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*[[Bing Lane]] - the cherry varietal; intersecting with Rainier Road (another cherry varietal)
*[[Bing Lane]] - the cherry varietal; intersecting with Rainier Road (another cherry varietal)
*[[Bingler Street]] - unknown
*[[Bingler Street]] - unknown
*[[Birdwood Court]] - [[Birdwood Estate]]
*[[Birdwood Court]] and [[Birdwood Road]] - [[Birdwood Estate]], owned by the Garth family
*[[Birdwood Road]] - [[Birdwood Estate]]
*[[Bland Circle]] - likely the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bland_(burgess) Bland] family, a "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Families_of_Virginia First Family of Virginia]"
*[[Bland Circle]] - likely the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bland_(burgess) Bland] family, a "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Families_of_Virginia First Family of Virginia]"
*[[Blenheim Avenue]] -  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blenheim_Palace Blenheim Palace] in England, of many English place names used by the developer of Belmont, [[Bartlett Bolling]]
*[[Blenheim Avenue]] -  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blenheim_Palace Blenheim Palace] in England, of many English place names used by the developer of Belmont, [[Bartlett Bolling]]
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*[[Mason Street]] - unknown
*[[Mason Street]] - unknown
*[[Massie Road]] - Massie family of Spring Hill plantation<ref>Woods, E. (1901). ''Albemarle County in Virginia: giving some account of what it was by nature, of what it was made by man, and of some of the men who made it.'' Charlottesville, Va.: The Michie Company, printers. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Albemarle_County_in_Virginia/oX3hxtr5L24C?hl=en</ref>
*[[Massie Road]] - Massie family of Spring Hill plantation<ref>Woods, E. (1901). ''Albemarle County in Virginia: giving some account of what it was by nature, of what it was made by man, and of some of the men who made it.'' Charlottesville, Va.: The Michie Company, printers. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Albemarle_County_in_Virginia/oX3hxtr5L24C?hl=en</ref>
*[[Maury Avenue]] - likely [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Fontaine_Maury Matthew Fontaine Maury], Confederate naval officer, oceanographer, and ardent colonialist
*[[Maury Avenue]] - ''likely'' Maury family, owners of Piedmont plantation; notable members include S. Price Maury, Jesse Lewis Maury, and Reuben Maury
*[[Maywood Lane]] - unknown
*[[Maywood Lane]] - unknown
*McElroy Drive - unknown
*McElroy Drive - unknown

Revision as of 19:44, 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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