Enoch Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Enoch Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Crawford-Roberts |
| Origin of name | Thomas Enoch |
Enoch Street is mentioned in a sheriff's notice in the Daily Pittsburgh Gazette from 1839.[1] It appears, unlabeled, in R. E. McGowin's 1845 map of Pittsburgh;[2] his 1852 map labels it "Enochs Street."[3]
It is named for Thomas Enoch,[4] who laid out a plan of lots here.[5][6] Enoch was also one of the first aldermen of Pittsburgh.[4]
References
- ↑ A. Bayne. "In the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, No. 39, December Term, 1839: John Sutton, use, vs. Elijah Covington, owner or reputed owner: Sci. Fa. Sur. Mechanic's Lien, No. 4, Dec. Term, 1839." Daily Pittsburgh Gazette, Dec. 18, 1839, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 96009939. [view source] sutton-vs-covington
- ↑ R. E. M'Gowan. Map of Pittsburgh & Vicinity: Designating the portion destroyed by fire, April 10, 1845. J. W. Cook, Pittsburgh, 1845. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pittsburgh_map_1845.jpg. Published in the front matter of J. Heron Foster, A Full Account of the Great Fire at Pittsburgh, on the Tenth Day of April, 1845: With the Individual Losses, and Contributions for Relief, J. W. Cook, Pittsburgh, 1845 (Internet Archive fullaccountofgre00fost) and of O. Ormsby Gregg, Isaac Gregg, and Moses F. Eaton, Pittsburgh, Her Advantageous Position and Great Resources, as a Manufacturing and Commercial City, Embraced in a Notice of Sale of Real Estate, Johnson & Stockton, Pittsburgh, 1845 (Google Books nrJs-DDEN1sC; Historic Pittsburgh 00afu7810m). [view source] mcgowin-1845
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 George T. Fleming. "Growth of city in century is great: Celebration of charter anniversary directs attention to progress made: Noteworthy events." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Mar. 12, 1916, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85766545. [view source] fleming-growth
- ↑ Atlas of Greater Pittsburgh, plate 2. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1910. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1910-atlas-greater-pittsburgh; 1910 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1910
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 1, plate 12. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1923. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1923-volume-1-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1923-vol-1
