Streets of the Alphabet District
After rolling out the new website this week the page with this street name information was ghosted. For a decade we use to print out this list of street name attributes for our guests. After COVID paper became less of a thing. A frequently asked question: “Where is the A street?” It is located south of West Burnside in downtown Portland. Many of the number streets in Nob Hill were once names for women.
1891 – Renaming the Alphabet District Streets
- A Street – Ankeny for Captain Alexander P. Ankeny, Riverboat Captain
- B Street – Burnside for David W. Burnside, Portland Merchant
- C Street – Couch for Captain John H. Couch, Sea Captain
- D Street – Davis for Anthony Davis, First Justice of the Peace
- E Street – Everett for Edward Everett, Portland Businessman
- F Street – Flanders for Captain George Flanders, Sea Captain
- G Street – Glisan for Dr. Rodney Glisan, Physician
- H Street – Hoyt for Captain Richard Hoyt, Sea Captain
- I Street – Irving for Captain William Irving, Sea Captain
- J Street – Johnson for A. H. Johnson, Meat Business
- K Street – Kearney for Edward S. Kearney, US Marshal
- L Street – Lovejoy for Asa L. Lovejoy, Lawyer and City Founder
- M Street – Marshall for Captain John Marshall, Boat Captain
- N Street – Northrup for Edward Northrup, Businessman.
- P Street – Pettygrove for Francis Pettygrove, founded city in 1843.
- Q Street – Quimby for L. P. Quimby, early Hotel owner.
- R Street – Raleigh for Patrick Raleigh, early Merchant.
- S Street – Savier for Thomas Savier, early Merchant. (Scott Street in 1891)
- T Street – Thurman for G. William Thurman, Telegraph Co.
- U Street – Upshur for Able P. Upshur, US Secretary of State.
- V Street – Vaughn for George Vaughn, early Merchant
- W Street – Wilson for Dr. Robert B. Wilson, early Physician.
- X Street – Roosevelt for President Theodore Roosevelt
- Y Street – York for the slave of William Clark, an explorer on the Lewis and Clark Expedition street naming made official in 2002
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