same as the abbreviation for Conneticut)
- Watson Avenue - Watson family, who owned Hard Bargain located a few hundred feet to the north at 1105 Park Street. Other prominent family members include John Davis Watson, Judge Egbert R. Watson, and William O. Watson (longtime official for the C&O Railroad).
- Wayside Place - unknown
- Welk Place - unknown
- Wellford Street - unknown
- Wertland Street - takes its name from the family of William Wertenbaker (1797-1882), appointed by Thomas Jefferson to serve as the university’s second librarian, a post he held for over fifty years. Wertenbaker’s 1830 brick I-house at 1301 Wertland Street is the oldest house in the district. Its grounds originally extended to Main Street; his son Colonel Charles C. Wertenbaker (1834-1919) a Civil War veteran, he served in the 19th Virginia Regiment, he was in Pickett's Charge the climax of the Battle of Gettysburg (1863), and one of the most famous infantry attacks of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Located in the Wertland Street Historic District.[28]
- West Street - in the neighborhood of 10th and Page, was named for John West, a former slave. A barber by trade, over time West made a substantial return from real estate investments. Contrary to popular misconception, his home was on West Main Street and not on the street or on the land now occupied by Westhaven.
- Westerly Avenue - unknown
- Westview Road - presumably for the view across the western portion of the 200-acre property owned by Confederate general Thomas L. Rosser and Elizabeth Winston Rosser.
- Westwood Circle - unknown
- Westwood Road - unknown
- Wilder Drive - unknown
- Willard Drive - unknown
- Willow Drive - presumably botanical name
- Wilson Court - a "first name" street, likely named by the developers of Greenbrier Heights for an acquaintances
- Wine Cellar Circle - named for the Monticello Wine Company located at the end of Wine Street, near Hedge Street. Founded in 1873, it was the largest winery in the South.
- Wine Street - named for the Monticello Wine Company located at the end of the street, founded in 1873.
- Winston Road - in the Venable neighborhood, named for Elizabeth Winston, wife of Confederate general Thomas L. Rosser. Winston Rd. and Rosser Ln. intersect at a corner of the block encompassing Rugby Hall, which the Rossers purchased in 1885.
- Winston Terrace - same as Winston Road
- Wise Street - possibly named for Henry A. Wise, who was the Governor of Virginia, serving from 1856 to 1860.
- Witton Court - unknown
- Woodfolk Drive - southeast of Baylor’s Lane, adjacent to parcels 50 through 65 on City Real Property Tax Map 26. Originally named after Mary Truehart Woodfolk.[29]
- Woodland Drive - unknown
- Woodrow Street - unknown
(Y)
- Yorktown Drive - possibly named after the Siege of Yorktown, the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. Part of a cluster of named streets pertaining to American history in the Greenbrier neighborhood.
(Z)
- Zan Road – unknown
Street name changes in Charlottesville
- Augusta Road - renamed Rosser Lane. Constructed sometime after 1938, it appeared as Augusta Rd on the 1950 Census Enumeration Map of Charlottesville.[30] [31]
OLD STREET NAMES | NEW NAMES | NEW NAMES after 1828 | NEW NAMES after 1877 | NEW NAMES circa 1950 | Notes | |
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33rd St (Green St) | 1st St | |||||
Gas House Road | 4th St NW | |||||
32nd St (Church St) | 2nd St E | |||||
University Street | West Main St | |||||
Whites Lane | 10th St NW | |||||
34th St | N 2nd St W | |||||
Augusta Rd | Rosser Ln | |||||
Azalea St | Manila St | Renamed October 7, 2002[20] | ||||
Belmont Ave | Dale Ave | Rose Hill Subdivision | ||||
Carlton Ave | Charlton Ave | Rose Hill Subdivision | ||||
Staunton Ave | Chancellor St | |||||
Whitehall Rd | Preston Ave | |||||
Forrest St | Forest St | |||||
Court St | 5th St NE | |||||
County Rd | 6th St NE | |||||
North St (Maiden Ln) | High St | |||||
Livers Road | Hessian Rd | |||||
Union St | 4th St NE | |||||
School St | 3rd St NE | |||||
Church St | 2nd St NE | |||||
Green St | 1st St NE | |||||
Hill St | 2nd St NW | |||||
Free Bridge Rd | E High St |
Extinct streets
- Alphanso Street – ran north from Williams Street to Preston W first east of 10th NW
- Apple Street – West of 601 Ridge Street
- Cabell Street – parallel to Lee Street, removed by Pinn Hall at UVA Medical Center
- Diggs - removed with the development of Garrett Square (now Friendship Court) (Sanborn Maps)
- Digges - ran from South First, west to Ridge St
- Fuller Avenue - renamed as part of Monticello Avenue, when Monticello was "redirected" to continue west instead of turning north on what is now Avon Street (Sanborn Maps)
- Indian Run - ca. 1950; undeveloped street between Spottswood Rd and Pine Top Rd.
