Termon Avenue
| Termon Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Brighton Heights |
| Wylie Avenue (until 1893) | |
| Lincoln Avenue (until 1893) | |
| Origin of name | Abraham Lincoln |
| Locust Street (until 1896) | |
| Lacrosse Street (until 1934) | |
This street appears in the 1876 Hopkins atlas as Wylie Avenue east of a bend in the road, which today is the intersection with California Avenue, and Lincoln Avenue west of that bend.[1] These two avenues were together renamed Termon Avenue in 1893.[2]
The 1876 Hopkins map shows that Lincoln Avenue ran west to Walker Avenue (today Wealth Street); past Walker Avenue was a short curved street named Locust Street that led to the bank of the Ohio River at Jacks Run.[1] This street was still labeled Locust Street in the 1890 edition,[3] but an Allegheny city ordinance in 1896, making it part of Termon Avenue, called it Lincoln Avenue.[4] In 1910, three years after Allegheny was annexed to the city of Pittsburgh, an ordinance established its name as Lacrosse Street.[5] It was again made part of Termon Avenue in 1934.[6] This part of the street does not exist today.
See also
- Lincoln Avenue (disambiguation) and Locust Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had those names
- Wylie Avenue on the Hill
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 52. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1876. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1876-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; included in the 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1876
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of Wylie avenue and Lincoln avenue, Eleventh ward, to Termon avenue." Allegheny city ordinance, 1893, no. 48. Passed June 15, 1893; approved June 16, 1893. Reprinted in the Pittsburg Press, June 19, 1893, [p. 10] (Newspapers.com 141534826). [view source] ordinance-1893-48
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Allegheny, vol. 1, plate 20. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-1-plat-book-allegheny; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1890-allegheny-vol-1
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the city of Allegheny." Allegheny city ordinance, 1896, no. 166. Passed Mar. 19, 1896; approved Mar. 23, 1896. Reprinted in the Pittsburg Press, Mar. 31, 1896, p. 9 (Newspapers.com 141573537), and Apr. 1, [p. 6] (Newspapers.com 141573556). [view source] ordinance-1896-166
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of the avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1910, no. 716. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 359. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 328–381, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 29, 1910, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616256, 86616285, 86616314, 86616333, 86616343), and Apr. 30, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616643, 86616672, 86616694, 86616726, 86616748). [view source] ordinance-1910-716
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1934, no. 35. Passed Feb. 5, 1934; approved Feb. 9, 1934. Ordinance Book 45, p. 544. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1934, appendix, p. 23, City Printing Company, Pittsburgh, 1934 (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1934). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb. 14, 1934, p. 19 (Newspapers.com 88903365). [view source] ordinance-1934-35
