Greenleaf Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Greenleaf Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Duquesne Heights |
| Grant Street (until 1881) | |
| Origin of name | Ulysses S. Grant |
A township road in the location of modern Greenleaf Street appears in the 1852 map of R. E. McGowin.[1] At some point it received the name Grant Street for Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), Union general during the American Civil War and eighteenth President of the United States; intersecting streets were named Sherman Street (today Republic Street) and Sheridan Street (today Seward Street), also for Union generals.[2]
The South Side was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1872,[3] after which the name of this street conflicted with Grant Street downtown. In 1881, many streets were renamed to fix such duplications, and this street was changed to Greenleaf Street.[4]
See also
- Bigelow Boulevard, formerly named Grant Boulevard
- Galveston Avenue, originally named Grant Avenue
- Grant Street
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 Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 28. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1882
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Pittsburgh City 1872 Borough Mergers." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/pittsburgh-city-1872-borough-mergers/. [view source] lgeo-south-side-annexation
- ↑ "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
