Sunday Street

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For the north–south street that runs along the western edge of Union Dale Cemetery, see Oriana Street.
Sunday Street
Neighborhood California-Kirkbride
Origin of name Modification of Sweeney, its original name
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Sweeney Street (until 1910)
Origin of name Hugh Sweeny

This street appears, unlabeled, in the 1872 Hopkins atlas.[1] It was originally named Sweeney Street[2] for Hugh Sweeny, who laid out a plan of lots here about 1848.[3][4] Sweeny had previously run the Mount Emmet Hotel here.[5][6][7][8][9]

Allegheny City was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907.[10] In 1910, over 900 streets were renamed to fix duplicates. Pittsburgh already had a Sweeney Alley in the Hill District (today Sweeney Way), so Sweeney Street on the North Side was changed to Sunday Street.[11] This name was paired with Divinity Street by an article in the Pittsburgh Gazette Times, which ridiculed many of the new street names.[12] It was probably just a modification of the name Sweeney.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 88–89. 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
  2. ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 35. 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
  3. ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 5. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1925. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1925-volume-5-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1925-vol-5
  4. ↑ Wm. J. Burnside and Hugh Sweeny. "Sale of building lots." Daily Morning Post (Pittsburgh), Nov. 4, 1848, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 86640451. [view source] sale-of-building-lots
  5. ↑ Hugh Sweeny. "Mt. Emmet Hotel." Daily Morning Post (Pittsburgh), June 1, 1843, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 87584921. [view source] mt-emmet-hotel
  6. ↑ "Another cemetery." Pittsburgh Gazette, Sept. 12, 1845, [p. 4]. Newspapers.com 85132067. [view source] another-cemetery
  7. ↑ Robert Fairman. "Mount Union Cemetery." Pittsburgh Morning Post, Oct. 1, 1845, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 88168285. [view source] mount-union-cemetery
  8. ↑ 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
  9. ↑ Writers' Program of the Works [sic] Projects Administration in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Story of Old Allegheny City, 1994 reprint ed., p. 31. American Guide Series. Allegheny City Society, Pittsburgh, 1994, ISBN 1-884856-01-2. LCCN 94070104. Originally published by the Allegheny Centennial Committee, Pittsburgh, 1941. [view source] old-allegheny-city
  10. ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Allegheny City–Pittsburgh City 1907 Consolidation." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/allegheny-city-pittsburgh-city-1907-consolidation/. [view source] lgeo-allegheny-annexation
  11. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 715. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 342. 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. 312–328, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 19, 1910, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86611990, 86612022), Apr. 20, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612278, 86612297), and Apr. 21, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612601, 86612625). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-715
  12. ↑ "Making a joke of street names: Clerks assigned to wipe out duplications choose any old titles: Hippo, Tumbo, Fortitude!: Also Divinity, Sunday, Starch, Parkhurst, Chianti, Wry and Prudence." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, July 28, 1909, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85879633. [view source] making-a-joke
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