Dicktom Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Dicktom Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Mount Washington |
| Origin of name | Probably Dick H. Thomas |
Dicktom Way was dedicated in 1925, and the dedication was officially accepted and the alley opened and named by a city ordinance in 1927. This ordinance named 29 people as the owners of the property that was dedicated for the alley, among which was Dick H. Thomas.[1] It seems likely that he is the origin of the name of the alley.
According to the 1927 Polk directory, Thomas owned a drug store on Bailey Avenue and was also the president of the South Hills Printing Company; he lived at 335 Bailey Avenue, with Dicktom Way at the rear of his property.[2] Dick H. Thomas Drugs occupied the wedge of land between Bailey Avenue and William Street, opposite Boggs Avenue.[3]
References
- ↑ "An ordinance accepting the dedication of certain property in the Eighteenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh for public use for highway purposes, opening and naming the same Dicktom way and establishing the grade thereon." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1927, no. 376. Passed May 2, 1927; approved May 5, 1927. Ordinance Book 38, p. 609. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1927, appendix, p. 320, Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books cZfgUddPQR0C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819802; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1927). [view source] ordinance-1927-376
- ↑ R. L. Polk & Co. Polk's Pittsburgh City Directory, 1927: Containing an alphabetical list of business firms, corporations followed by their officers, co-partnerships giving names of partners, and private citizens with their occupations, business connections and home address; a directory of all churches, public and private schools, a compendium of the federal government, officers of the state, county and city governments, a street and avenue guide, a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory, vol. LXXII. R. L. Polk & Co., Pittsburgh, 1927, p. 1987. Historic Pittsburgh 31735056286879. [view source] polk-1927
- ↑ Nancy J. Kimmerle Beck. Mount Washington and Duquesne Heights, p. 31. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, S. C., 2007, ISBN 978-0-7385-4958-3. LCCN 2006935067. [view source] beck
