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:'''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]]. | :'''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. | :'''First''' – The dividing line between east and west streets, runs north and south from Main to city limits. | ||
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From the book ''The Code of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia'' (1909) "General Ordinances" chapter:<ref>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.</ref><blockquote>'''Sec. 148. Numbering and naming streets.'''</blockquote><blockquote>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. </blockquote><blockquote>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. </blockquote><blockquote>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. </blockquote><blockquote>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. </blockquote> | |||
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*[[Albemarle Street]] – as with [[Albemarle County]], named for [[Willem van Keppel]], 2nd Earl of Albemarle | *[[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]] | *[[Alderman Road]] – [[Edwin A. Alderman]], first President of the [[University of Virginia]] | ||
[[File:1906 - Edwin Anderson Alderman.JPG|right|none|thumb|Edwin Anderson Alderman, ca. 1906]] | |||
*[[Allen Drive]] – unknown | *[[Allen Drive]] – unknown | ||
*[[Allied Lane]] – possibly Allied Concrete, founded in 1946 and now located near the street | *[[Allied Lane]] – possibly Allied Concrete, founded in 1946 and now located near the street | ||
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*[[Altamont Street]] – toponym meaning "high mountain" | *[[Altamont Street]] – toponym meaning "high mountain" | ||
*[[Altavista Avenue]] – toponym meaning "high viewpoint" | *[[Altavista Avenue]] – toponym meaning "high viewpoint" | ||
*[[Amherst Commons]] – | *[[Amherst Commons]] – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_County,_Virginia Amherst County, Virginia] | ||
*[[Amherst Street]] – | *[[Amherst Street]] – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_County,_Virginia Amherst County, Virginia] | ||
*[[Amstel Avenue]] – unknown | *[[Amstel Avenue]] – unknown | ||
*[[Anderson Street]] – unknown | *[[Anderson Street]] – unknown | ||
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*[[Antoinette Avenue]] – unknown | *[[Antoinette Avenue]] – unknown | ||
*[[Antoinette Court]] – unknown | *[[Antoinette Court]] – unknown | ||
*[[Apple Tree Road]] – | *[[Apple Tree Road]] – botanical name | ||
*[[Arbor Circle]] – | *[[Arbor Circle]] – botanical name | ||
*[[Arlington Boulevard]] – | *[[Arlington Boulevard]] – [[Robert E. Lee]]'s old estate, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_House,_The_Robert_E._Lee_Memorial Arlington House], also known as the Lee-Curtis Mansion, had once been a slave labor-based plantation. | ||
*[[Ashby Place]] – unknown | |||
*[[Augusta Street]] – | *[[Augusta Street]] – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_County,_Virginia Augusta County, Virginia] | ||
*[[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 | *[[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" estate<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> | *[[Azalea Drive]] – "Azalea" estate<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> | ||
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*[[Booker Street]] – possibly [[Booker T. Washington]] or [[Rev. George E. Booker, D.D.]], originally ''Brook Street'' (ca. 1916) | *[[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|thumb | [[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.]] | ||
*[[Brandon Avenue]] – unknown | *[[Brandon Avenue]] – unknown | ||
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*[[Brookwood Lane]] – unknown | *[[Brookwood Lane]] – unknown | ||
*[[Brown Street]] – ''possibly'' Brown family, owners of the [[Rugby (house)|Rugby]] estate in 1875 or the Brown family of Brown's Cove | *[[Brown Street]] – ''possibly'' Brown family, owners of the [[Rugby (house)|Rugby]] estate in 1875 or the Brown family of Brown's Cove | ||
*[[Bruce Avenue]] – | *[[Bruce Avenue]] – ''possibly'' Dr. Philip Alexander Bruce (March 7, 1856 – August 16, 1933), widely known historian, biographer and author. | ||
*[[Brunswick Road]] – unknown | *[[Brunswick Road]] – unknown | ||
*[[Buckingham Road]] – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_County,_Virginia Buckingham County, Virginia] | *[[Buckingham Road]] – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_County,_Virginia Buckingham County, Virginia] | ||
*[[Buckler Drive]] – unknown | *[[Buckler Drive]] – unknown | ||
*[[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]]. | *[[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]]. | ||
