Obregon Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Obregon Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Lower Lawrenceville |
| Origin of name | Modification of O'Brien, its original name |
| O'Brien Street (until 1925) | |
| Origin of name | James O'Brien |
This street was laid out as O'Brien Street in 1860 in a plan of lots that subdivided the estate of William Johnston.[1] It was named for James O'Brien, who owned the land to the southeast of the street.[2][3]
O'Brien Street was renamed Obregon Street in 1925[4] to avoid confusion with O'Brien Way, a very narrow alley downtown that ran from Duquesne Way (today Fort Duquesne Boulevard) to French Street just east of Ninth Street.[5][6] The name Obregon is just a modification of the original name O'Brien.
References
- ↑ "Plan of lots laid out at the instance and request of John Wilkinson administrator of the estate of the late William Johnston deceased: Situate in the Borough of Lawrenceville Allegheny County Pennsylvania." Laid out Mar. 16, 1860; recorded Mar. 30, 1860, Plan Book 2, p. 147. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778417. [view source] wm-johnston-estate-plan
- ↑ R. E. McGowin. Map of the Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny and of the Boroughs of South-Pittsburgh, Birmingham, East-Birmingham, Lawrenceville, Duquesne & Manchester etc. Schuchman & Haunlein, Pittsburgh, 1852. https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32269. [view source] mcgowin-1852
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 51–52. 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
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1925, no. 175. Passed Apr. 20, 1925; approved Apr. 22, 1925. Ordinance Book 36, p. 299. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1925, appendix, pp. 142–146, Kaufman Printing Company, Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books qSb28JpAxN8C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819786; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1925). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 27, 1925, p. 15 (Newspapers.com 88691643), and Apr. 28, [p. 21] (Newspapers.com 88691689). [view source] ordinance-1925-175
- ↑ R. L. Polk & Co. Polk's Pittsburgh City Directory, 1925: Containing an alphabetical list of business firms, corporations followed by their officers, co-partnerships giving names of partners, and private citizens with their occupations, business connections and home address; a directory of all churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, religious and other societies, banks and trust companies, a compendium of the federal government, officers of the state, county and city governments, a street and avenue guide, a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory, vol. LXX. R. L. Polk & Co., Pittsburgh, 1925, p. 113. Historic Pittsburgh 31735056286796. [view source] polk-1925
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 1, plate 4. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1923. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1923-volume-1-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1923-vol-1
