Lawrence Street

From Pittsburgh Streets
See also 35th Street, part of which was originally named Lawrence Street.
Lawrence Street
Neighborhood Central Lawrenceville
Origin of name Probably James Lawrence
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Summit Street (until 1881)

This street was originally considered part of Summit Street, though the two were never a single continuous street.[1][2] It became Lawrence Street in 1881.[3] It is probably named for James Lawrence (1781–1813), for whom Lawrenceville is named.[4][5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Plan of building lots situate in the Borough of Lawrenceville Allegheny County Penn'a. being laid out for Mrs. Mary Werneburg." Laid out Nov. 10, 1866; recorded Feb. 16, 1867, Plan Book 3, p. 156. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778589. [view source] werneburg-plan
  2. ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 58–59. 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
  3. ↑ "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
  4. ↑ Edward M. McKeever. "Earlier Lawrenceville." Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, vol. 5, no. 4, Oct. 1922, pp. 277–286. https://journals.psu.edu/wph/article/view/1301. [view source] mckeever
  5. ↑ Annie Clark Miller. Early Land Marks and Names of Old Pittsburgh: An Address Delivered Before the Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution at Carnegie Institute, Nov. 30, 1923, p. 43. Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1924. Historic Pittsburgh 00awn8211m; Internet Archive earlylandmarksna00mill. [view source] miller
  6. ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 43. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
  7. ↑ Joann Cantrell and James Wudarczyk. Lawrenceville, p. 7. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, S. C., 2015, ISBN 978-1-4671-2330-3. LCCN 2014958031. [view source] cantrell-wudarczyk
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