*[[Burgess Lane]] – 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) | *[[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 Street]] – unknown | ||
*[[Burnet Way]] – unknown | *[[Burnet Way]] – unknown | ||
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*[[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> | ||
*[[Calhoun Street]] – possibly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun John C. Calhoun] | *[[Calhoun Street]] – possibly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun John C. Calhoun]. Calhoun was political theorist from South Carolina. | ||
*[[Cambridge Circle]] – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge Cambridge, England] | *[[Cambridge Circle]] – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge Cambridge, England] | ||
*[[Camellia Drive]] – botanical name | *[[Camellia Drive]] – botanical name | ||
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*[[Cargil Lane]] – unknown | *[[Cargil Lane]] – unknown | ||
*[[Carl Smith Street]] – Carl W. Smith, a major donor to the [[University of Virginia]] | *[[Carl Smith Street]] – Carl W. Smith, a major donor to the [[University of Virginia]] | ||
*[[Carlton Avenue]] – | *[[Carlton Avenue]] – Carlton plantation, near Monticello | ||
*[[Carlton Road]] – | *[[Carlton Road]] – Carlton plantation, near Monticello; originally extended from present day road up to the foot of [[Monticello Mountain]]. | ||
*[[Caroline Avenue]] – unknown | *[[Caroline Avenue]] – unknown | ||
*[[Carrollton Terrace]] – unknown | *[[Carrollton Terrace]] – unknown | ||
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*[[Cedars Court]] – presumably the tree | *[[Cedars Court]] – presumably the tree | ||
*[[Center Avenue]] – unknown | *[[Center Avenue]] – unknown | ||
[[File: | [[File:Chancellor's Drug Store.JPG|right|none|thumb|Chancellor's Drug Store at [[The Corner]]]] | ||
*[[Charlton Avenue]] – Originally (ca. 1916) | *[[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. | ||
*[[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 | *[[Chelsea Drive]] – unknown | ||
*[[Cherry Avenue]] – botanical name, parallel to Elm and Pine Streets | *[[Cherry Avenue]] – botanical name, parallel to Elm and Pine Streets | ||
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*[[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> | *[[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> | ||
*[[Cottonwood Road]] – presumably the tree | *[[Cottonwood Road]] – presumably the tree | ||
*[[Court Square]] – | |||
*[[Cream Street]] – | [[File:1906 - Court House.JPG|right|thumb|300px|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'']] | ||
*[[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||none|thumb|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 | *[[Cresap Road]] – unknown | ||
*[[Crestmont Avenue]] – unknown | *[[Crestmont Avenue]] – unknown | ||
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*[[Dale Avenue]] - Originally (1895-1916) named Belmont Avenue, renamed to disambiguate from the east side Belmont 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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*[[Dice Street]] – Dice family or specifically Dr. Dice whose house was located in 1877 at the 300 of Dice block south of Garrett Street | *[[Dice Street]] – Dice family or specifically Dr. 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. | *[[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. | ||
[[File:1909 March edition of The Druid.JPG|thumb | [[File:1909 March edition of The Druid.JPG|right|none|thumb|The March 1909 edition of The Druid, the magazine published by the Ancient Order of Druids.]] | ||
*[[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 | *[[Dublin Road]] - ''likely'' Dublin, Ireland | ||
*[[Duke Street]] - likely the Duke family, notably R. T. W. Duke, Sr. and R. T. W. Duke, Jr. | *[[Duke Street]] - likely the Duke family, notably R. T. W. Duke, Sr. and R. T. W. Duke, Jr. | ||
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*[[Earhart Street]] - | *[[Earhart Street]] - Earhart family, notably L. A. Earhart and A. W. Earhart | ||
*[[Early Street]] - the Early family, including John Early (namesake of [[Earlysville]]) or his son, Confederate general and Lost Cause promoter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubal_Early Jubal Early] | *[[Early Street]] - the Early family, including John Early (namesake of [[Earlysville]]) or his son, Confederate general and Lost Cause promoter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubal_Early Jubal Early] | ||
*[[Eastview Street]] - unknown | *[[Eastview Street]] - unknown | ||
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*[[Eric Place]] - unknown | *[[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]]. | *[[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]] - ''likey'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eton,_Berkshire Eton, England] | *[[Eton Road]] - ''likey'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eton,_Berkshire Eton, England] | ||
