Kentucky Avenue
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Kentucky Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Shadyside |
| Origin of name | State of Kentucky |
| Arabella Street (until 1896) | |
Kentucky Avenue is named for the state of Kentucky.[1][2]
It was originally named Arabella Street.[3] It was renamed Kentucky Avenue by a city ordinance in 1896.[4] Today Arabella Street is a different street, one in Knoxville.
References
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "History told in Pittsburgh street names: Some commemorative designations have been lost, but others are still in use to recall the story of their selection: Haphazard municipal nomenclature." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Nov. 29, 1914, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85906737. [view source] fleming-history-told
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 73. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
- ↑ 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 Arabella street, between Aiken avenue and Festival street, to 'Kentucky avenue.'" Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1896, no. 796. Passed Feb. 28, 1896; approved Mar. 2, 1896. Ordinance Book 11, p. 3. Reprinted in the Pittsburg Press, Mar. 21, 1896, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 141573260). [view source] ordinance-1896-796
