Locust Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
For other streets that have been named Locust Street, see Locust Street (disambiguation).
| Locust Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Bluff |
| Origin of name | Locust tree |
Locust Street appears in the 1830 map of Jean Barbeau and Lewis Keyon, intersecting Chesnut Street (today Chatham Square).[1] This suggests it is named for the locust tree, perhaps the black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) or the honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos), both of which are native to western Pennsylvania.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Jean Barbeau and Lewis Keyon. Map of Pittsburgh and Its Environs. N. B. Molineux, Pittsburgh, 1830. Historic Pittsburgh DARMAP0576; https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36c3ab00-57aa-0136-8f4f-08990f217bc9. [view source] barbeau
- ↑ Charles Fergus. Amelia Hansen, illus. Trees of Pennsylvania and the Northeast, 1st ed., pp. 184–185, 188–190. Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, Penna., 2002, ISBN 978-0-8117-2092-2. LCCN 2002021747. [view source] fergus
- ↑ Stan Tekiela. Trees of Pennsylvania Field Guide, 2nd ed., pp. 252–253, 258–259. Adventure Publications, Cambridge, Minn., 2021, ISBN 978-1-64755-204-6. [view source] tekiela