*[[Evergreen Avenue]] - botanical name | *[[Evergreen Avenue]] - botanical name | ||
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*[[Flint Drive]] - unknown | *[[Flint Drive]] - unknown | ||
*[[Florence Road]] - unknown | *[[Florence Road]] - unknown | ||
*[[Fontaine Avenue]] - likely for William M. Fontaine | *[[Fontaine Avenue]] - likely for William M. Fontaine. He was 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]], Mayor of Charlottesville ([[1972]]-[[1974]]) | *[[Francis Fife Way]] – in honor of [[Francis Fife]], Mayor of Charlottesville ([[1972]]-[[1974]]) | ||
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*[[Gleason Street]] – H. M. Gleason & Sons Feed and Farm Supply Store once located at 126 [[Garrett Street]], 1873-2004. | *[[Gleason Street]] – H. M. Gleason & Sons Feed and Farm Supply Store once located at 126 [[Garrett Street]], 1873-2004. | ||
*[[Glendale Road]] – unknown | *[[Glendale Road]] – unknown | ||
*[[Glenn Court]] – | *[[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. | *[[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]] – possibly | *[[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]] | |||
**[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 | *[[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. | *[[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. | ||
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*[[Greenleaf Lane]] – presumably, a botanical name | *[[Greenleaf Lane]] – presumably, a botanical name | ||
*[[Greenway Road]] – presumably, a botanical name | *[[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]] – unknown | *[[Grimes Place]] – unknown | ||
*[[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 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''. | ||
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[[File:Holiday Inn.JPG|right|none|thumb|(Postcard) Holiday Inn Motel, ca. 1960]] | |||
*[[Hammond Street]] - unknown | *[[Hammond Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Hampton Street]] - '' | *[[Hampton Street]] - ''likely'' Hampton, Virginia. | ||
*[[Hanover Street]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanover_County,_Virginia Hanover County, Virginia] | *[[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 | ||
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*[[Harris Street]] - [[W. D. Harris]] or former mayor [[R. F. Harris]] | *[[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?) and Jacob, who owned and operated Hartman's Mill | *[[Hartmans Mill Road]] – Hartman family, notably Henry (1815–1902?) and Jacob, who owned and operated Hartman's Mill | ||
*[[Hazel Street]] - botanical name | *[[Hazel Street]] - botanical name | ||
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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]] - botanical name | *[[Holly Court]] - botanical name | ||
*[[Holly Drive]] - botanical name | *[[Holly Drive]] - botanical name | ||
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*[[Huntley Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Huntley Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[Hurst Lane]] - unknown | *[[Hurst Lane]] - unknown | ||
*[[Hydraulic Road]] - [[Hydraulic Mills]] | *[[Hydraulic Road]] - [[Hydraulic Mills]] | ||
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*[[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]]. | *[[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]]. | ||
*[[Jeanette Lancaster Way]] - Jeanette Lancaster, former Dean of Nursing at UVA | *[[Jeanette Lancaster Way]] - Jeanette Lancaster, former Dean of Nursing at UVA. | ||
*[[ | * Named for [[Thomas Jefferson]] | ||
*[[Jefferson Park Avenue | **[[Jefferson Street]] | ||
*[[Jefferson Park Circle | **[[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 | ||
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*[[Keystone Place]] - unknown | *[[Keystone Place]] - unknown | ||
*[[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 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]] - ''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 | *[[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. | ||
*[[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]]. | *[[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]] - unknown | *[[Landonia Circle]] - unknown | ||
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*[[E Market Street|Market Street]] - common name for the major street in the middle of a shopping area. | *[[E Market Street|Market Street]] - common name for the major street in the middle of a shopping area. | ||
*[[Merchant Street]] - unknown | *[[Merchant Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Marie Place]] - | *[[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. | *[[E Market Street|Market Street]] - common name for the major street in the middle of a shopping area. | ||
