Thackeray Avenue
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Thackeray Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | North Oakland |
| Origin of name | William Makepeace Thackeray |
| Croghan Street (until 1906) | |
| Origin of name | William Croghan |
Thackeray Avenue was originally named Croghan Street,[1][2][3][4] for Col. William Croghan, the father of Mary Schenley, who owned the large tract of land that became the Schenley Farms district.[5] Earlier that name had been applied to a small street very near the Point; see Croghan Street.
When the Schenley Farms district was developed in 1906, Croghan Street became Thackeray Avenue, named for the British author William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863).[6][7]
References
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny. 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
- ↑ Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 2. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1889. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1889-volume-2-atlas-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1889-vol-2
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 1. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1898. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1898-volume-1-plat-book-pittsburgh-east. [view source] hopkins-1898-vol-1
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 1. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1904. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1904-volume-1-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1903–1906 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1904-vol-1
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Mrs. Schenley's will filed here: Document proves that she considered herself still a Pittsburgher: Some old stories." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Feb. 13, 1916, sec. 2, p. 6. Newspapers.com 85898381. [view source] fleming-schenley
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, pp. 60, 63, 183, 186. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
- ↑ "Expended over $1,000,000 improving Schenley Farms: Farm transformed into model city site with wide avenues and streets: Six new avenues now join Fifth: New section presents appearance of a park and its streets are models—absence of overhead wires and poles a noticeable feature—many innovations have been introduced." Pittsburg Press, Sept. 29, 1906, p. 2. Newspapers.com 142149927. [view source] schenley-farms
