Appian Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Appian Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Carrick |
| Origin of name | The Appian Way, an ancient Roman road |
| Beech Alley (until 1905) | |
This alley was laid out as Beech Alley in 1898 in the Crailo plan of lots.[1]
It was changed to Appian Way by a Carrick borough ordinance in 1905.[2][3] The name recalls the Appian Way, an ancient Roman road leading from Rome to Brindisi.
In a 1937 column in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Charles F. Danver listed Appian Way among Pittsburgh streets with interesting or unusual names.[4]
See also
- Beech Alley (disambiguation), for other alleys that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Crailo: Plan of lots situate in Baldwin Twp.: Laid out by the Southern Avenue Land Co." Laid out Mar. 1898; recorded June 6, 1899, Plan Book 17, pp. 74–75. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781443. [view source] crailo-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance approving a draft or plan of the roads, streets, lanes, alleys and ways in the Borough of Carrick, heretofore laid out and adopted, and providing that hereafter the said roads, streets, lanes, alleys and ways shall be known and designated by the names shown on said draft or plan." Carrick borough ordinance, no. 15. Passed Feb. 6, 1905; approved Feb. 14, 1905. In Ordinances and Resolutions: The Borough of Carrick, vol. 1, pp. 56–57, 1904–1906 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_8ed25649-e485-4fed-8132-2a200a6967ef/). [view source] ordinance-1905-15
- ↑ Wm. McClurg Donley. Carrick Borough: Situated in Allegheny County Pennsylvania. 1905. Hanging on the wall in the Carrick branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. [view source] carrick-map-1905
- ↑ Charles F. Danver. Pittsburghesque. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 12, 1937, p. 8. Newspapers.com 90316941. [view source] danver-1937
