Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-04-20
NEW YORK STREETS.
HOW SOME or the OLD ONES
GAINED THEIR NAMES.
Trinity Church Had More to DO With
bestowinE Them Than All Other
Authorities Combined-rhe Reason
broadway killed Hudson street.


the streets in the lower part of old New
York than all other authorities com.
bined To be sure. the quaint burgo-
masters. before the first Trinity church
was built. after hearing the pros and
cons OF landowners. found names for
many streets significant OF certain eS-
tablished facts. for streets and byways
below Maiden lane ON the easterly side
OF the Here STRAIT. afterward changed
TO Great George street. in honor OF
King George. by the authorities OF
Trinity. Then our patriots ignored the
name and called it Bloomingdalc road
and then the Broad way. simplified
into Broadway.
The present Trinity church, at the
head of Wall street. Is the third ctlifce
of that name. the two preceding struc-
lures erected upon the same ground
having been burned. but the first was
one Of the first churches erected fn this
city. and Trinity has always been the
wcalthicSt corporation. patronizcd 10y
the richest and most influential families
FOR ages. The churchwartlcns Of this
ing the streets from the church to
what is now Twentythird street. west
OF Broadway. along the Hudson river
front. because they owned that inn
mense property.
In the olden time Queen Anne Of
England owned what was known "a
the Queens farm. which covered the
land commencing ut St Paul's church
and extending TO what is now Twenty
third street. bounded 10y Broadway on
the east ana the Hudson river on the
west
NeStry street was So STYLED 10y Trim
ity because the church had vcstry i'm
thatsstreet between Hudson and Green
witch streets. Church street was SO
called because il bounded the west
side OF st. Pauls churchyard. Rector
street was honored 10y the residence OF
the rector of Trinity. Barclay and We
sey streets were named after two cler-
gymen OF the church.
Trinity's officers determined that the
main. artery OF the city should run
through its land. and grounded I'm their
belief i'm their ability 10 carry ont their
intention. Hudson street was laid ont.
st. Johns park and many other inn
/ provcments were offered as induce
ments to purchasers Of land. and st
/ Johns chapel was erected and finished
I in 1908. one Of the handsomest pieces
I Of church architecture I'm the city.
/ Trinity counted without an expression
Of the majority OF the people and fail
/ ed in its endeavoT.
Tho nrrofrnnen NJ shsa nltrrr.f, r-,sf,T
the good people. and more 10 spite the
churchwardens than because Broad
way was nearer the center of the city
/ Broadway acquired the preference. and
/ the glory of Hudson street departed.
never TO return.
Ii has been remarked that the streets
laid out by Trinity on the farm are all
/ perfectly straight, while many I'm the
lower part of the city are wonderfully
! crooked. The explanation of this lies
in the fact that scarcely a small hill
/ existed on the farm. while below there
/ crooked lanes and byways. TO say moth
/ ing OF COW paths, were turned into
| streets, which ran in devious ways
around hills, valleys and swamps
| Many streets were named after the
/ through which the ways were laid.
Moore street was originally the line
| Of the first wharf erected in the city.
| Colonel Moore was formerly n large
owner Of the lots when first built upon.
| John street was named after John
Harpending. who resided in Broadway.
and John street when first laid out
| passed through his garden. Cortlandt.
! Dey and Beekman streets were carried
through the property OF the men after
whom they were named Ann street
was named after Ann Beekman VAN
dewater, Roosevelt. Rutgers. Gouver-
neur, Harrison, Lispenard. Bayard. De
Lancey, Rivington and Willett streets
were so designated because they pass
ed through the property OF people bear
ing these names.
Hester street was named after one OF
the Bayard family and Catharine after
Catharine Rutgers Henry street was
named after Il son Of the Rutgers fam
! lily, and Jacob street bounded the ia
/ cob Leisler estate. Frankfort street
was also a boundary Of the same es-
| tate. Leisler was native of Frank
| furt. James street was named after n
member of the De Lancey family, as
was also Oliver street. Batavia lane
was so called because the Roosevelt
estate. through which this street was
run, was called New Batavia.
Division street was originally the d.
vision line between the De Lancey and
Rutgers farms. Leonard street was
named after one of the Lispenards.
and Orchard street was cut through
the orchard OF the De Lancey farm.
Sheriff street was called after Sheriff
Willett, through whose estate it was
carried. Mangin and Goerck streets
were named after the two city survey
ors who laid out the river line.
The first mayor of New York after
the Revolution, true patriot. was
James Duane, who was hOnOred by the
naming of Duane street after him.
Elm, Orange and Mulberry streets
were laid out through public property
in the vicinity of the Collect pond and
owe their names to the peculiaritles
they suggest. Cherry street was origi-
nally run through the road by the
/ cherry trees" and named accordingly.
New York Herald.
RogueS differ little. Each began as q
disobedient son.-Chinese Proverb.