Bouquet Street

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See also Dawson Street, which was originally part of Bouquet Street.
Bouquet Street
Neighborhoods Central Oakland, North Oakland, West Oakland
Origin of name Henry Bouquet

Bouquet Street is named for Colonel Henry Bouquet (1719–1765), a Swiss soldier in the British Army. He joined General John Forbes (eponym of Forbes Avenue) in his expedition against Fort Duquesne in 1758.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Both the man and the street were formerly spelled Boquet,[12][13][6][14][7] but the original spelling seems to have been Bouquet, as written on the plaque above the entrance of the Fort Pitt Block House, which reads, "A. D. 1764 Coll Bouquet." (The plaque may not date to the original construction of the Block House, but it is mentioned as early as 1804.)[15] See Fort Street for more about the Block House.

Bouquet Street was officially divided into two streets, North Bouquet Street and South Bouquet Street, on either side of Fifth Avenue, by a city ordinance in 1942.[16]

References

  1. ↑ James K. DeLaney. "Spectres of past haunt Pittsburgh's corner signposts: Street names 'pennants of tribute.'" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mar. 30, 1967, [p. 41]. Newspapers.com 88235360. [view source] delaney
  2. ↑ George T. Fleming. "Henry Bouquet has place in history: Street name recalls intrepid soldier who gave block house: Victor at Bushy Run." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Mar. 21, 1915, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85418033. [view source] fleming-bouquet
  3. ↑ George T. Fleming. "Wood's [sic] plan of Pittsburgh: Thomas Vickroy's account of the survey of 1784 and parts taken in city's early life by Craig and Bayard." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Dec. 13, 1914, sec. 2, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85908612. [view source] fleming-woods
  4. ↑ Clifford C. Ham. Marilyn P. Ham, ed. Historic Oakland: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Articles from The Oakland Newspaper: 1989–1995, p. 15. Oakland Planning and Development Corporation, Pittsburgh, 2007. [view source] ham
  5. ↑ Julia Morgan Harding. "Names of Pittsburgh streets: Their historical significance." Pittsburgh Bulletin, Feb. 15, 1893. Reprinted in Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt: Early Names of Pittsburgh Streets, 13th ed., pp. 52–60, Fort Pitt Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1958 (HathiTrust 007074456). [view source] harding
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gilbert Love. "What's in a name? A lot!: Titles of city streets recall persons famed in U. S. history: From Golden Triangle eastward, thoroughfares list great and near great of colonial and revolutionary days." Pittsburgh Press, Feb. 12, 1944, p. 9. Newspapers.com 147946752. [view source] love-titles
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Annie Clark Miller. Early Land Marks and Names of Old Pittsburgh: An Address Delivered Before the Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution at Carnegie Institute, Nov. 30, 1923, pp. 25–26. Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1924. Historic Pittsburgh 00awn8211m; Internet Archive earlylandmarksna00mill. [view source] miller
  8. ↑ 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
  9. ↑ William M. Rimmel. "Street names tell stories." Out of the Past. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb. 28, 1976, Daily Magazine, [p. 17]. Newspapers.com 90063484. [view source] rimmel-street-names
  10. ↑ William M. Rimmel. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mar. 14, 1987, p. 21. Newspapers.com 89379012. [view source] rimmel-1987
  11. ↑ "Street names sketch history of city: Tribute to many pioneers dimmed by time." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 26, 1936, anniversary section IV, p. 16. Newspapers.com 88921069. [view source] street-names
  12. ↑ J. F. Diffenbacher. Map of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Cities. 1895. In J. F. Diffenbacher, J. F. Diffenbacher's Directory of Pittsburg and Allegheny Cities for 1895: Embracing a general directory of residences of citizens, full classified business directory, register of public institutions, benevolent societies and city government; directory of the streets, secret societies, schools and churches, fortieth annual issue, J. F. Diffenbacher, Pittsburgh, 1895 (DonsList.net Pgh1895M; Google Books 8ptIwuAxp1wC; HathiTrust mdp.39015068427627; Historic Pittsburgh 31735055723278). [view source] diffenbacher-1895-map
  13. ↑ Samuel Fahnestock. Fahnestock's Pittsburgh Directory for 1850: Containing the names of the inhabitants of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, & vicinity, their occupation, places of business and dwelling houses; also, a list of the public offices, banks, &c. Geo. Parkin & Co., Pittsburgh, 1850. Historic Pittsburgh 31735055723096; Internet Archive fahnestockspitts00unse; LCCN ltf91000003. [view source] fahnestock
  14. ↑ 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
  15. ↑ Emily M. Weaver. The Fort Pitt Block House, pp. 45–46, 61, 140. History Press, Charleston, S. C., 2013, ISBN 978-1-60949-933-4. [view source] weaver-block-house
  16. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of BARBERRY STREET, between Scorer street and a point 310.0 feet east of Diller avenue, to DILLER PLACE; BOUQUET STREET, between Fifth avenue and O'Hara street, to NORTH BOUQUET STREET, MORRIS STREET, between Colby street and Bear street, to MORRISEY STREET, and WATSON BOULEVARD, between Marshall road and the first intersection of Perrysville avenue, to MARSHALL ROAD, and BOUQUET STREET, between Fifth avenue and Boundary street, to SOUTH BOUQUET STREET." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1942, no. 186. Passed Apr. 27, 1942; approved Apr. 28, 1942. Ordinance Book 52, p. 361. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1942, appendix, p. 154, City Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1942). [view source] ordinance-1942-186
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