Station Street

From Pittsburgh Streets
Station Street
Neighborhood East Liberty
Origin of name East Liberty Station
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Eveline Street (until ca. 1870)
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Rural Street (ca. 1870 – 1927)
Portion West of Highland Avenue
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Coon Street (ca. 1870 – ca. 1875)
Portion East of Highland Avenue
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Rural Street (1928–1968)
Portion West of Highland Avenue
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Penn Circle North (1968–2013)
Portion West of Centre Avenue

This street appears in the 1862 map of S. N. and F. W. Beers as Eveline Street.[1] In the 1872 Hopkins atlas, the portion west of Hiland Avenue (today Highland Avenue) is part of Rural Avenue (today Rural Street), and east of Hiland it is labeled Coon Street.[2] By 1876 it had been renamed Station Street.[3][4][5] The name derives from the fact that it led to the Pennsylvania Railroad's East Liberty Station.[3][5]

Rural Street was briefly made part of Station Street in 1927,[6] but the Negley family and other property owners protested against the change,[7] and it was changed back to Rural Street early the next year.[8]

In 1968, as part of the urban redevelopment plan in East Liberty, several streets were renamed to create Penn Circle; a portion of Station Street, together with part of Rural Street, became Penn Circle North.[9][10] Penn Circle North (including the segment that was formerly part of Rural Street) was changed back to Station Street in 2013.[11][12]

Bob Regan includes "Station" in his "Streets of Pittsburgh" crossword puzzle, clued as "The words 'railroad' or 'gas' usually precede this word."[13] Unfortunately this is just an oblique clue for the word station and gives no particular information about the origin of the street name.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 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
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 73. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1876. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1876-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; included in the 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1876
  4. ↑ "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
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 21. 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
  6. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes, alleys and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1927, no. 205. Passed Mar. 21, 1927; approved Mar. 26, 1927. Ordinance Book 38, p. 408. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1927, appendix, p. 186, Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books cZfgUddPQR0C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819802; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1927). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 1, 1927, p. 18 (Newspapers.com 88713906), and Apr. 2, p. 18 (Newspapers.com 88713926). [view source] ordinance-1927-205
  7. ↑ Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1928, p. 52. Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh. Google Books PwGkOIBtAccC; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819810; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1928. This book has several parts: index to proceedings, pp. 3–133; proceedings, pp. 1–1164; index to appendix, pp. 1–59; and appendix (containing ordinances and resolutions), pp. 1–606. [view source] municipal-record-1928
  8. ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of Station street, in the Eleventh Ward, between North Negley avenue and North Highland avenue, to 'Rural street.'" Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1928, no. 20. Passed Jan. 30, 1928; approved Feb. 2, 1928. Ordinance Book 39, p. 466. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1928, appendix, p. 34, Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books PwGkOIBtAccC; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819810; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1928). [view source] ordinance-1928-20
  9. ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of Rural Street, between North Euclid Avenue and North Highland Avenue, to Penn Circle North; Station Street, between North Highland Avenue and Collins Street, to Penn Circle North; North Euclid Avenue, between Center Avenue and Rural Street, to Penn Circle West; Center Avenue, between North Euclid Avenue and Penn Avenue, to Penn Circle South; Collins Avenue, between Penn Avenue and Station Street, to Penn Circle East; all in the Eighth and Eleventh Wards of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1968, no. 187. Passed Apr. 15, 1968; approved Apr. 22, 1968. Ordinance Book 69, p. 540. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1968, appendix, p. 120, Park Printing, Inc., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1968). [view source] ordinance-1968-187
  10. ↑ "East Liberty opens 'loop road' Monday: Portion of Highland Ave. to be closed with Penn Ave. in business district next." Pittsburgh Press, Apr. 19, 1968, p. 2. Newspapers.com 148899419. [view source] loop-road
  11. ↑ Moriah Balingit. "Council to rename Penn Circle." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Nov. 25, 2013, pp. B-1, B-5. Newspapers.com 96439442, 96439449; https://www.post-gazette.com/local/2013/11/25/Pittsburgh-City-Council-to-consider-Penn-Circle-street-name-changes/stories/201311250149. [view source] balingit
  12. ↑ "Resolution changing the names of various streets in the East Liberty neighborhood as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The names of Penn Circle North, Penn Circle South, Penn Circle East, Penn Circle West, and a portion of Collins Street shall be renamed in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and Addressing." Pittsburgh city resolution, 2013, no. 788. Passed Dec. 10, 2013; effective Dec. 11, 2013. https://pittsburgh.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1524579&GUID=698A7448-BB8B-4AEF-8A45-AA2A09A0DAC7. [view source] resolution-2013-788
  13. ↑ 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
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