Aurelia Street
| Aurelia Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Shadyside |
| Union Street (until 1881) | |
| Portion | Shady Avenue to Denniston Street |
| Hawkeye Street (1881–1888) | |
| Portion | Shady Avenue to Denniston Street |
Aurelia Street was laid out in 1865 in the partition of George Denniston's estate. None of this original part of Aurelia Street exists today; it extended from Finley Street (today Festival Street) to the edge of the plan, approximately the modern intersection of Aurelia Street and Denniston Street at the entrance to the Village of Shadyside.[1]
Today's Aurelia Street was originally named Union Street.[2][3][4] There was another Union Street downtown (today Graeme Street), so it was renamed Hawkeye Street by a city ordinance in 1881.[5] It was made part of Aurelia Street in 1888.[6]
Willa Cather, who lived in Pittsburgh from 1896 to 1906, used Aurelia Street as the model for Cordelia Street in her short story "Paul's Case": "It was a highly respectable street, where all the houses were alike and where business men of moderate means begot and reared large families of children . . . all of whom were as exactly alike as their homes."[7][8]
See also
- Union Street, for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Plan of the partition of the estate of Geo. Denniston dec'd.: Plan of lots laid in East Liberty in partition of Geo. Denniston's estate in the District Court of Allegheny County at no. 51 April term 1865 by Tho's. Ewing Master, and James Kelly and Moses Phillips Commissoners and sold by Thos. Ewing Esq. Master by order of court." Recorded in Plan Book 3, p. 133. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778504. [view source] geo-denniston-plan
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 18. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1882
- ↑ "Plan of subdivision of the Landwehr property situated in the 20th Ward, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Made for Messrs. Meyers & Baum, executors of the estate of H. B. Landwehr, deceased." Laid out Mar. 1882; recorded May 24, 1882, Plan Book 6, p. 280. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779511. [view source] landwehr-plan
- ↑ "Plan of the subdivision of Rev W. B. McIlvain's property situate in 20th Ward City of Pittsburg." Laid out Sept. 1883; recorded Sept. 28, 1883, Plan Book 7, p. 51. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779611. [view source] mcilvain-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1881, no. 33. Passed Feb. 28, 1881; approved Mar. 4, 1881. Ordinance Book 5, p. 212. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1880, pp. 213–234 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1881-33
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of Hawkeye street, 20th ward, to Aurelia street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1888, no. 19. Passed June 25, 1888; approved June 28, 1888. Ordinance Book 6, p. 405. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1888–9, p. 264, Chas. F. Peck & Son, Pittsburgh, 1888–1889 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecordselect1888) and Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1888–9, p. 290, Chas. F. Peck & Son, Pittsburgh, 1888–1889 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecordcommon1888). [view source] ordinance-1888-19
- ↑ Franklin Toker. Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait, p. 250. Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Penna., 1986, ISBN 0-271-00415-0. LCCN 85-71786. [view source] toker
- ↑ Franklin Toker. Pittsburgh: A New Portrait, p. 295. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8229-4371-6. LCCN 2009022903. [view source] toker-new
