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*[[Brookwood Drive]] - unknown
*[[Brookwood Drive]] - unknown
*[[Brookwood Lane]] - unknown
*[[Brookwood Lane]] - unknown
*[[Brown Street]] - unknown
*[[Brown Street]] - ''possibly'' Brown family, owners of the [[Rugby (house)|Rugby]] estate in 1875
*[[Bruce Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Bruce Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Brunswick Road]] - unknown
*[[Brunswick Road]] - unknown
*[[Buckingham Road]] - unknown
*[[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]].
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[[File:1909 March edition of The Druid.JPG|thumb|400px|The March 1909 edition of The Druid, the magazine published by the Ancient Order of Druids.]]
[[File:1909 March edition of The Druid.JPG|thumb|400px|The March 1909 edition of The Druid, the magazine published by the Ancient Order of Druids.]]


*[[Dublin Road]] - unknown
*[[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.  
*[[Dunova Court]] - unknown
*[[Dunova Court]] - unknown
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*[[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.  
*[[Graves Street]] - Lewis W. Graves, developer of the Graves Addition area of Belmont
*[[Graves Street]] and [[Little Graves Street]] - Lewis W. Graves, developer of the Graves Addition area of Belmont
*[[Green Street]] - unknown
*[[Green Street]] - unknown
*[[Greenbrier Drive]] - presumably, a botanical name
*[[Greenbrier Drive]] - presumably, a botanical name
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*[[Hammond Street]] - unknown
*[[Hammond Street]] - unknown
*Hampton Street - likely [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Hampton_III Wade Hampton III] (Confederate officer and white supremacist from South Carolina), given the development of the Belmont subdivision by Confederate [[Bartlett Bolling]]; less likely to be after Hampton, Virginia.  
*Hampton Street - ''possibly'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Hampton_III Wade Hampton III] (Confederate officer and white supremacist from South Carolina), given the development of the Belmont subdivision by Confederate [[Bartlett Bolling]]; less likely to be after Hampton, Virginia.  
*[[Hanover Street]] - unknown  
*[[Hanover Street]] - unknown  
*[[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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*[[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
*[[Hedge Street]] - unknown
*[[Hedge Street]] - botanical name
*[[Hemlock Lane]] - unknown
*[[Hemlock Lane]] - botanical name
*[[Henry Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Henry Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Hereford Drive]] - UVA President and physics professor Frank L. Hereford
*[[Hereford Drive]] - UVA President and physics professor Frank L. Hereford
*[[Herndon Road]] - unknown
*[[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]].
*[[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]].
*[[E High Street|High Street]] - common name for the major street in the middle of a shopping area.
*[[E High Street|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
*[[Highland Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Hill Street]] - unknown
*[[Hill Street]] - unknown
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*[[Jefferson Park Circle]] - [[Thomas Jefferson]]
*[[Jefferson Park Circle]] - [[Thomas Jefferson]]
*[[John Street]] - unknown
*[[John Street]] - unknown
*[[John W 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 its construction
*[[John W Warner Parkway|John W. 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 its construction
*[[Jones Street]] - unknown
*[[Jones Street]] - unknown


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*[[Kensington Avenue]] - 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
*[[Kent Road]] and Kent Terrace - ''likely'' Charles William Kent, professor of English at UVA during the 19th and early 20th century
*[[Kenwood Circle]] - unknown
*[[Kenwood Circle]] and [[Kenwood Lane]] - ''likely'' the Kenwood estates south of Monticello
*[[Kenwood Lane]] - unknown
*[[Kerry Lane]] - unknown
*[[Kerry Lane]] - unknown
*[[Keystone Place]] - unknown
*[[Keystone Place]] - unknown
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*[[Lafayette Street]] - unknown
*[[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
*[[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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*[[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. [[File:1906 - W.A. Lankford.JPG|right|thumb|400px|W. A. Lankford, ca. 1906]]
*[[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. [[File:1906 - W.A. Lankford.JPG|right|thumb|400px|W. A. Lankford, ca. 1906]]
*[[Latrobe Court]] - unknown
*[[Latrobe Court]] - unknown
*[[Laurel Circle]] - 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.
*[[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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee Robert E. Lee]
*[[Lee Street]] - presumably, Confederate general [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee Robert E. Lee]
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*[[Lester Drive]] - unknown
*[[Lester Drive]] - unknown
*[[Levy Avenue]] - Levy family, including [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uriah_P._Levy Uriah P. Levy] who purchased Monticello from the Jefferson/Randolph family and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Monroe_Levy Jefferson Monroe Levy] who was a property owner in the vicinity of the street
*[[Levy Avenue]] - Levy family, including [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uriah_P._Levy Uriah P. Levy] who purchased Monticello from the Jefferson/Randolph family and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Monroe_Levy Jefferson Monroe Levy] who was a property owner in the vicinity of the street
*[[Lewis Mountain Circle]] - unknown
*[[Lewis Mountain Circle]], [[Lewis Mountain Road]], and [[Lewis Street]] - the Lewis family of Locust Hill, Albemarle County; including Meriwether Lewis
*[[Lewis Mountain Road]] - unknown
*[[Lewis Street]] - unknown
*[[Lexington Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Lexington Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Lide Place]] - unknown
*[[Lide Place]] - unknown
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*[[Linden Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Linden Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Linden Street]] - unknown
*[[Linden Street]] - unknown
*[[Little Graves Street]] - Lewis W. Graves, developer of the Graves Addition area of Belmont
*[[Lochlyn Hill Drive]] - unknown, thought Lochlyn Mills existed in the area
*[[Little High Street]] - unknown
*[[Lochlyn Hill Drive]] - unknown
*[[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 (house)|Locust Grove]]'s Greek-Revival main house still stands at 810 [[Locust Avenue]].
*[[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 (house)|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 Court]] - derived from the “[[Locust Grove]]” estate and its main house [[Locust Grove (house)]]
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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'' Maury family, owners of Piedmont plantation; notable members include S. Price Maury, Jesse Lewis Maury, and Reuben Maury
*[[Maury Avenue]] - 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
*[[Mcintire Park Drive|McIntire Park Drive]] - [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]], who donated 92 acres for the adjacent park
*[[Mcintire Park Drive|McIntire Park Drive]] - [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]], who donated 92 acres for the adjacent park
*[[Mcintire Road|McIntire Road]] – [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]]
*[[Mcintire Road|McIntire Road]] – [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]]
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*[[Somesso Court]] - unknown
*[[Somesso Court]] - unknown
*[[Sonoma Street]] - unknown
*[[Sonoma Street]] - unknown
*[[E South Street|South Street]] - common name for the major street in the middle of a shopping area.
*[[E South Street|South Street]] - at one point, the southern-most street amoung the grid of Charlottesville (see 1875 Green Peyton Map)
*[[Spottswood Road]] - unknown
*[[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]].
*[[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]].
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==Maps of Charlottesville Streets or Namesakes==
==Maps of Charlottesville Streets or Namesakes==
=== Town of Charlottesville Map (1818) ===
[[File:Cpl1818.jpg|border]]


=== Green Peyton Map (1875) ===
=== Green Peyton Map (1875) ===

Revision as of 20:35, 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

Town of Charlottesville Map (1818)

Cpl1818.jpg

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)

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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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