EAST SALISBURY STREETS
The origins of the names of the streets of East Salisbury as recounted by L. Thomas Parker, Sr. in 1950 in the Salisbury Times.
He recalls that when he moved to Salisbury in 1890 there were only 3 people living in East Salisbury. They were Mrs. Minnie Tyndall, Mrs. Annie Johnson and John Sims.
The names of the streets were so named for the following:
Barclay St. - after Lacy Thoroughgood’s mother-in-law
Lacy Thoroughood was a prominent downtown merchant from
at least 1891. By 1921, there is no mention of Lacy, but the
company was still in business as The Thoroughood Co.
Martin St. - after Martin E. Hastings
There is no mention is the history books of Mr. Hastings.
Baker St. - after J. L. Baker
John L. Baker and his wife, Maria, lived at 313 Baker St.
He worked for the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic R.R.
Charles St. - after Charles Bennett ( Minnie Tyndall’s grandfather)
Naylor St. - after Dr. Robert Naylor (builder of the Hotel Esther)
( Naylor St. was formerly called Williams Row)
Truitt St. - after Sampson P. Truitt ( owned the land east of Truitt St.)
Davis St. - after Edward E. Davis
Brown St. - after Rev. McLain Brown
Two other streets in the Newtown area that were named after the daughters of the original owner of Poplar Hill mansion had previous identities. They are:
E. Isabella St. - formerly known as Ulman Row.
Elizabeth St. - formerly known as Dooty Row
The origins of the names of the streets of East Salisbury as recounted by L. Thomas Parker, Sr. in 1950 in the Salisbury Times.
He recalls that when he moved to Salisbury in 1890 there were only 3 people living in East Salisbury. They were Mrs. Minnie Tyndall, Mrs. Annie Johnson and John Sims.
The names of the streets were so named for the following:
Barclay St. - after Lacy Thoroughgood’s mother-in-law
Lacy Thoroughood was a prominent downtown merchant from
at least 1891. By 1921, there is no mention of Lacy, but the
company was still in business as The Thoroughood Co.
Martin St. - after Martin E. Hastings
There is no mention is the history books of Mr. Hastings.
Baker St. - after J. L. Baker
John L. Baker and his wife, Maria, lived at 313 Baker St.
He worked for the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic R.R.
Charles St. - after Charles Bennett ( Minnie Tyndall’s grandfather)
Naylor St. - after Dr. Robert Naylor (builder of the Hotel Esther)
( Naylor St. was formerly called Williams Row)
Truitt St. - after Sampson P. Truitt ( owned the land east of Truitt St.)
Davis St. - after Edward E. Davis
Brown St. - after Rev. McLain Brown
Two other streets in the Newtown area that were named after the daughters of the original owner of Poplar Hill mansion had previous identities. They are:
E. Isabella St. - formerly known as Ulman Row.
Elizabeth St. - formerly known as Dooty Row
6 comments:
I worked at Fin-Tec on Naylor St for years. It's neat to know where the name came from. It's not the best part of town these days.
Hotel Esther used to be glorious, a real charmer. My wife lived there when she was a little tiny baby.
I love this weekly post. So much history this gentleman is able to pass along to another generation.
Thank you Mr. George. I look forward to next week.
could not agree more with 1115 I look forward to it every week
my how they would be rolling in their graves if they could see the people living in that area now!
Thank you for another great post!Wasn't Hotel Esther a hospital at one time?Its a shame the neighborhood around it has corroded.
The street names in Salisbury tell an interesting story.There are areas where all the streets are named after Presidents,streets named after almost all 50 states,and streets named after the family members of original landowners.
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