Notes:Carson Street
- Source:Frey, p. 80: "Carson Street was the Washington Pike, the main road between Washington, Pa. and Pittsburgh, connecting with the great naitonal [sic] pike (route 40) by a branch road."
- Source:Boehmig
- p. 56: "Originally, it [Carson Street] was called the Washington Pike because it connected Pittsburgh and Washington, Pennsylvania."
- p. 73: "Over a century ago, Carson Street was the Washington Pike, the main road between Pittsburgh and Washington, Pennsylvania, where it connected the great National Pike by a branch road. . . . This was the place where the people who built the iron and steel for America spent their time and their money in the shops and saloons, which supported the community. In 1996, East Carson Street was recognized as a 'Great American Main Street' by the National Main Street Center." Cf. Greentree Road.
Now Then, Pittsburgh has a whole story about this sea captain: [1]. Go through it to understand it and verify the details.
- Compare Source:Bedfords-gift: "The main street, Carson, he named for an old sea captain living in Philadelphia. It has been suggested to me that this Captain Carson was the father of the wife of General James O'Hara, whose maiden name was Mary Carson."
- Source:Miller-chronicles, p. 13: "General James O'Hara's name seems to be on almost every old deed in this locality. He served as an ensign in the British Army, the Coldstream Guards. He was educated in France and came to America about 1772. He married pretty Polly Carson, a social favorite in Philadelphia, and brought her over the mountains in a wagon. . . ."
Source:Ordinance-1851-east-birmingham: ". . . , Fifth or Carson Street, . . ."
Source:Ordinance-1869-east-birmingham: ". . . the Name of Carson street in said Borough to be hereafter Ormsby Avenue"
"East Birmingham Councils—special meeting," Daily Post, 1869-03-15, p. 1 (Newspapers.com 86522618): "The Clerk read an ordinance changing the names of the streets, running north and south from Carson street to the river, commencing with Harmony street as Seventeenth street, and running in regular rotation to McClurg, which will be Twenty-seventh street. ¶ Mr. Feld moved the ordinance be adopted. Pending the adoption of the ordinance, Mr. Ihmsen moved to incorporate the following clause in the same: 'That Carson street between Harmony and McClurg street in said borough be hereafter known as Ormsby avenue.' Agreed to, and the ordinance adopted as amended. ¶ Birmingham and South Pittsburgh it is said will also change the street to the same avenue."
