The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-25
NEW YORK STREET NAMES.
FORGOTTEN TN OROU0HFAREs, N
OTHERS WIN CHANGED TITLES.
Famous Mon whose Names We're and Are
Borne bv Modern streets-Good Men
Whose Names Are Gone-Gov. Tryon's
Name stu Used-Revolutionary Names.

Name Still Used-Revolutionary Names.
The account Of the New York street names,
and their origins and changes, printed some weeks
ago, did not pretend 10 be complete; it was the
result merely Of a little research into a forgotten
branch OF local history, In the $50 years ot It's
existence New York has been under the control
Of three nations, and under the influence ol many
more: and tbs names and changes Of names Of
its streets show this fact interestingly,
Another installment Of this local history fol.
lows, the streets arranged alphabetically as be-
fors an arrangement that comments itself for
reference, even though historically it has incon-
venieno,s.
PART Ill
Abingdon Square. -willoughby BERTHE, Earl Of
Abingdon, married Charlotte daughter Of Sir
Peter Warren. Upon the division Of Sir
Peters property, a portion Of 1t. some fifty acres
In extent. fell 10 the Earl. and the adjacent high
way assumed his title. Old Abingdon road,
now obsolete, was a pleasant rural crossroad.
which led from Greenwich To the Boston road,
and was known also as Love lane.
Sir Peter had another daughter, Ann, who
ma rried Lieut.. Gen. Charles Fiu Roy, Lord South
amp,on, and SO il came to pass that a roadway
which led from Sir Peters estate at Greenwich
Isay from about present Ganseyoort street 10
what We now call Forty-second street, was named
Fitz Roy road, and another which started from
a point near The end Of the present Ganseyoort
street, and ran in n northeasterly direction TO
Abingdon road, was styled Southampton road.
Vet another daughter Of the Admiral, Susannah.
married Col. William Skinner, and his name was
borne for a time by The modern Christopher street.
This Colonel was the son Of the Rev. W. Skinner.
FIRST rector Of ST. Peters. Perth Amboy. The
latter las in reality a McGregor. but his clan being
prescribed a, home for having supported the Old
Pretender in l7l6. he changed his name to Skinner
why Skinner and came To this country.
.Achter de Parel STRAIT. Til records Of the old
Dutch magistrate for 1875 thus name a line OF
seven houses al the back Of Pearl street. "Ach.
ter is plain Dutch for After" Achter kol,
corrupted to Arthur kohl, Arthur Kill, &c. simply
means the After Bay" the bay next to- the
great Bay Of Newark.
Allen street. formerly First street, was one Of
the several thoruughfares the names Of which
were altered in 1917 in honor Of the naval and
military heroes of the War Of 1872, Commander
William Henry Alien, Of the Argus, was only
20 years Of age when he died In an engagement
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| s,as had spread CONSERVATION throughout com
mercial England. In the course Of thirty days
he captured and destroyed NJ less than twenty
valuable British merchantmen, valued at $1,000,
MO- And still his behavior was such As to win
the esteem even Of his foes, who buried him In
Plymouth England Churchyard with honors.
Amos street. now West Tenth street, was So
called after Richard Amos, in whom, as well as
John Ireland and .\biiah Hammond, Sir Peter
Warren estate became vested.
Arden street. now part Of Morton street, he,
tween Blocker and Bedford Jacob j, Arden,
an old Fly Market butcher, took A prominen,
part among the members Of his craft at the great
Federal procession on July %, ltSS. The
coat ri arms dlspla yed on the butchers standard
on that occasion consisted Of Three hulloCks'
heads, two axes crosswnys, a boar's head and
two garbs supported by an OK and a lamb" with
the motto
"Shin me we'll. skin me neat.
Ana send me aboard the Federal feet
Asylum street, now West Fourth. might well
have been left among us, were 1t only as a graf
flying meuento. Thlte was no public receptacle
in This city At the beg WING Of the present century
for the unfortunate little waits So often abandoned
in tho STREETS by their parents; but on March
Is, 1906, thirteen noble. hearted New York women
uhe widow Of Alexander Hamilton, Mrs. Sarah
hoffman, and Mrs. l'rthune at their head sta rted
the New York Orphan Asylum Society in a small
house in what was then Grcenwich village
Hence the former designation Of this street
Attorney street Certain professions are, 4"
then, selves, held in III repute this wide world over
Thus popular tradition will have 1t that no attorney
ever entered heaven save the astute indIviduh
who beggsi II St Pepr To let him put lust the tp.
Of his nose inside the gates, and, having obtained
his request, worked his why in backward James
de Ihncey's attorney was doubtless = bnlllAn
exception u the general rule, and thus deserved
At the hands Of his client, the honor otnaming
q street on his estate, 1t is a pity that history
should have KEEP, so silent on his identity,
Augustus, Augusta, Charlotte and Georgt
streets, the whilom predecessors ~ city Hal
place. Market and Pike streets. were as closely
associated in their family connection as in ,heil
geographical position. Augustus was the seconc
name Of George H., an English King noted fol
being Cunlike his father capable Of speaking
English. lie was The monarch referred 20 in
the lines on Col, Morns' voyage to England;
"Ys Gods, be kind unto tho worthy Chief;
Conduct him safely, soon TO get relief,
Wnsre sreat Augustus reigns; there may he md
An easie Access, and the soN' reign kind
There may he plead his injured Countries cause.
Rest ire It's klshts, is Liberties and Laws
Now George Ills Queen, Charlotte, being com
memorated in our street names, 1t was but fair
aud loyal that his mother should he, too. IN,
So, when augustus was gathered home. Augustus
Strert'waS made DO dutv,for the Princess Augusta
Of Save Cloths. lie rot est mort, riyr 10 refine
As TO George, the appcllauon. with nr vithou'
the prefix King, was given nj different time,
10 seven different streets, Beekman. Blocker
Hudson, Market, Park. Rose and Spruce. Tn,
motive for such lavish p~rofusion was probably
the sam AS that which prompted Sir " johnson
IN 1855. TO alter the name Of Lake st Sacrmen'
TO Lake George, not only in honor II his Majesty
but to ascertain his undoubtod dominion here.
Barrack street, now Tryon row.--A numbel
Of barracks were built up here at the time Of the
| old French War, rude. single stored log huts
extending Oh the line Of Chambers street. ono
! surrounded by q wall with a gate At each EXTERN
ity. The eastern gate was denominsted Tryon's
Gate in 177l; and "1ryon's row" followed in d ue
course.
It was at this period that Gov. Sir william
Tryon, Bart, arrived here fresh from a seven
years residence in North Carolina, Nher, he mad
himself odiols, says Mrs Lamb, by his stupid
tyranny. He courted the favor Of the landS|
lords and others ~ high rank, drank at their
tables, boosted Of his exploits on the frontiers
| (where he had stained his hands with innocent
blood, listened patiently to the complain of The
| merchants and endeavored TO lull anxiety into
blissful rcpose II looks like another instance