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m (Rose Hill property limited to farmland use, no evidence of a plantation or estate home; Wirt, Sampson, Craven, etc. lived at Pen Park. e.g., Tufton farm/Monticello)
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*[[Rock Creek Road]] - unknown
*[[Rock Creek Road]] - unknown
*[[Rockland Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Rockland Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Roosevelt Brown Boulevard]] – A two-block stretch of road between [[West Main Street]] and [[Cherry Avenue]] is named in memory of [[Roosevelt Brown | Roosevelt "Rosey" Brown Jr.]], the first African American professional football player from Charlottesville to be named to the NFL Hall of Famean American football player.  
*[[Roosevelt Brown Boulevard]] – A two-block stretch of road between [[West Main Street]] and [[Cherry Avenue]] is named in memory of [[Roosevelt Brown | Roosevelt "Rosie" Brown Jr.]], the first African American professional football player from Charlottesville to be named to the NFL Hall of Fame; an American football player.  
*[[Rosa Terrace]] - unknown
*[[Rosa Terrace]] - unknown
*[[Rose Hill Drive]]- Named after the late 1700's plantation, Rose Hill, once part of the property owned by Dr. George Gilmer of [[Penn Park]]. Gilmer gave his son-in-law [[William Wirt]] the Rose Hill property upon which he built the plantation. Located in the [[Rose Hill]] Neighborhood and previously named Rose Hill Street.
*[[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. <ref>http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?query=Roslyn&docId=uva-sc%2Fviu03696.xml&chunk.id=</ref> In 1795, Dr. [[George Gilmer]]'s daughter Mildred Gilmer, married [[William Wirt]]; Dr. Gilmer gave his 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 General [[Thomas L. Rosser]] (CSA) in 1883.
*[[Rosser Avenue East]] - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by General [[Thomas L. Rosser]] (CSA) in 1883.
*[[Rosser Avenue West]] - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by General [[Thomas L. Rosser]] (CSA) in 1883.
*[[Rosser Avenue West]] - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by General [[Thomas L. Rosser]] (CSA) in 1883.
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*[[Sadler Street]] - unknown
*[[Sadler Street]] - unknown
*[[Seminole Court]] - unknown
*[[Seminole Court]] - unknown
*[[Seminole Trail]] - 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
*[[Shale Place]] - unknown
*[[Shamrock Road]] - unknown
*[[Shamrock Road]] - unknown
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*[[Swift Lane]] - unknown
*[[Swift Lane]] - unknown
*[[Sycamore Street]] - unknown
*[[Sycamore Street]] - unknown
*[[Tarleton Drive]] - unknown
*[[Tarleton Drive]] - presumably General [[Banastre Tarleton]]
*[[Taylor Street]] - unknown
*[[Taylor Street]] - unknown
*[[Thomas Drive]] - unknown
*[[Thomas Drive]] - unknown
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*[[Tripper Court]] - unknown
*[[Tripper Court]] - unknown
*[[Troost Court]] - unknown
*[[Troost Court]] - unknown
*[[Tufton Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Tufton Avenue]] - [[Tufton farm]], one of [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s quarter farms and borders the Monticello plantation.
*[[Tunlaw Place]] - unknown
*[[Tunlaw Place]] - unknown
*[[Twyman Road]] - unknown
*[[Twyman Road]] - Twyman family, including [[Fred W. Twyman]]


==(U-Z) University Avenue thru Zan Road==
==(U-Z) University Avenue thru Zan Road==
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*[[West Street]] - in the neighborhood of [[10th and Page]], was named for [[John West]], a former slave who lived in the 300 block.  He was a barber by trade, but over time made a substantial return from real estate he had acquired. <ref>http://www.charlottesville.org/community/neighborhood-connection/10th-and-page</ref> West Street is named for an African American.<ref>http://www.c-ville.com/Rosey_homecoming/</ref>   
*[[West Street]] - in the neighborhood of [[10th and Page]], was named for [[John West]], a former slave who lived in the 300 block.  He was a barber by trade, but over time made a substantial return from real estate he had acquired. <ref>http://www.charlottesville.org/community/neighborhood-connection/10th-and-page</ref> West Street is named for an African American.<ref>http://www.c-ville.com/Rosey_homecoming/</ref>   
*[[Westerly Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Westerly Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Westview Road]] - presumably for the view across the western portion of the 200-acre property owned by Gen. Thomas L. Rosser (CSA) and [[Elizabeth Winston Rosser]].  
*[[Westview Road]] - presumably for the view across the western portion of the 200-acre property owned by Gen. [[Thomas L. Rosser]] (CSA) and [[Elizabeth Winston Rosser]].  
*[[Westwood Circle]] - unknown
*[[Westwood Circle]] - unknown
*[[Westwood Road]] - unknown
*[[Westwood Road]] - unknown
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*[[Yorktown Drive]] - unknown
*[[Yorktown Drive]] - unknown
*[[Zan Road]] – unknown
*[[Zan Road]] – unknown
 
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==Extinct streets==
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==References==
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Revision as of 00:35, 10 August 2020


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The following is a list of streets and their namesakes.

(A) Ackley Lane thru Azalea Drive

(B) Bailey Road thru Burnley Avenue

(C) Cabell Avenue thru Cynthianna Avenue

(D-G) Dairy Road to Grover Court

(H-L) Hammond Street thru Lyons Court

(M-O) Madison Avenue thru Oxford Road

(P-T) Page Street thru Twyman Road

(U-Z) University Avenue thru Zan Road

Street name changes

Extinct streets

References

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