Quarry Street
| Quarry Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | South Side Slopes |
| Quarry Run Road (until 1887) | |
| Origin of name | Stream named Quarry Run |
Quarry Street appears in the 1872 Hopkins atlas, running mostly along the course of modern Saber Way to South 21st Street.[1] The northern end had appeared earlier, unlabeled, at the bottom edge of R. E. McGowin's 1852 map.[2]
The South Side was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1872.[3] Pittsburgh already had a Quarry Street in the Strip District, so in 1873 it was proposed to rename Quarry Street in the South Side to Quality Street.[4][5] However, nothing was ever done with this proposal, and by the time duplicate street names were finally fixed in 1881, Quarry Street in the Strip District had disappeared, covered by the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad, making the issue moot. The 1881 ordinance that established the names of all streets in Pittsburgh listed "Quarry street, from South Twenty-first street to South Eighteenth street, Twenty-seventh ward."[6]
The 1882 Hopkins atlas labels it Quarry Run Road.[7] The 1872 atlas shows that the road ran alongside a stream,[1] presumably named Quarry Run.
Quarry Street was officially opened in 1887 by a city ordinance that acknowledged the former name Quarry Run Road.[8]
Bob Regan includes "Quarry" in his "Streets of Pittsburgh" crossword puzzle, clued as "A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate."[9] Unfortunately this is just a dictionary definition of the word quarry and gives no particular information about the origin of the street name.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 116. 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Pittsburgh City 1872 Borough Mergers." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/pittsburgh-city-1872-borough-mergers/. [view source] lgeo-south-side-annexation
- ↑ "Street nomenclature: The changes proposed by the committee." Pittsburgh Commercial, Dec. 30, 1873, [p. 4]. Newspapers.com 85549642. [view source] street-nomenclature
- ↑ "Notice—the following ordinances relative to Street Improvements is [sic] published for information, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 of an Act of Assembly, entitled 'a further Supplement to an act entitled an act concerning Streets and Sewers in the City of Pittsburgh,' approved March 20th, 1873." Pittsburgh Gazette, Jan. 5, 1874, [p. 4]. Newspapers.com 86344686. [view source] ordinances-relative-to-street-improvements
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1880–1881, no. 33. Passed Feb. 28, 1881; approved Mar. 4, 1881. Ordinance Book 5, p. 212. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1880, pp. 213–234, Herald Printing Company, Pittsburgh, 1881 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1880-1881-33
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 25. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1882
- ↑ "An ordinance authorizing the opening of Quarry street, formerly known as Quarry Run Road, from South Twenty-first street to South Eighteenth street extension." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1887–1888, no. 148. Passed Nov. 28, 1887; approved Dec. 9, 1887. Ordinance Book 6, p. 253. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1887–8, p. 396, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1887–1888 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1887) and Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1887–8, p. 298, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1887–1888 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1887). [view source] ordinance-1887-1888-148
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, pp. 183–186. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
