Garfield Avenue
From Pittsburgh Streets
See also Berry Street, part of which was originally named Garfield Avenue.
| Garfield Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Central Northside |
| Origin of name | James A. Garfield |
| Coffee Street (until 1883) | |
This street was originally named Coffee Street.[1][2] It was renamed Garfield Avenue by an Allegheny city ordinance in 1883.[3] The name honors President James A. Garfield (1831–1881),[4] who had been assassinated two years before.
See also
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
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs. 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 changing the name of Coffee street to Garfield avenue." Allegheny city ordinance, 1883, no. 42. Passed Oct. 16, 1883; approved Oct. 22, 1883. Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, Oct. 23, 1883, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 85615120), and Oct. 24, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 85615141). [view source] ordinance-1883-42
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 63. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
