Cypress Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Cypress Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Bloomfield, Shadyside |
| Second Street (1870s) | |
| Portion | Between Edmond Street and Mathilda Street |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering from Liberty Avenue |
This street was laid out in 1864 in a plan of lots for Robert Wray and Augustus Hoeveler, though that plan did not give it a name.[1] The portion of the street in that plan, between Edmond Street and Mathilda Street, was named Second Street by 1872, because it was the second street from Liberty Avenue.[2] Rebecca Baum's neighboring 1873 plan of lots named it Cypress Street.[3] An 1881 city ordinance established the name Cypress Street for the full length from Edmond Street to Centre Avenue.[4]
See also
- Second Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Plan of building lots situate in Peebles Township: Laid out for Messrs. Wray and Hoevelar [sic]." Laid out May 1864; recorded Oct. 6, 1865, Plan Book 3, pp. 78–79. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778516. [view source] wray-hoeveler-plan
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 54–55. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1872. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1872-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1872
- ↑ "Plan of building lots, situated in the 20th Ward, City of Pittsburgh, laid out for Rebecca Baum." Laid out May 1873; recorded July 29, 1873, Plan Book 5, p. 148. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779163. [view source] rebecca-baum-plan
- ↑ "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
