Mutual Street

Mutual Street
Neighborhood	Sheraden
➤ Golden Street (1869–1880)
➤ 6½ Street (1880 – ca. 1900)
Origin of name	Numbering of streets in the borough of Sheraden
➤ Patterson Street (ca. 1890 – ca. 1900)
Origin of name	Perhaps Andrew Patterson
➤ Madison Street (ca. 1900 – 1908)
Origin of name	James Madison
➤ Walnut Street (ca. 1900 – 1908)

This street was originally Golden Street, laid out in 1869 for N. P. Sawyer as part of the borough of Ashchenaz. This was the "G" street in an alphabetical sequence of street names in Sawyer's plan that went from A to P (see Tybee Street).

In 1880 Ashchenaz was re-subdivided by Andrew Patterson and renamed Sheridan (later spelled Sheraden). In this new plan, the former Golden Street became 6½ Street, because it lay between Sixth Street (today Sutherland Street) and Seventh Street (today Adon Street) on the other side of Chartiers Avenue. See Faust Street for more about Sheraden's formerly numbered streets. By 1905, 6½ Street had been renamed Madison Street, probably for James Madison (1751–1836), fourth President of the United States (1809–1817).

South of Kelvin Street, Mutual Street was originally named Patterson Street, perhaps for Andrew Patterson (though this part of the street was outside the bounds of his original plan of Sheraden). Across Middletown Road from Patterson Street was a street named Walnut Street, and by 1905 Patterson Street had been renamed Walnut Street to match that street.

The borough of Sheraden was annexed to the city of Pittsburgh in 1907. The next year most of its streets were renamed, and both Madison Street and Walnut Street became Mutual Street.

See also

• Humphrey Street, once named 5½ Street
• Eazor Square, originally named 29th ½ Street
• 43rd ½ Street
• 55th ½ Street
• Madison Street and Walnut Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had those names