- Johnny Cake Ln - ca. 1950; undeveloped street between Hessian Rd and Spottswood Rd.
- McKee - North from Jefferson to High, first east of 4th N E
- Loudoun Road (ca. 1964) – (undeveloped street between Lewis Mountain and Thomson roads)[32]
- Lyman's Row - ran from C&O depot, east to city limits
- Lutheran Lane - ran from Dice St south to Oak St
- Park Place Avenue – perpendicular to Lee Street, removed by Pinn Hall at UVA Medical Center
- Parrot (Sanborn Maps) - removed with the development of Garrett Square (now Friendship Court)
- Pearl Street - southeast of the Silk Mills, removed when Lane High School was constructed (Sanborn Maps)
- Randall Street – parallel to Lee Street, removed by Pinn Hall at UVA Medical Center
- Williams Street (Sanborn Maps)
- Vinegar Street (Gray Map, ca. 1877) - removed; now (2022) pedestrian walkway between the Omni Charlottesville Hotel and the Center of Developing Entrepreneurs (C.O.D.E. Building)
- Wyndhurst Circle and Wyndhurst Way, ca. 1920; precursors to the present-day Preston Place.[33]
References
- ↑ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000196692&view=1up&seq=33
- ↑ Web. Arlington National Cemetery, UPDATED: JANUARY 20, 2021 | ORIGINAL: SEPTEMBER 28, 2017, retrieved August 10, 2023.
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- ↑ Web. Albemarle County In Virginia, Rev. Edgar Woods, The Michie Company, Printers, 1901, retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ↑ Web. The Cabell Family, University of Virginia Special Collections Library, 2018
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- ↑ Web. Thomas Jefferson to Jean Baptiste Say, 2 March 1815, retrieved November 29, 2023.
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- ↑ Web. A Driving Tour of Charlottesville’s Notable Trees, www.notabletrees.org, 2020, retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ↑ Web. A Driving Tour of Charlottesville’s Notable Trees, www.notabletrees.org, 2020, retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ↑ Web. Records of the Albemarle Golf and Tennis Club, The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, April 17, 2023, retrieved April 17, 2023.
- ↑ Tubbs, Sean. "Supervisors pass resolution in support of naming Meadowcreek Parkway after John Warner." Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center. 8 Jan. 2009. <http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2009/01/board_parkway.html>.
- ↑ Web. [ ], Early Charlottesville; recollections of James Alexander, 1828-1874. Reprinted from the Jeffersonian republican by the Albemarle County Historical Society.
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- ↑ Web. A Driving Tour of Charlottesville’s Notable Trees, www.notabletrees.org, 2020, retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ↑ Woods, E. (1901). Albemarle County in Virginia: giving some account of what it was by nature, of what it was made by man, and of some of the men who made it. Charlottesville, Va.: The Michie Company, printers. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Albemarle_County_in_Virginia/oX3hxtr5L24C?hl=en
- ↑ http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/lewisandclark/students/projects/homesteads/genealogy/meriwethers.html
- ↑ http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?query=Roslyn&docId=uva-sc%2Fviu03696.xml&chunk.id=
- ↑ Web. Daily Progress, Tuesday May 16, 1950, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, retrieved March 28, 2023.
- ↑ Web. Records of the Albemarle Golf and Tennis Club, The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, April 17, 2023, retrieved April 17, 2023.
- ↑ https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/104-0136/
- ↑ Web. Ridge Street Oral History Project: A Supplement to the Survey of the Ridge Street Historic District and Proposal for Local Designation, Preservation Piedmont for the City of Charlottesville Department of Community Planning, 1995
- ↑ Web. 1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Virginia (VA) - Charlottesville City - Charlottesville - ED 104-1 to 31, US Census Bureau
- ↑ https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Charlottesville&page=1&state=VA#
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- ↑ https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/104-0048_Wyndhurst_2018_NR_Summary_Proposed_Relocation.pdf