Lincoln Avenue
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Not to be confused with North Lincoln Avenue. For other streets that have been named Lincoln Avenue, see Lincoln Avenue (disambiguation).
| Lincoln Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Homewood North, Homewood West, Larimer, Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar |
| Origin of name | Abraham Lincoln |
| Puckety Road (until 1869) | |
| Origin of name | Pucketa Creek |
Lincoln Avenue was originally Puckety Road, which led to Logan's Ferry at the mouth of Pucketa Creek,[1] for which the road was named.
The East End was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1868.[2] 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 (where Silver Lake Drive is today).[3][4] In June 1869, a city ordinance authorized the opening of Puckety Road as a city street and changed its name to Lincoln Avenue[5] for Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), sixteenth President of the United States.[6][7][8]
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References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "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
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Names recall Civil War heroes: Soldiers of national and local fame well commemorated in Pittsburgh: Battles also live." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, May 30, 1915, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85758872. [view source] fleming-civil-war
- ↑ Gilbert Love. "What's in a name? A lot!: Titles of city streets recall persons famed in U. S. history: From Golden Triangle eastward, thoroughfares list great and near great of colonial and revolutionary days." Pittsburgh Press, Feb. 12, 1944, p. 9. Newspapers.com 147946752. [view source] love-titles
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 63. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
