Bay
Bayou
Camp (military)
Cape
Dalles
Desert
Falls
Fort
Isle
Lake
Mount
Oasis
Pass
Peak
Point
Port
Sea
Strait
Valley
Volcano
b. Names of streets, squares, parks, buildings, etc.
Amsterdam Avenue
Van Buren Street
Independence Square
Lincoln Park
Transportation Building.
The same rule as to capitalization of the generic name holds here as in the preceding section. The usual tendency to drop capitals is at work here and newspapers now write Washington street and Federal building. It is very probable that the capitals will finally be dropped from the generic terms wherever used.
Printers should keep a careful watch on the usage of the best offices so as to keep advised as to the progress of these changes.
c. Nouns, and adjectives derived from them designating recognized geographical divisions of a country or of the world.
East, West, North, South,
Westerner, Oriental.
When these words are used in their ordinary significance of mere direction or location they are not capitalized except that in writing of Biblical history we speak of the Northern Kingdom and the Southern Kingdom into which Solomon’s territory was split after his death.
16. Generic terms for political divisions.
a. When the term is part of the name and directly follows it.