Rhode Island Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Rhode Island Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Ridgemont |
| Origin of name | State of Rhode Island |
| Rhode Island Avenue (until 1910) | |
| Origin of name | State of Rhode Island |
This street was laid out as Rhode Island Avenue in 1888 in the plan of West End Place by Samuel W. Black.[1][2] It is named for the state of Rhode Island.[3]
In 1910, an ordinance establishing the names of all the streets in Pittsburgh listed this street as Rhode Island Street.[4]
References
- ↑ "West End Place: Laid out by Samuel W. Black: 35th Ward, Pittsburg." Laid out Oct. 1888; recorded Dec. 13, 1888, Plan Book 8, pp. 312–313. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780065. [view source] west-end-place-plan
- ↑ Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 5, plate 17. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-5-atlas-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1890-vol-5
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, pp. 65, 73. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of the avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 716. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 359. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 328–381, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 29, 1910, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616256, 86616285, 86616314, 86616333, 86616343), and Apr. 30, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616643, 86616672, 86616694, 86616726, 86616748). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-716
