Kerr Street
| Kerr Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Elliott |
| Origin of name | Possibly William Kerr |
| Bank Street (until 1881) | |
This street was laid out as Bank Street in the plan of Temperance Village in 1839 or 1847.[1] It appears as Bank Street in maps through 1876.[2][3][4][5]
The South Side boroughs, including Temperanceville, were annexed to the city of Pittsburgh in 1872.[6] In 1881, a Pittsburgh city ordinance established the names of all thoroughfares in the city and fixed duplicates. This ordinance listed this street as Kerr Street.[7] The ordinance did not indicate that it was changing the name from Bank Street, but there was another Bank Street in Lawrenceville (today Bandera Street),[7] so it is likely that the name change was made by this ordinance to fix this duplication.
Bill Toland connected Kerr Street to William Kerr (1809–1853), mayor of Pittsburgh from 1846 to 1847.[8]
See also
- Bank Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Plan of 'Temperance Village': Situated on both sides of the Steubenville Turnpike Road and on the northern side of the Washington Turnpike Road near the Ohio River: Laid off for John B. Warden & John Alexander." Laid out June 1839 and May 1847; recorded June 30, 1847, Plan Book 1, pp. 120–121. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778219. [view source] temperance-village-plan
- ↑ 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
- ↑ S. N. & F. W. Beers. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Smith, Gallup & Hewitt, Philadelphia, 1862. LCCN 2012592151; https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/31783; 1862 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] beers
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 110. 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
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 10–11. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1876. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1876-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; included in the 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1876
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Pittsburgh City 1872 Borough Mergers." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/pittsburgh-city-1872-borough-mergers/. [view source] lgeo-south-side-annexation
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "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
- ↑ Bill Toland. The Morning File. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 15, 2007, p. A-2. Newspapers.com 96650982. [view source] toland
