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*[[Allied Street]] - 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
*[[Almere Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Altamont Circle]] - common place name, meaning "high mountain"
*[[Altamont Circle]] - toponym meaning "high mountain"
*[[Altamont Street]] - common place name, meaning "high mountain"
*[[Altamont Street]] - toponym meaning "high mountain"
*[[Altavista Avenue]] - common place name, meaning "high viewpoint"
*[[Altavista Avenue]] - toponym meaning "high viewpoint"
*[[Amherst Commons]] - unknown
*[[Amherst Commons]] - unknown
*[[Amherst Street]] - unknown
*[[Amherst Street]] - unknown
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*[[Augusta Street]] - unknown
*[[Augusta Street]] - unknown
*[[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]] - [[Azelia Park]] which consists of 23 acres of level land located off [[Old Lynchburg Road]]
*[[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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*[[Buckingham Road]] - unknown
*[[Buckingham Road]] - unknown
*[[Buckler Drive]] - unknown
*[[Buckler Drive]] - unknown
*[[Bunker Hill Drive]] - unknown
*[[Bunker Hill Drive]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill Battle of Bunker Hill] , an important battle during the American Revolution
*[[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]] - 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
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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]] - estate owned by the Carlton family and extended from present day [[Carlton Road]] up to the foot of [[Monticello Mountain]].
*[[Carlton Avenue]] / Carlton Road - estate owned by the Carlton family and extended from present day [[Carlton Road]] up to the foot of [[Monticello Mountain]].
*[[Carlton Road]] - unknown
*[[Caroline Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Caroline Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Carrollton Terrace]] - unknown
*[[Carrollton Terrace]] - unknown
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*[[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.
*[[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]].  
*[[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]].
*[[Fauquier Road]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Fauquier 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 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
*[[Fendall Terrace]] - same as Fendall Avenue
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*[[Mason Lane]] - unknown
*[[Mason Lane]] - unknown
*[[Mason Street]] - unknown
*[[Mason Street]] - unknown
*[[Massie Road]] - 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>
*[[Maury Avenue]] - likely [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Fontaine_Maury Matthew Fontaine Maury], Confederate naval officer, oceanographer, and ardent colonialist
*[[Maury Avenue]] - likely [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Fontaine_Maury Matthew Fontaine Maury], Confederate naval officer, oceanographer, and ardent colonialist
*[[Maywood Lane]] - unknown
*[[Maywood Lane]] - unknown
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*[[Meadowbrook Road]] - unknown
*[[Meadowbrook Road]] - unknown
*[[Megan Court]] - unknown
*[[Megan Court]] - unknown
*[[Melbourne Park Circle]] - 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]] - unknown
*[[Melissa Place]] - unknown
*[[Melissa Place]] - unknown
*[[Meridian Street]] - unknown
*[[Meridian Street]] - unknown
*[[Meriwether Street]] - unknown
*[[Meriwether Street]] - Meriweather family<ref>http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/lewisandclark/students/projects/homesteads/genealogy/meriwethers.html</ref>
*[[Michael Place]] - unknown
*[[Michael Place]] - unknown
*[[Michie Drive]] - unknown
*[[Michie Drive]] - Michie family
*[[Middlesex Drive]] - unknown
*[[Middlesex Drive]] - unknown
*[[Middleton Lane]] - unknown
*[[Middleton Lane]] - unknown

Revision as of 22:18, 20 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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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

  • Rosser Ln was originally named Augusta Rd. Constructed sometime after 1938, it appeared as August Rd on the 1950 Census Enumeration Map of Charlottesville.[13]

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)[14]
  • 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.[15]

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. 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
  8. http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/lewisandclark/students/projects/homesteads/genealogy/meriwethers.html
  9. http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?query=Roslyn&docId=uva-sc%2Fviu03696.xml&chunk.id=
  10. https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/104-0136/
  11. http://www.charlottesville.org/community/neighborhood-connection/10th-and-page
  12. http://www.c-ville.com/Rosey_homecoming/
  13. Web. 1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Virginia (VA) - Charlottesville City - Charlottesville - ED 104-1 to 31, US Census Bureau
  14. https://v3.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2681176/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2681197/3799.5/4438.5/4/1/0
  15. https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/104-0048_Wyndhurst_2018_NR_Summary_Proposed_Relocation.pdf

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