This street was laid out in October 1902 on the Pacific Improvement tract and presumably memorializes Santa Fe Railway manager William George Nevin, a major player in the railroad industry who had passed away in January of that year. (He was only 46.) I say “presumably” because ads for the tract, which began running that Christmas Day, were branded “W.G. Nevin, Real Estate and Insurance”. No one would have assumed that Nevin was selling real estate from beyond the grave; the agent cited in those ads – and thus arguably this street’s real namesake – was William Jr. (1881-1934). Despite his tender age, just 21 years old, newspaper columns indicated that he was managing his late father’s holdings. For a while, anyway: the ads ceased in July 1903 and Junior pursued other avenues, so to speak. For more on father and son, see Gramercy Place.
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