Grace Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Grace Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Mount Washington |
| Railroad Street (until 1875) | |
This street appears in the 1862 map of S. N. and F. W. Beers, which shows that it was the upper portion of the route of a short railroad that led down to Carson Street.[1] In the 1872 Hopkins atlas, it is named Railroad Street.[2]
After the South Side was annexed into the city of Pittsburgh in 1872, this name conflicted with Railroad Street in the Strip District, so the Mount Washington street was renamed Grace Street by a city ordinance in 1875.[3]
See also
- Railroad Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ S. N. & F. W. Beers. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Smith, Gallup & Hewitt, Philadelphia, 1862. LCCN 2012592151; https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/31783; 1862 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] beers
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 107–108. 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 Railroad street from Virginia avenue to Arthur street to Grace street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1875, no. 101. Passed Nov. 1, 1875; approved Nov. 8, 1875. Ordinance Book 4, p. 142. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the Select & Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh for the year 1875, p. 174, Herald Printing Company, Pittsburgh, 1876 (Google Books QblEAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust chi.096598889; Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1875). [view source] ordinance-1875-101
