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The following is a list of streets and their namesakes.
'''List of streets and their namesakes.'''
== (A) Ackley Lane ''thru'' Azalea Drive==
==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>
 
*'''Fifth''' &ndash; South of 500 W Main Street
*'''First''' &ndash;  North of East Main and East of North First, or Northeast
*'''Second''' &ndash; South of East Main and east of South First, or Southeast
*'''Third''' &ndash; North of West Main and west of North First, or Northwest
*'''Fourth''' &ndash; South from 402 West Main
*'''Sixth-and-a-Half''' &ndash; South from 606 Dice
*'''Seventh-and-a-Half''' &ndash; South from 620 Dice
*'''Main''' &ndash; The dividing line between north and south streets, runs east from First to C & O Lower Depot, and west from First to University.
*'''First''' &ndash; The dividing line between east and west streets, runs north and south from Main to city limits.
 
''Street names in alphabetical order.''
==(A)==


*[[Ackley Lane]] - unknown
*[[Ackley Lane]] - unknown
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*[[Azalea Drive]] - unknown
*[[Azalea Drive]] - unknown


==(B) Bailey Road thru Burnley Avenue==
==(B)==


*[[Bailey Road]] - unknown
*[[Bailey Road]] - unknown
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*[[Belleview Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Belleview Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Belleview Street]] - unknown
*[[Belleview Street]] - unknown
*[[Belmont Avenue]] - named for the adjacent plantation big house of the Belle Mont Estate, [[Belmont House]] (or Belmont Mansion). It is a common place name meaning "beautiful mountain."
*[[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 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 - 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."
*[[Bennett Street]] - unknown
*[[Bennett Street]] - unknown
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*[[Bing Lane]] - unknown
*[[Bing Lane]] - unknown
*[[Bingler Street]] - unknown
*[[Bingler Street]] - unknown
*[[Birdwood Court]] - unknown
*[[Birdwood Court]] - presumed [[Birdwood Estate]]
*[[Birdwood Road]] - unknown
*[[Birdwood Road]] - presumed [[Birdwood Estate]]
*[[Bland Circle]] - unknown
*[[Bland Circle]] - unknown
*[[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
*[[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]]
*[[Blincoe Land|Blincoe Lane]] - unknown
*[[Blincoe Land|Blincoe Lane]] - unknown
*[[Blue Ridge Road]] - unknown
*[[Blue Ridge Road]] - The Blue Ridge Mountains
*[[Bolling Avenue]] – Bartlett Bolling (CSA), a member of the Bolling family, a First Family of Virginia and prominent family in early U.S. history and related by marriage to the second son of General Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis, 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.
*[[Bolling Avenue]] – [[Bartlett Bolling]] (CSA), a member of the Bolling family, a First Family of Virginia and prominent family in early U.S. history and related by marriage to the second son of General Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis, 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]] - unknown
*[[Bollingwood Road]] - unknown
*[[Booker Street]] - unknown
*[[Booker Street]] - possibly [[Booker T. Washington]] or [[Rev. George E. Booker, D.D.]], originally ''Brook Street'' (ca. 1916)
 
[[File:1916 - Stewart Fuller aka Stuart Fuller.JPG|right|thumb|400px|In 1919, [[Stewart Fuller]] live on '''Booker Street''' with his parents, Stewart & Alberta ''Douglas'' Fuller.]]
 
*[[Brandon Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Brandon Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Brandywine Court]] - unknown
*[[Brandywine Court]] - unknown
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*[[Burnley Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Burnley Avenue]] - unknown


==(C) Cabell Avenue thru Cynthianna Avenue==
==(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<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>
*[[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>
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*[[Cynthianna Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Cynthianna Avenue]] - unknown


