Emlin Street
| Emlin Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | East Allegheny |
| First Alley (until 1896) | |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering north from Ohio Street |
| Elenora Street (1896–1910) | |
| Emlin Alley (1910) | |
This street appears as an unlabeled alley in the 1852 map of R. E. McGowin.[1] It was named First Alley by 1867,[2] and it is so labeled in the 1872 Hopkins atlas.[3] The other numbered alleys in the same sequence were Second Alley (now Shawano Street) and Third Alley (now Thropp Street); Second Alley had that name by 1862,[4] which suggests that the other alleys had been numbered by then as well. The streets here were also numbered First, Second, and Third (now Foreland, Suismon, and Tripoli).
In 1896, an Allegheny city ordinance changed the name of First Alley to Elenora Street. This ordinance also mentions the name Finley Alley;[5] it may be that this was the originally proposed new name, which was changed to Elenora Street by an amendment.
Allegheny was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907.[6] In 1910, a Pittsburgh city ordinance renamed over 900 streets and alleys to fix duplicates. Apparently it was felt that the name Elenora was too similar to that of Eleanor Street on the South Side, so it was renamed Emlin Alley.[7] However, the very next ordinance, which officially established the names of all streets in the city, named it Emlin Street.[8]
See also
- First Alley, for other thoroughfares that have had that name
References
- ↑ R. E. McGowin. Map of the Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny and of the Boroughs of South-Pittsburgh, Birmingham, East-Birmingham, Lawrenceville, Duquesne & Manchester etc. Schuchman & Haunlein, Pittsburgh, 1852. https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32269. [view source] mcgowin-1852
- ↑ "Fire in Allegheny." Pittsburgh Commercial, Mar. 18, 1867, [p. 4]. Newspapers.com 85263503. [view source] fire-in-allegheny
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 79–80. 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
- ↑ "An ordinance to authorize the grading and paving of Second Alley from West to Middle streets." Allegheny city ordinance, 1862. Enacted June 5, 1862. In ordinance book of Allegheny City, 1840–1868, pp. 328/329–329/330 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_97c25faa-af4d-4826-99ba-011d5d2f68e5/). Reprinted in the Pittsburg Daily Dispatch, June 10, 1862, [p. 4] (Historic Pittsburgh 31735070095496), and June 11, [p. 4] (Historic Pittsburgh 31735070095504). [view source] ordinance-1862-allegheny-second-alley-grading-paving
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the city of Allegheny." Allegheny city ordinance, 1896, no. 166. Passed Mar. 19, 1896; approved Mar. 23, 1896. In ordinance book of Allegheny City, 1894–1896, pp. 283–285 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_4333da4c-560e-4f5e-b8ac-ddb9f5821943/). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, Mar. 28, 1896, p. 8 (Newspapers.com 85430174); and in the Pittsburg Press, Mar. 31, 1896, p. 9 (Newspapers.com 141573537), and Apr. 1, [p. 6] (Newspapers.com 141573556). [view source] ordinance-1896-166
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of the avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 716. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 359. 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. 328–381, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 29, 1910, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616256, 86616285, 86616314, 86616333, 86616343), and Apr. 30, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616643, 86616672, 86616694, 86616726, 86616748). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-716
