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*[[Denice 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  
*[[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]] - unknown. Possibly the Douglas Fir tree as the parallel streets to the east are tree names, or a person or family with the surname Douglas. 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.
*[[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.  
*[[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.  


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*[[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]])
*[[Franklin Street]] - unknown
*[[Franklin Street]] - likely named for the Franklin estate of the Craven family, located just north of the City


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*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>


==Maps==
==Maps of Charlottesville Streets or Namesakes==


[[image:Charlottesville, Virginia - Automobile Blue Book, 1919.JPG|800px|right|Automobile Blue Book, 1919]]
=== Green Peyton Map (1875) ===
Notable on this map are Early, Goodman, Michie, Meadow Brook, Pen Park, Franklin, Moore, Carleton, Monticello, and numerous others.[[File:1875 green peyton map excerpt.jpg]]


=== Massie Map (1907) ===
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=== Sanborn Fire Maps (19??) ===
TBD


=== Automobile Blue Book (1919) ===
[[File:Charlottesville,_Virginia_-_Automobile_Blue_Book,_1919.JPG|800x800px]]
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Revision as of 19:36, 24 October 2020

The following is a list of streets in City of Charlottesville and where there names are derived from.

Guide to streets

The system of numbering the streets is somewhat similar to the Washington plan. Each block represents 100 numbers, whether heading east, west, north or south. The city is divided into four sections.[1]

  • Fifth – South of 500 W Main Street
  • First – North of East Main and East of North First, or Northeast
  • Second – South of East Main and east of South First, or Southeast
  • Third – North of West Main and west of North First, or Northwest
  • Fourth – South from 402 West Main
  • Sixth-and-a-Half – South from 606 Dice
  • Seventh-and-a-Half – South from 620 Dice
  • Main – The dividing line between north and south streets, runs east from First to C & O Lower Depot, and west from First to University.
  • First – The dividing line between east and west streets, runs north and south from Main to city limits.

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

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The March 1909 edition of The Druid, the magazine published by the Ancient Order of Druids.

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Gitchells Studio.JPG

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View of Pen Park Plantation House, ca. 1897. In 1777, Dr. George Gilmer purchased the land and his family owned it until 1800. Originally the estate consisted of four thousand acres; by 1897 all had been sold off save the six hundred acres immediately about the house.
The northern Piedmont is a triangle between Washington, DC, Richmond, and Charlottesville.

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Colonel Wertenbaker was a Civil War veteran, having served in the 19th Virginia Regiment

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Street name changes

  • Augusta Road - renamed Rosser Lane. Constructed sometime after 1938, it appeared as August Rd on the 1950 Census Enumeration Map of Charlottesville.[14]
  • Azalea Street - renamed to Manila Street to avoid confusion with nearby Azalea Drive

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, subsumed by Pinn Hall at UVA Medical Center
  • Belmont Street – Rose Hill
  • Loudoun Road (ca. 1964) – (undeveloped street between Lewis Mountain and Thomson roads)[15]
  • Park Place Avenue – perpendicular to Lee Street, subsumed by Pinn Hall at UVA Medical Center
  • Randall Street – parallel to Lee Street, subsumed by Pinn Hall at UVA Medical Center
  • Williams Street
  • Wyndhurst Circle and Wyndhurst Way, ca. 1920; precursors to the present-day Preston Place.[16]

Maps of Charlottesville Streets or Namesakes

Green Peyton Map (1875)

Notable on this map are Early, Goodman, Michie, Meadow Brook, Pen Park, Franklin, Moore, Carleton, Monticello, and numerous others.1875 green peyton map excerpt.jpg

Massie Map (1907)

TBD

Sanborn Fire Maps (19??)

TBD

Automobile Blue Book (1919)

Charlottesville, Virginia - Automobile Blue Book, 1919.JPG

References

  1. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000196692&view=1up&seq=33
  2. 2.0 2.1 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
  3. Web. The Cabell Family, University of Virginia Special Collections Library, 2018
  4. Sheridan R. Barringer, Custer's Gray Rival, (Burlington, NC, 2019), 249.
  5. Web. Kenneth R. Crispell, 79, Dean And Health Expert on Presidents, New York Times, Aug. 26, 1996, retrieved 2020-10-14.
  6. https://uvamagazine.org/articles/the_golden_age_of_the_rooming_house_matrons
  7. Web. [1]
  8. 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
  9. http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/lewisandclark/students/projects/homesteads/genealogy/meriwethers.html
  10. http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?query=Roslyn&docId=uva-sc%2Fviu03696.xml&chunk.id=
  11. https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/104-0136/
  12. http://www.charlottesville.org/community/neighborhood-connection/10th-and-page
  13. http://www.c-ville.com/Rosey_homecoming/
  14. Web. 1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Virginia (VA) - Charlottesville City - Charlottesville - ED 104-1 to 31, US Census Bureau
  15. https://v3.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2681176/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2681197/3799.5/4438.5/4/1/0
  16. https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/104-0048_Wyndhurst_2018_NR_Summary_Proposed_Relocation.pdf

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