Thropp Street
| Thropp Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | East Allegheny |
| Third Alley (until 1896) | |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering north from Ohio Street |
| Tower Street (1896–1910) | |
This street appears as an unlabeled alley in the 1852 map of R. E. McGowin.[1] It was named Third Alley by 1864,[2] and it is so labeled in the 1872 Hopkins atlas.[3] The other numbered alleys in the same sequence were First Alley (now Emlin Street) and Second Alley (now Shawano Street); Second Alley had that name by 1862,[4] which suggests that the other alleys had been numbered by then as well. The streets here were also numbered First, Second, and Third (now Foreland, Suismon, and Tripoli).
In 1896, an Allegheny city ordinance changed the name of Third Alley to Tower Street. This ordinance also mentions the name Tower Alley;[5] it seems likely that this was the originally proposed new name, which was changed to Tower Street by an amendment.
Allegheny was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907.[6] In 1910, a Pittsburgh city ordinance renamed over 900 streets and alleys to fix duplicates; there was already a Tower Street in the Strip District, so the street on the North Side was changed to Thropp Street.[7]
See also
- Third Alley, for other thoroughfares that have had that name
References
- ↑ R. E. McGowin. Map of the Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny and of the Boroughs of South-Pittsburgh, Birmingham, East-Birmingham, Lawrenceville, Duquesne & Manchester etc. Schuchman & Haunlein, Pittsburgh, 1852. https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32269. [view source] mcgowin-1852
- ↑ "Collector's sale of real estate." Pittsburgh Gazette, Oct. 14, 1864, [p. 3]. Newspapers.com 85194896. [view source] collectors-sale
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 79–80. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1872. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1872-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1872
- ↑ "An ordinance to authorize the grading and paving of Second Alley from West to Middle streets." Allegheny city ordinance, 1862. Enacted June 5, 1862. In ordinance book of Allegheny City, 1840–1868, pp. 328/329–329/330 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_97c25faa-af4d-4826-99ba-011d5d2f68e5/). Reprinted in the Pittsburg Daily Dispatch, June 10, 1862, [p. 4] (Historic Pittsburgh 31735070095496), and June 11, [p. 4] (Historic Pittsburgh 31735070095504). [view source] ordinance-1862-allegheny-second-alley-grading-paving
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the city of Allegheny." Allegheny city ordinance, 1896, no. 166. Passed Mar. 19, 1896; approved Mar. 23, 1896. In ordinance book of Allegheny City, 1894–1896, pp. 283–285 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_4333da4c-560e-4f5e-b8ac-ddb9f5821943/). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, Mar. 28, 1896, p. 8 (Newspapers.com 85430174); and in the Pittsburg Press, Mar. 31, 1896, p. 9 (Newspapers.com 141573537), and Apr. 1, [p. 6] (Newspapers.com 141573556). [view source] ordinance-1896-166
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Allegheny City–Pittsburgh City 1907 Consolidation." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/allegheny-city-pittsburgh-city-1907-consolidation/. [view source] lgeo-allegheny-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 715. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 342. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 312–328, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 19, 1910, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86611990, 86612022), Apr. 20, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612278, 86612297), and Apr. 21, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612601, 86612625). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-715
