Puckety Road

From Pittsburgh Streets
Puckety Road
Neighborhoods Homewood North, Homewood West, Larimer, Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar
Origin of name Pucketa Creek
Fate Mostly changed to Lincoln Avenue in 1869; part vacated in 1879; rest became Laxton Street

Puckety Road was an old road that ran from the Greensburg Pike (today Penn Avenue) along the routes of modern Lincoln Avenue, Verona Road, Hulton Road, Milltown Road, and Coxcomb Hill Road to Logan's Ferry at the mouth of Pucketa Creek,[1] for which the road was named.

The name Pucketa may come from a Delaware name Pock-a-tes, meaning 'little creek'; it is also written Poketo.[2][3]

"The Puckety road" was mentioned in an 1837 newspaper advertisement seeking the owner of a stray cow.[4] The road appears (but is not labeled) in maps of Allegheny County from 1850 and 1851.[5][6] The 1862 map of S. N. and F. W. Beers most clearly shows the route of Puckety Road within the modern city limits: in particular, the road took a winding course near Silver Lake (where Silver Lake Drive is today) and had a sharp angle at the modern intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Verona Boulevard.[7]

The East End was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1868.[8] In May 1869, the Survey Committee of City Councils visited Puckety Road; they decided that the road should be widened from 33 feet to 50 feet and should be straightened near Silver Lake.[9][10] In June 1869, a city ordinance authorized the opening of Puckety Road as a city street and changed its name to Lincoln Avenue.[11]

The old angle of the road to the north of Silver Lake still remained, however,[12] and kept the name Puckety Road. Part of it was vacated by a city ordinance in 1879.[13] Some of the rest became Charley Alley in George Finley's Lake Home plan of lots in 1882.[14][15] The last part of Puckety Road was renamed Laxton Street in 1922.[16]

References

  1. ↑ John Fulton Stuart Collins, Jr. "Stringtown on the Pike": Tales and History of East Liberty and the East Liberty Valley of Pennsylvania: Its Origin, Early Struggles and the People Who Shaped Its Destiny, Past and Present, Together with Related Stories of Old "Pittsburg" Coincident with the Settlement of "Stringtown," pp. 100–101. East Liberty Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburgh. LCCN 65027412. [view source] stringtown
  2. ↑ George P. Donehoo. A History of the Indian Villages and Place Names in Pennsylvania: With Numerous Historical Notes and References, p. 159. Telegraph Press, Harrisburg, 1928. Internet Archive indianvillagespl0000drge. [view source] donehoo
  3. ↑ William Bright. Native American Placenames of the United States, p. 398. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. [view source] bright
  4. ↑ Archibald Yourd. "Stray cow." Daily Pittsburgh Gazette, Nov. 27, 1837, [p. 3]. Newspapers.com 96045019. [view source] stray-cow-yourd
  5. ↑ E. H. Heastings. Map of the County of Allegheny, Pennsylvania. 1850. Historic Pittsburgh DARMAP0090. [view source] heastings
  6. ↑ Sidney & Neff and S. McRea. Map of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, with the Names of Property-Holders. Philadelphia, 1851. LCCN 2012592150. [view source] sidney-neff
  7. ↑ S. N. & F. W. Beers. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Smith, Gallup & Hewitt, Philadelphia, 1862. LCCN 2012592151; https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/31783; 1862 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] beers
  8. ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Collins Township–Lawrenceville Borough–Liberty Township–Oakland Township–Peebles Township–Pitt Township to Pittsburgh City 1868 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/collins-township-lawrenceville-borough-liberty-township-oakland-township-peebles-township-pitt-township-to-pittsburgh-city-1868-merger/. [view source] lgeo-east-end-annexation
  9. ↑ "New streets: Important action of the Survey Committee of City Councils." Pittsburgh Gazette, May 10, 1869, p. 8. Newspapers.com 86349341. [view source] new-streets
  10. ↑ "New streets and avenues—tour of the Survey Committee." Daily Post (Pittsburgh), May 10, 1869, p. 1. Newspapers.com 86523268. [view source] new-streets-and-avenues
  11. ↑ "An ordinance authorizing the opening the [sic] Puckety Road, from the Frankstown Road to Spring street, and changing the name to Lincoln avenue." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1869. Enacted June 28, 1869. Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Gazette, July 2, 1869, p. 5 (Newspapers.com 86343567), July 3, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 86343613), and July 5, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 86343650). [view source] ordinance-1869-puckety
  12. ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 65. 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
  13. ↑ "An ordinance vacating that portion of the Puckety road lying between Fifth avenue extension and a point nine hundred feet east of the same in the Twenty-first ward." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1878–1879, no. 78. Passed Mar. 17, 1879; effective Apr. 1, 1879. Ordinance Book 5, p. 201. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1878, p. 346, Herald Printing Co., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1878). [view source] ordinance-1878-1879-78
  14. ↑ "George Finley's Lake Home plan of lots: 21st Ward Pittsburg Pa." Laid out Feb. 1882; recorded Nov. 25, 1884, Plan Book 7, p. 117. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779694. [view source] lake-home-plan
  15. ↑ "Dedication of the ground for half of Lyric street, from Lincoln avenue to Dagg alley, and from Lincoln avenue to Charley alley, and Tennis street, from Lincoln avenue to Dagg alley, and Atwell street, from Lincoln avenue to Dagg alley, and Dagg alley from Tennis street to Lyric street, and Charley alley, from Atwell street to Lyric street, 21st ward." Pittsburgh city dedication, 1885–1886, no. 146. Approved Jan. 11, 1886. Ordinance Book 5, p. 397. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1885, p. 286, E. S. Giles, Pittsburgh, 1885–1886 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1885) and Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1885, p. 251, E. S. Giles, Pittsburgh, 1885–1886 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1885). [view source] dedication-1885-1886-146
  16. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1922, no. 333. Passed Sept. 25, 1922; approved Sept. 27, 1922. Ordinance Book 33, p. 597. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1922, appendix, pp. 232–233, Kaufman Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Google Books -UEtAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223972; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1922). [view source] ordinance-1922-333
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