==(D-G) Dairy Road to Grover Court==
==(D)==


*[[Dairy Road]] - unknown
*[[Dairy Road]] - unknown
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*[[Duke Street]] - unknown
*[[Duke Street]] - unknown
*[[Dunova Court]] - unknown
*[[Dunova Court]] - unknown
==(E)==
*[[E High Street]] - common name for the major street in the middle of a shopping area.
*[[E High Street]] - common name for the major street in the middle of a shopping area.
*[[E Jefferson Street]] - [[Thomas Jefferson]]
*[[E Jefferson Street]] - [[Thomas Jefferson]]
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*[[Eton Road]] - unknown
*[[Eton Road]] - unknown
*[[Evergreen Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Evergreen Avenue]] - unknown
==(F)==
*[[Fairway Avenue]] - unknown  
*[[Fairway Avenue]] - unknown  
*[[Farish Street]] – namesake of property owners, the Farish family at 532 Park Street.  
*[[Farish Street]] – namesake of property owners, the Farish family at 532 Park Street.  
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*[[Forest Hills Avenue]] - presumably the trees
*[[Forest Hills Avenue]] - presumably the trees
*[[Forest Ridge Road]] - presumably the trees
*[[Forest Ridge Road]] - presumably the trees
*[[Forest Street]] – formerly Forrest Street, probably named in honor of [[W.M. Forrest]] a prominent city official during the city’s annexation of the [[Rose Hill]] territory in 1916.
*[[Forest Street]] – presumably named in honor of [[W.M. Forrest]] a prominent city official during the city’s annexation of the [[Rose Hill]] territory in 1916. ''Old street name: Forrest Street (1916-1950's)''
*[[Foxbrook Lane]] - unknown  
*[[Foxbrook Lane]] - unknown  
*[[Francis Fife Way]] – in honor of [[Francis Fife]] who served as Mayor of Charlottesville from 1972 to 1974.
*[[Francis Fife Way]] – in honor of [[Francis Fife]] who served as Mayor of Charlottesville from [[1972]] to [[1974]].
*[[Franklin Street]] - unknown
*[[Franklin Street]] - unknown
==(G)==
*[[Galloway Drive]] - unknown
*[[Galloway Drive]] - unknown
*[[Garden Drive]] - unknown
*[[Garden Drive]] - unknown
*[[Garden Street]] - unknown
*[[Garden Street]] - unknown
*[[Garrett Street]] – formerly known as Garrett's Avenue and City Line in 1877. Alexander Garrett held numerous lots within Charlottesville’s corporate limits until his death in 1861. Alexander Garrett (namesake for Garrett Street and UVA’s Garrett Hall) platted his Oak Hill farm  
*[[Garrett Street]] – formerly known as Garrett's Avenue and City Line in 1877. Alexander Garrett held numerous lots within Charlottesville’s corporate limits until his death in [[1861]]. Alexander Garrett (namesake for Garrett Street and UVA’s Garrett Hall) platted his Oak Hill farm  
*[[Gentry Lane]] - unknown
*[[Gentry Lane]] - unknown
*[[Gildersleeve Wood]] - presumably the tree
*[[Gildersleeve Wood]] - presumably the tree
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*[[Grover Court]] - presumably the tree
*[[Grover Court]] - presumably the tree


==(H-L) Hammond Street thru Lyons Court==
==(H)==


*[[Hammond Street]] - unknown
*[[Hammond Street]] - unknown
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*[[Hurst Lane]] - unknown
*[[Hurst Lane]] - unknown
*[[Hydraulic Road]] - unknown
*[[Hydraulic Road]] - unknown
==(I)==
*[[India Road]] - unknown
*[[India Road]] - unknown
*[[International Drive]] - unknown
*[[International Drive]] - unknown
*[[Ivy Road]] - unknown
*[[Ivy Road]] - unknown
==(J)==
*[[Jamestown Drive]] - unknown
*[[Jamestown Drive]] - unknown
*[[Jeanette Lancaster Way]] - unknown
*[[Jeanette Lancaster Way]] - unknown
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*[[John W Warner Parkway]] - namesake of former Republican Sen. John W. Warner, advocated for the project in Washington D.C. and secured $27 million in federal funds for the road construction.
*[[John W Warner Parkway]] - namesake of former Republican Sen. John W. Warner, advocated for the project in Washington D.C. and secured $27 million in federal funds for the road construction.
*[[Jones Street]] - unknown
*[[Jones Street]] - unknown
==(K)==
*[[Kearney Lane]] - unknown
*[[Kearney Lane]] - unknown
*[[Keene Court]] - unknown
*[[Keene Court]] - unknown
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*[[King Street]] - unknown
*[[King Street]] - unknown
*[[Knoll Street]] - unknown
*[[Knoll Street]] - unknown
==(L)==
*[[Lafayette Street]] - unknown
*[[Lafayette Street]] - unknown
*[[Lambeth Lane]] - unknown
*[[Lambeth Lane]] - unknown
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*[[Lyons Court]] - unknown
*[[Lyons Court]] - unknown


