Muldowney Avenue
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Muldowney Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Lincoln Place |
| Origin of name | Perhaps Michael Joseph Muldowney |
| Haslett Avenue (until 1930) | |
| Origin of name | Edwin C. Haslett |
This avenue was laid out as Haslett Avenue in the 1896 Calhoun Park plan of lots by Mary Lee Tower and Edwin C. Haslett.[1] The same or a very similar plan was recorded again in 1898 as the Lincoln Place plan of lots, this time bearing only Haslett's name.[2]
Lincoln Place was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1929.[3] The following year, Haslett Avenue was renamed Muldowney Avenue to avoid confusion with Hazlett Street in Northview Heights.[4] It may have been named for Michael Joseph Muldowney (1889–1947), a member of Pittsburgh City Council at the time;[5] he went on to represent Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1935.
See also
- Hazlett Street
- 34th Street, part of which was originally named Hazlett Street
References
- ↑ "Calhoun Park plan of lots: Situate in Mifflin Tp. Ally. Co. Pa.: Laid out by Mary Lee Tower & Edwin C. Haslett." Laid out Sept. 1896; recorded Dec. 31, 1896, Plan Book 16, pp. 62–63. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781255. [view source] calhoun-park-plan-1896
- ↑ "Lincoln Place plan of lots: Situate in Mifflin Tw'p Ally. Co. Pa.: Laid out by Edwin C. Haslett." Recorded Apr. 12, 1898, Plan Book 16, pp. 150–152. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781340. [view source] lincoln-place-plan
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Pittsburgh City Ordinance 58." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/pittsburgh-city-ordinance-58/. [view source] lgeo-lincoln-place-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, roads, alleys and ways in the 31st Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (formerly a portion of Mifflin Township)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1930, no. 100. Passed Mar. 24, 1930; approved Mar. 31, 1930. Ordinance Book 42, p. 388. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1930, appendix, pp. 139–141, City Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1930). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Apr. 7, 1930, p. 27 (Newspapers.com 88824970), and Apr. 8, p. 31 (Newspapers.com 88825039). [view source] ordinance-1930-100
- ↑ Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1930, p. 1. City Printing Company, Pittsburgh. Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1930. This book has several parts: index to proceedings, pp. 3–176; proceedings, pp. 1–828; index to appendix, pp. 1–84; and appendix (containing ordinances and resolutions), pp. 1–690. [view source] municipal-record-1930
