Minerva Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
This street was first laid out as Mary Street by D. S. Williams in a plan of lots recorded in 1874.[1]
Many Pittsburgh streets were renamed in 1881 to fix duplicates. Mary Street in Bloomfield conflicted with Mary Street in the South Side, so it was changed to Minerva Street.[2] The name is that of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom.[3]
See also
- Mary Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "D. S. Williams plan of subdivisions of lots № 1 and 2 in Wm. Woolslayers plan." Recorded June 2, 1874, Plan Book 3, p. 294. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779264, 3778746. [view source] ds-williams-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1880–1881, 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, Herald Printing Company, Pittsburgh, 1881 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1880-1881-33
- ↑ W. G. Kaufmann. "Names of streets: Pittsburg ransacked creation when doing its christening: Honors for local celebrities: The hard fighters and the noble Indians all taken care of: How other titles originated." Pittsburg Dispatch, Mar. 15, 1891, p. 15. Newspapers.com 76218287. [view source] kaufmann
