Eureka Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Eureka Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Allentown, Mount Washington |
| North Street (until 1881) | |
| Origin of name | Its location to the north of South Street (Excelsior Street) |
This street was originally North Street, the sister of South Street (today Excelsior Street). It appears in the 1872 Hopkins atlas.[1] It was renamed Eureka Street in 1881, apparently because of the duplication with North Street in Lawrenceville (which was also renamed by the same ordinance, becoming Foster Street).[2]
Bob Regan includes "Eureka" in his "Streets of Pittsburgh" crossword puzzle, clued as "A cry of scientific discovery; also a town in northwest California."[3] Unfortunately this is just a dictionary definition of the word eureka and gives no information about the origin of the street name.
See also
- North Street, for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 100. 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 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
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, pp. 183–186. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
