Blessing Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Blessing Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Polish Hill, Upper Hill |
| Origin of name | Maybe Frank C. S. Blessing |
| Bellefield Avenue (until 1910) | |
| Origin of name | Bellefield, the farm of Neville B. Craig |
This street appears in the 1872 Hopkins atlas as the northern extension of Bellefield Avenue.[1] After the construction of Bigelow Boulevard (then called Grant Boulevard), it was cut off from the rest of Bellefield Avenue in Oakland.[2] It was renamed Blessing Street in 1910.[3] Perhaps the name honors Frank C. S. Blessing (1876–1941), a physician who was the president of Common Council at the time (1909–1911), the last president of that body before the reorganization of City Council in 1911.[4][5][6]
References
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 43. 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
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 1, plate 6. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1904. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1904-volume-1-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1903–1906 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1904-vol-1
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1910, no. 715. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 342. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 312–328, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 19, 1910, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86611990, 86612022), Apr. 20, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612278, 86612297), and Apr. 21, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612601, 86612625). [view source] ordinance-1910-715
- ↑ Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, proceedings of Common Council, p. 2. Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910. Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909. This book has several parts: "Minutes of the proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the years 1909–1910" (index, pp. 1–104; proceedings, pp. 1–389), "Minutes of the proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the years 1909–1910" (index, pp. 1–114; proceedings, pp. 1–468), and an appendix of ordinances and resolutions (index, pp. 1–96; appendix, pp. 1–415). [view source] municipal-record-1909-1910
- ↑ "Obituaries: Friday rites planned for Dr. Blessing: Hazelwood physician was active in political and civic movements." Pittsburgh Press, Aug. 20, 1941, p. 32. Newspapers.com 147341589. [view source] blessing-obit-press
- ↑ "Dr. Frank C. S. Blessing, physician, civic leader." Obituaries. Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Aug. 20, 1941, p. 22. Newspapers.com 524358959. [view source] blessing-obit-sun-telegraph