==(M-O) Madison Avenue thru Oxford Road==
==(M)==


*[[Madison Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Madison Avenue]] - named after [[James Madison]]
*[[Madison Lane]] - unknown
*[[Madison Lane]] - named after [[James Madison]]
*[[Malcolm Crescent]] - unknown
*[[Malcolm Crescent]] - unknown
*[[Manila Street]] - unknown
*[[Manila Street]] - unknown
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*[[Mason Street]] - unknown
*[[Mason Street]] - unknown
*[[Massie Road]] - unknown
*[[Massie Road]] - unknown
*[[Maury Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Maury Avenue]] - likely [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Fontaine_Maury Matthew Fontaine Maury], Confederate naval officer, oceanographer, and ardent colonialist
*[[Maywood Lane]] - unknown
*[[Maywood Lane]] - unknown
*[[Mcelroy Drive]] - unknown
*[[Mcelroy Drive]] - unknown
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*[[Mulberry Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Mulberry Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Myrtle Street]] - unknown
*[[Myrtle Street]] - unknown
==(N)==
*[[Nalle Street]] - unknown
*[[Nalle Street]] - unknown
*[[Nassau Street]] - unknown
*[[Nassau Street]] - unknown
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*[[Old Fifth Circle]] - unknown
*[[Old Fifth Circle]] - unknown
*[[Old Lynchburg Road]] - unknown
*[[Old Lynchburg Road]] - unknown
*[[Old Preston Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Old Preston Avenue]] - previously connected to Preston Avenue, named for [[Thomas L. Preston]]
*[[Olinda Drive]] - unknown
*[[Olinda Drive]] - unknown
*[[Orange Street]] - unknown
*[[Orange Street]] - unknown
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*[[Oxford Road]] - unknown
*[[Oxford Road]] - unknown


==(P-T) Page Street thru Twyman Road==
==(P)==


*[[Page Street]] - unknown
*[[Page Street]] - unknown
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*[[Paton Street]] - unknown
*[[Paton Street]] - unknown
*[[Peartree Lane]]
*[[Peartree Lane]]
*[[Pen Park Road]] - unknown
*[[Pen Park Road]] - [[Pen Park estate]]; also ''Penn Park'' (ca. 1914)
 
[[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. ]]
 
*[[Penick Court]] - unknown
*[[Penick Court]] - unknown
*[[Pepsi Place]] - unknown
*[[Pepsi Place]] - unknown
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*[[Poplar Street]] - presumably the tree
*[[Poplar Street]] - presumably the tree
*[[Porter Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Porter Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Preston Avenue]] – [[Thomas L. Preston]] (CSA), professor and member of the Board of Visitors at the University of Virginia.  
*[[Preston Avenue]] – currently [[Asalie Minor Preston]], renamed for her in 2019. Formerly, [[Thomas L. Preston]], whose plantation was in the vicinity of the street, and who was a slaveholder, Confederate officer, professor and member of the Board of Visitors at the University of Virginia.  
*[[Preston Place]] - Colonel [[Thomas L. Preston]]  
*[[Preston Place]] - as formerly with Preston Avenue, also [[Thomas L. Preston]]  
*[[Price Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Price Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Prospect Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Prospect Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Putnam Alley]] - unknown
*[[Putnam Alley]] - unknown
==(Q)==
*[[Quarry Road]] - unknown
*[[Quarry Road]] - unknown
==(R)==
*[[Rainier Road]] - unknown
*[[Rainier Road]] - unknown
*[[Ramp]] - unknown
*[[Raymond Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Raymond Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Raymond Road]] - unknown
*[[Raymond Road]] - unknown
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*[[Run Street]] - unknown
*[[Run Street]] - unknown
*[[Rutledge Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Rutledge Avenue]] - unknown
==(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], who's forces liberated Charlottesville from Confederate control in 1865 and made their camp in the vicinity of the street
*[[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
*[[Slate Place]] - unknown
*[[Slate Place]] - unknown
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*[[Swanson Drive]] - unknown
*[[Swanson Drive]] - unknown
*[[Swift Lane]] - unknown
*[[Swift Lane]] - unknown
*[[Sycamore Street]] - unknown
*[[Sycamore Street]] - botanical name, as with adjacent streets
 
