Chesbro Street
| Chesbro Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | North Shore |
| Origin of name | Maybe Jack Chesbro |
| Cherry Street (until 1910) | |
| Origin of name | Cherry tree |
This street was laid out as Cherry Street in 1836 in the plan of lots of G. E. Warner, Jacob Painter, and F. Lorenz. The streets in this plan perpendicular to the Allegheny River were named after trees: the others were Walnut Street (today Warfield Street), Chestnut Street, Sycamore Street (today Heinz Street), and Pine Street (later Pindam Street).[1]
Allegheny City was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907,[2] and in 1910 over 900 streets were renamed to fix duplicates. Cherry Street conflicted with Cherry Alley downtown (today Cherry Way), so it was renamed Chesbro Street.[3]
A 1909 article in the Pittsburgh Post, remarking on some of the new street names that had been proposed, associated the name Chesbro with "the former Pirate twirler,"[4] that is, Jack Chesbro (1874–1931), who pitched for the Pirates from 1899 to 1902.
See also
- Cherry Alley, for other thoroughfares that have had the name Cherry
References
- ↑ "Plan of town lots laid out by the subscriber A. D. 1836 for Messrs Warner, Painter & Lorenz and this is a true copy April 18, 1839: James Sterritt." Laid out 1836; recorded Dec. 29, 1869, Plan Book 1, p. 81. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778779. [view source] warner-painter-lorenz-plan
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Allegheny City–Pittsburgh City 1907 Consolidation." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/allegheny-city-pittsburgh-city-1907-consolidation/. [view source] lgeo-allegheny-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, 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-1909-1910-715
- ↑ "Citizens will be strangers: Hard to locate homes after city streets are renamed." Pittsburgh Post, July 28, 1909, pp. 1–2. Newspapers.com 86422549, 86422563. [view source] citizens-will-be-strangers
