Beelen Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
Not to be confused with Beeler Street.
| Beelen Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | West Oakland |
| Origin of name | Anthony Beelen |
Beelen Street is named for Anthony Beelen.[1] The 1815 map of William Darby shows Beelen's house at the location of the modern street.[2]
Fifth Avenue was once called Beelen's Road because it passed by Beelen's homestead.[2][3]
References
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Gazzam's Hill named for pioneer: History of old time Pittsburgh family recalled by landmark: The Craft patent." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Jan. 23, 1916, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85762698. [view source] fleming-gazzam
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wm. Darby. Plan of Pittsburg and Adjacent Country. R. Patterson and W. Darby, Philadelphia, 1815. Historic Pittsburgh DARMAP0197, DARMAP0198. Reproduced in John W. Reps, The Making of Urban America: A History of City Planning in the United States, p. 207, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N. J., 1965 (LCCN 63023414); and in Bruce J. Buvinger, The Origin, Development and Persistence of Street Patterns in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, p. 24. Also reproduced as "Plan von Pittsburg und Umgebungen" in Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Heinrich Luden, ed.), Reise Sr. Hoheit des Herzogs Bernhard zu Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach durch Nord-Amerika in den Jahren 1825 und 1826, vol. II, following p. 200, Wilhelm Hoffmann, Weimar, 1828 (Internet Archive reisesrhoheitdes00bern, reisesrhoheitdes00inbern). [view source] darby
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Story evolved from plate and map: History of progressive decade in early Pittsburgh is brought out: How town looked." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Mar. 5, 1916, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85900461. [view source] fleming-story
