Chestnut Street

From Pittsburgh Streets
For other streets that have been named Chestnut Street, see Chestnut Street (disambiguation).
Chestnut Street
Neighborhoods East Allegheny, North Shore, Troy Hill
Origin of name Chestnut tree

George T. Fleming includes Chestnut Street in a list of streets named for trees.[1]

References

  1. George T. Fleming. "History told in Pittsburgh street names: Some commemorative designations have been lost, but others are still in use to recall the story of their selection: Haphazard municipal nomenclature." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Nov. 29, 1914, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85906737. [view source]fleming-history-told