Shetland Street
| Shetland Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Larimer |
| Spring Street (until 1881) | |
| Origin of name | Nearby spring |
This street was laid out as Spring Street in 1856 in the subdivision of the farm of William Larimer, Jr.[1] (1809–1875), for whom Larimer Avenue and the neighborhood of Larimer are named.
It appears, unlabeled, in an 1862 map of Allegheny County, which shows a racecourse between this street and Meadow Street.[2] Spring Street is labeled in the 1872 Hopkins atlas.[3] The maps in this atlas also show a small stream beginning nearby, north of the intersection of Spring Street and Park Street (now Paulson Avenue), on the property of Richard Thompson; it flowed from a springhouse through Thompson's property to Negley Run.[3] Presumably this is the spring for which the street was named.
Spring Street was renamed Shetland Street in 1881 to fix the duplication with Spring Alley in the Strip District (today Spring Way).[4]
See also
- Spring Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Plan of the subdivision of the Larimer Farm situated in Collins Township: Surveyed and laid out for Thomas Mellen [sic] Esq." Recorded May 6, 1856, Plan Book 2, p. 84. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778361. [view source] larimer-farm-plan
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 65, 70–71. 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 establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 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 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1881-33
