Summit Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
See also Lawrence Street, which was originally considered part of Summit Street.
| Summit Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Central Lawrenceville |
| Origin of name | At a higher elevation than the main part of Lawrenceville when it was laid out |
Summit Street was laid out in 1850 for James Robinson and William Forsyth.[1] The name is somewhat puzzling, because it is obviously only partway up the hill from the Allegheny River to Penn Avenue, not at the summit. It may have been so named because it was at a higher elevation (farther east and south) than the main part of Lawrenceville at that time.[2]
Lawrence Street was considered part of Summit Street until 1881, though the two were never a single continuous street.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Jas. Robinson & Wm. Forsyth's plan of building lots situated in the Borough of Lawrenceville: Laid out in Nov. 1850 by J. S. Devlin, C. E." Laid out Nov. 1850; recorded Aug. 25, 1851, Plan Book 1, p. 54. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778296. [view source] robinson-forsyth-plan
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 58–59. 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
