Kosciusko Way
| Kosciusko Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | South Side Slopes |
| Origin of name | Tadeusz Kościuszko |
| Kosciusko Alley (until 1914) | |
| Origin of name | Tadeusz Kościuszko |
This alley appears as Kosciusko Alley in the 1890 Hopkins atlas;[1] it became Kosciusko Way in 1914 when a city ordinance changed all alleys to ways.[2] It is named for Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746–1817),[3][4] a Polish military engineer who served as a colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and later became a military leader in Poland.
This alley used to be the road which led into the estate of Oliver H. Ormsby, for whom Mount Oliver is named; his sisters gave their names to Jane Street, Sarah Street, Sidney Street, Mary Street, and Josephine Street.[3] (See Ormsby Street for more about the Ormsby family.) The Ormsby property was later purchased by Joseph Makowiski and John Warzynski, two of the first Polish millworkers to live in that part of the South Side, and this is why Kosciusko Way has a Polish name.[3]
References
- ↑ Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 5, plate 9. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-5-atlas-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1890-vol-5
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the name 'alley' on every thoroughfare in the City of Pittsburgh to 'way.'" Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1914, no. 402. Passed Nov. 10, 1914; approved Nov. 16, 1914. Ordinance Book 26, p. 360. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1914, appendix, p. 226, McClung Printing Co., Pittsburgh (HathiTrust uiug.30112108223899; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1914). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Nov. 23, 1914, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 86505785), and Nov. 24, p. 12 (Newspapers.com 86505809). [view source] ordinance-1914-402
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ruth Ayers. "Do you know this place—?: Ormsby estate on South Side now cluttered with tenements: Old mansion now only part of overcrowded district: Horses once raced where children romp and play now." Pittsburgh Press, Aug. 16, 1934, p. 21. Newspapers.com 146695755. [view source] ayers-do-you-know
- ↑ 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