==(T)==
 
*[[Tarleton Drive]] - presumably General [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banastre_Tarleton Banastre Tarleton]
*[[Tarleton Drive]] - presumably General [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banastre_Tarleton Banastre Tarleton]
*[[Taylor Street]] - unknown
*[[Taylor Street]] - unknown
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*[[Twyman Road]] - Twyman family, including [[Fred W. Twyman]]
*[[Twyman Road]] - Twyman family, including [[Fred W. Twyman]]


==(U-Z) University Avenue thru Zan Road==
==(U)==
 
*[[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]]
 
==(V)==


*[[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
*[[Valley Circle]] - Topography
*[[Valley Circle]] - Topography
*[[Valley Road]] - Topography
*[[Valley Road]] - Topography
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*[[Vine Street]]- unknown
*[[Vine Street]]- unknown
*[[Virginia Avenue]]- State of Virginia
*[[Virginia Avenue]]- State of Virginia
==(W)==
*[[W High Street]]- unknown
*[[W High Street]]- unknown
*[[W Jefferson Street]]- [[Thomas Jefferson]]
*[[W Jefferson Street]]- [[Thomas Jefferson]]
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*[[Woodland Drive]] - unknown
*[[Woodland Drive]] - unknown
*[[Woodrow Street]] - unknown
*[[Woodrow Street]] - unknown
==(Y)==
*[[Yorktown Drive]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorktown,_Virginia Yorktown, Virginia] site of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown_(1862) Siege of Yorktown (1862)], the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War
*[[Yorktown Drive]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorktown,_Virginia Yorktown, Virginia] site of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown_(1862) Siege of Yorktown (1862)], the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War
==(Z)==
*[[Zan Road]] – unknown
*[[Zan Road]] – unknown


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==Extinct streets==
==Extinct streets==


*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>
*Alphanso Street ran north from Williams Street to Preston W first east of 10th NW
*Apple Street – West of 601 Ridge Street
*Belmont Street – Rose Hill
 
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>
 
*Williams Street


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List of streets and their namesakes.

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.
  • First – The dividing line between east and west streets, runs north and south from Main to city limits.

Street names in alphabetical order.

(A)

(B)

In 1919, Stewart Fuller live on Booker Street with his parents, Stewart & Alberta Douglas Fuller.

(C)

(D)

(E)

(F)

(G)

(H)

(I)

(J)

(K)

(L)

(M)

(N)

(P)

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.

(Q)

(R)

(S)

(T)

(U)

(V)

(W)

(Y)

(Z)

Street name changes

Extinct streets

  • Alphanso Street ran north from Williams Street to Preston W first east of 10th NW
  • Apple Street – West of 601 Ridge Street
  • Belmont Street – Rose Hill

Loudoun Road (ca. 1964) - (undeveloped street between Lewis Mountain and Thomson roads)[8]

  • Williams Street

References

  1. ↑ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000196692&view=1up&seq=33
  2. ↑ Web. The Cabell Family, University of Virginia Special Collections Library, 2018
  3. ↑ Sheridan R. Barringer, Custer's Gray Rival, (Burlington, NC, 2019), 249.
  4. ↑ http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?query=Roslyn&docId=uva-sc%2Fviu03696.xml&chunk.id=
  5. ↑ https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/104-0136/
  6. ↑ http://www.charlottesville.org/community/neighborhood-connection/10th-and-page
  7. ↑ http://www.c-ville.com/Rosey_homecoming/
  8. ↑ https://v3.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2681176/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2681197/3799.5/4438.5/4/1/0

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