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*[[Megan Court]] - unknown | *[[Megan Court]] - unknown | ||
*[[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] | *[[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]] - | *[[Melissa Place]] - a "first name" street, likely named by the developers of Greenbrier Heights for an acquaintances | ||
*[[Meridian Street]] - unknown | *[[Meridian Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Meriwether Street]] - Meriweather family<ref>http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/lewisandclark/students/projects/homesteads/genealogy/meriwethers.html</ref> | *[[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 family | *[[Michie Drive]] - Michie family | ||
*[[Middlesex Drive]] - unknown | *[[Middlesex Drive]] - unknown | ||
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*[[Ridgecrest Drive]] - toponym | *[[Ridgecrest Drive]] - toponym | ||
*[[Rio Road]] - for leading to [[Rio Mills]] and the [[Rivanna River]] | *[[Rio Road]] - for leading to [[Rio Mills]] and the [[Rivanna River]] | ||
*[[Rivanna Avenue]] - [[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 Court]] - [[Rivanna River]] | ||
*[[River Road]] - [[Rivanna River]] | *[[River Road]] - [[Rivanna River]] | ||
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*[[Riverside Avenue]] - [[Rivanna River]] | *[[Riverside Avenue]] - [[Rivanna River]] | ||
*[[Riverview Avenue]] - [[Rivanna River]] | *[[Riverview Avenue]] - [[Rivanna River]] | ||
*Rives Street - | *Rives Street - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Rives Alexander Rives] | ||
*[[Roades Court]] - unknown | *[[Roades Court]] - unknown | ||
*[[Robertson Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Robertson Avenue]] - unknown | ||
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*[[St Charles Avenue]] - unknown | *[[St Charles Avenue]] - unknown | ||
*[[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 | ||
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*[[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]] - | *[[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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*[[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]] - presumably [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington George Washington], first President of the United States | *[[Washington Avenue]] - ''presumably'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington George Washington], first President of the United States | ||
*[[E Water Street|Water Street]] - unknown | *[[E Water Street|Water Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Waterbury Court]] - | *[[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]] | *[[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 | ||
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[[File:1906-Col. Charles C. Wertenbaker.JPG|thumb|400px| Colonel Wertenbaker was a Civil War veteran, having served in the [[19th Virginia Regiment]]]] | [[File:1906-Col. Charles C. Wertenbaker.JPG|thumb|400px| Colonel Wertenbaker was a Civil War veteran, having served in the [[19th Virginia Regiment]]]] | ||
*[[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. | *[[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 Confederate general [[Thomas L. Rosser]] and [[Elizabeth Winston Rosser]]. | *[[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]]. | ||
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*[[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]]. | ||
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==Street name changes== | ==Street name changes== | ||
* Augusta Road - renamed Rosser Lane. Constructed sometime after 1938, it appeared as | * 33rd Street / Green Street - renamed 1st Street | ||
* 32nd Street / Church Street - renamed 2nd Street East | |||
* 34th Street - renamed North 2nd Street West | |||
* 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> | |||
* Azalea Street - renamed to Manila Street to avoid confusion with nearby Azalea Drive | * Azalea Street - renamed to Manila Street to avoid confusion with nearby Azalea Drive | ||
* Belmont Avenue (Rose Hill) - now Dale Avenue | |||
* Carlton Avenue (Rose Hill) - now Charlton Avenue | |||
*Staunton Avenue - renamed [[Chancellor Street]] after the family | |||
*Whitehall Road - renamed/became Preston Avenue | |||
==Extinct streets== | ==Extinct streets== | ||
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*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, | *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) | *Diggs - removed with the development of Garrett Square (now Friendship Court) (Sanborn Maps) | ||
*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) | *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) | ||
