Willow Street

From Pittsburgh Streets
See also Whitfield Street, which was originally named Willow Street.
Willow Street
Neighborhood Central Lawrenceville
Origin of name Probably the willow tree
Washington Street (until 1868)
Origin of name George Washington

This street appears as Washington Street in the 1852 map of R. E. McGowin.[1] It was renamed Willow Street in 1868.[2] (The eastern part of Washington Street was renamed Hatfield Street by the same ordinance.)[2]

See also

References

  1. 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
  2. 2.0 2.1 "An ordinance changing the names of streets." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1868. Passed Aug. 31, 1868. In The Municipal Record: Containing the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh: 1868, Pittsburgh Daily Commercial, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1868_20200904_2014). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Gazette, Sept. 2, 1868, p. 5 (Newspapers.com 86347563), Sept. 3, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 86347623), and Sept. 4, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 86347714). [view source]ordinance-1868-name-changes