Summerlea Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Summerlea Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Shadyside |
| Origin of name | Maybe the Summerlee Iron Works |
| Sewer Street (until 1881) | |
| Origin of name | Maybe because it ran along a stream |
This street originally had the unfortunate name of Sewer Street.[1][2] Perhaps this name referred to the fact that the northern half of the street ran along the route of a small stream.[3]
It was renamed Summerlea Street by a city ordinance in 1881.[2]
The name Summerlea did not appear in Pittsburgh newspapers before the naming of this street, but the similar name Summerlee appeared occasionally in market reports for iron, referring to the Summerlee Iron Works in Scotland. It is possible this is the origin of or inspiration for the street name.
References
- ↑ The Municipal Record: Containing the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, Together with the Ordinances, &c.: With an Index, vol. IV, p. 126. Pittsburgh Daily Gazette, Pittsburgh, 1872. Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1872. [view source] municipal-record-1872
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "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 18. 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