*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> | *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> | ||
*Park Place Avenue – perpendicular to Lee Street, | *Park Place Avenue – perpendicular to Lee Street, removed by Pinn Hall at UVA Medical Center | ||
*Parrot - removed with the development of Garrett Square (now Friendship Court) (Sanborn Maps) | *Parrot - removed with the development of Garrett Square (now Friendship Court) (Sanborn Maps) | ||
*Randall Street – parallel to Lee Street, | *Randall Street – parallel to Lee Street, removed by Pinn Hall at UVA Medical Center | ||
*Williams Street - on Sanborn Maps | *Williams Street - on Sanborn Maps | ||
*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> | *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]] | ||
[[Category:Geography]] | [[Category:Geography]] |
Revision as of 22:40, 22 November 2021
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:[2]
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 – Robert E. Lee's old estate, Arlington House, also known as the Lee-Curtis Mansion, had once been a slave labor-based plantation.
- Ashby Place – unknown
- Augusta Street – Augusta County, Virginia
- 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" estate[3]
(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.[4] Members of the family included a soldier in the Revolutionary war. W. R. Barksdale (1828 - 1912) was in 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[5]
- 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 plantation, near Monticello
- Carlton Road – Carlton plantation, near Monticello; 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.[6]; 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
- 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 – 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 – unknown
- 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.[7]
- 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[8]
- 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.[9]
- Del Mar Drive - unknown
- Delevan Street - unknown
- Dell Lane - unknown
- Dellmead Lane - unknown
- Denice Lane - unknown
- Dice Street – Dice family or specifically Dr. 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 - the Early family, including John Early (namesake of Earlysville) or his son, Confederate general and Lost Cause promoter Jubal Early
- Eastview Street - unknown
- Edge Hill Road - runs along the top of the top of Edge Hill
- Edgewood Ln - unknown
- Elizabeth Avenue - unknown
- Elkhorn Road - unknown
- 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. [10] First street in the city bearing a woman's name.
- Elliott Avenue - unknown
- Elm Street - botanical name, parallel to Pine Street and Cherry Avenue
- Elsom Street - unknown
- Emmet Street / Emmet Street South - likely John Emmet, 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
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- Fairway Avenue - unknown
- 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 - likely for William M. Fontaine. He was 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. Elected professor of Greek at the University of Virginia in 1856, he served as aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. Gilham, and later on that of Gen. J. B. Gordon in the Confederate Army. When the Johns Hopkins University opened in 1876, Gildersleeve was one of five original full professors. An unapologetic defense of slavery during and after the Civil War, he was elected president of the American Philological Association in 1877 and again in 1908 and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters as well as of various learned societies. Father-in-law of Benjamin Tonsler; grandfather of Basil Tonsler and Gildersleeve Tonsler.
- Gillespie Avenue – unknown
- Gleason Street – H. M. Gleason & Sons Feed and Farm Supply Store once located at 126 Garrett Street, 1873-2004.
- 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 Henry (1815–1902?) and Jacob, who owned and operated Hartman's Mill
- Hazel Street - botanical name
- Hedge Street - botanical name
- Hemlock Lane - botanical name
- Henry Avenue - unknown
- Hereford Drive - UVA President and physics professor Frank L. Hereford
- 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 - unknown
- 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 - likely George Frederick Holmes, 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.[11]
- 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 - unknown
- Lane Road - unknown
- Lankford Avenue – Named in honor of 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.
- 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 - the Lewis family of Locust Hill, Albemarle County; including Meriwether Lewis
- 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 House (1858) on Lyons Court.
- Lyons Court Lane - Lyons House (1858) on Lyons Court.
