Cayuga Street
| Cayuga Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Lower Lawrenceville |
| Origin of name | Cayuga people |
| Chestnut Street (until 1881) | |
| Cayugo Street (1881–1910) | |
This street ran from the intersection of Liberty Avenue and Main Street down to Neville Street in Skunk Hollow, not quite directly underneath the Bloomfield Bridge.[1] It was laid out as Chestnut Street in the 1850s by William Woolslayer.[2]
In 1881 a city ordinance renamed many streets to fix duplicates. Pittsburgh had eight streets and alleys named Chestnut, so this street was renamed Cayugo Street.[3] This may have been an error, or it may have been an alternative spelling of Cayuga. In any case, the spelling was re-established as Cayuga Street by another ordinance in 1910.[4]
This street is named for the Cayuga people.[5] The homeland of the Cayugas, a member of the Iroquois Six Nations, is around Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region of New York state, and today they also have significant numbers in Ontario and Oklahoma. The name in English comes from the Cayuga name for themselves, kayohkhó:nǫ' or kayokhwęhó:nǫ'.[6]
Most of Cayuga Street was vacated in 1951.[7] Officially a small stub still exists at the bottom of Skunk Hollow, intersecting Lorigan Street.[8]
See also
- Chestnut Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 3, plate 2. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1924. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1924-volume-3-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1924-vol-3
- ↑ "Wm. Woolslayer's plan of Bloomfield." Laid out Oct. 1850 and Dec. 1855; recorded Mar. 11, 1874 and Apr. 14, 1874, Plan Book 5, pp. 238–239. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779228, 3779242. [view source] bloomfield-woolslayer-plan-2
- ↑ "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 establishing the names of the avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1910, no. 716. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 359. 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. 328–381, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 29, 1910, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616256, 86616285, 86616314, 86616333, 86616343), and Apr. 30, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616643, 86616672, 86616694, 86616726, 86616748). [view source] ordinance-1910-716
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "History recalled by street names: Stanwix brings to mind many important happenings in the early days of the Western Pennsylvania settlement." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Dec. 6, 1914, sec. 2, p. 8. Newspapers.com 85907599. [view source] fleming-history-recalled
- ↑ William Bright. Native American Placenames of the United States, p. 84. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. [view source] bright
- ↑ "An ordinance vacating Cayuga Street from Ewing Street to Lorigan Street, reserving the right to enter upon a portion of said Cayuga Street after the vacation and providing certain terms and conditions." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1951, no. 188. Passed Apr. 9, 1951; approved Apr. 13, 1951. Ordinance Book 57, p. 273. Reprinted (as bill no. 3181) in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mar. 10, 1951, p. 5 (Newspapers.com 90004560), Mar. 17, p. 13 (Newspapers.com 90004744), and Mar. 24, p. 13 (Newspapers.com 90005349); and in the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Mar. 10, 1951, p. 12 (Newspapers.com 524673411), Mar. 17, p. 12 (Newspapers.com 524300985), and Mar. 24, p. 12 (Newspapers.com 524304282). Reported in the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Apr. 16, 1951, p. 10 (Newspapers.com 524899925); and in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Apr. 17, 1951, p. 21 (Newspapers.com 90006944). [view source] ordinance-1951-188
- ↑ City of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Department of City Planning, GIS Division. https://gis.pittsburghpa.gov/pghmap/. Linked from https://pittsburghpa.gov/innovation-performance/interactive-maps. [view source] pgh-city-planning-map
