Augusta Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Augusta Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Duquesne Heights |
| Origin of name | Augusta R. Shaler |
Augusta Street is named for Augusta R. Shaler, who once owned the land through which the street runs.[1]
Bob Regan includes "Augusta" in a list of streets named for cities, but he gives no further details.[2] He may have been thinking of the city in Georgia or the one in Maine. But there is no evidence of a connection to either of these cities.
References
- ↑ Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 5, plate 14. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-5-atlas-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1890-vol-5
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 65. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