- Lyons Court - 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 from Azalea Street by the Filipino families living there for Manila, the capital of the Philippines[12]
- Maple Street - presumably the tree.
- Market Street - common name for the major street in the middle of a shopping area.
- Merchant Street - unknown
- 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[13]
- Maury Avenue - Maury family, owners of Piedmont plantation; notable members include S. Price Maury, Jesse Lewis Maury, and Reuben Maury
- 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[14]
- 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 [[3]]
- 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.
- 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
(Q)
- 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
- 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 - Located in the Rose Hill Neighborhood and previously named Rose Hill Street. Rose Hill property (William Wirt; Richard Sampson; John H. Craven; Sandidge Home), late 18th century house razed ca. 1933. [15] In 1795, Dr. George Gilmer's daughter Mildred Gilmer, married William Wirt; Dr. Gilmer gave his son-in-law William Wirt part of his Pen Park estate, property which he named Rose Hill.
- Rosser Avenue East - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by Confederate general Thomas L. Rosser in 1883.
- Rosser Avenue West - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by Confederate general Thomas L. Rosser in 1883.
- Rosser Lane - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by Confederate general Thomas L. Rosser in 1883.
- 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
- 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 - unknown
- 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 - unknown
- 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 - unknown
- 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
(T)
- Tarleton Drive - presumably General Banastre Tarleton
- 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
(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)
- 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 - the family of William Wertenbaker. Located in the Wertland Street Historic District.[16]
- 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 - likely Wise County, Virginia and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Wise
- Witton Court - unknown
- Woodfolk Drive - unknown
- Woodland Drive - unknown
- Woodrow Street - unknown
(Y)
- Yorktown Drive - Yorktown, Virginia site of the Siege of Yorktown (1862), the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. Part of a cluster of names pertaining to American history in the Greenbrier neighborhood.
(Z)
- Zan Road – unknown
Street name changes
- 33rd Street / Green Street - renamed 1st Street
- 32nd Street / Church Street - renamed 2nd Street East
- 34th Street - renamed North 2nd Street West
- Augusta Road - renamed Rosser Lane. Constructed sometime after 1938, it appeared as Augusta Rd on the 1950 Census Enumeration Map of Charlottesville.[17]
- Azalea Street - renamed to Manila Street to avoid confusion with nearby Azalea Drive
- Belmont Avenue (Rose Hill) - now Dale Avenue
- Carlton Avenue (Rose Hill) - now Charlton Avenue
- Staunton Avenue - renamed Chancellor Street after the family
- Whitehall Road - renamed/became Preston Avenue
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)
- 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)
- McKee - North from Jefferson to High, first east of 4th N E
- Loudoun Road (ca. 1964) – (undeveloped street between Lewis Mountain and Thomson roads)[18]
- Park Place Avenue – perpendicular to Lee Street, removed by Pinn Hall at UVA Medical Center
- Parrot - removed with the development of Garrett Square (now Friendship Court) (Sanborn Maps)
- Randall Street – parallel to Lee Street, removed by Pinn Hall at UVA Medical Center
- Williams Street - on Sanborn Maps
- Wyndhurst Circle and Wyndhurst Way, ca. 1920; precursors to the present-day Preston Place.[19]
References
- ↑ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000196692&view=1up&seq=33
- ↑ 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.
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- ↑ Web. The Cabell Family, University of Virginia Special Collections Library, 2018
- ↑ https://news.virginia.edu/content/do-you-know-history-your-favorite-corner-spots
- ↑ Sheridan R. Barringer, Custer's Gray Rival, (Burlington, NC, 2019), 249.
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- ↑ https://uvamagazine.org/articles/the_golden_age_of_the_rooming_house_matrons
- ↑ 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>.
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- ↑ 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=
- ↑ https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/104-0136/
- ↑ Web. 1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Virginia (VA) - Charlottesville City - Charlottesville - ED 104-1 to 31, US Census Bureau
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