Connecticut Avenue

From Pittsburgh Streets
Connecticut Avenue
Neighborhood Beechview
Origin of name State of Connecticut

Connecticut Avenue appears in the 1917 Hopkins atlas.[1] It is named for the state of Connecticut.[2]

References

  1. Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 7, plate 11. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1917, revised 1928. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1917-volume-7-plat-book-pittsburgh-south-side-southern; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source]hopkins-1917-vol-7
  2. Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 73. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source]regan