Zolium Street
| Zolium Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Perry North |
| Origin of name | Zolium brand roofing material |
| Delano Street (1912–1915) | |
This street was laid out in 1872 in a subdivision of four lots of the Rich Hill Farm, though this plan did not give the street a name.[1]
Allegheny City was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907.[2] In 1912, a City Council committee recommended a bill that renamed many streets and alleys and gave names to unnamed ones; it named this street Zolium Street. But the bill was amended on its second reading in Council, and the version that was passed named it Delano Street instead.[3]
Apparently this name was quickly forgotten, for just three years later the city believed the street had no name. Or perhaps the advocates of the name Zolium simply saw another opportunity. An ordinance in 1915, claiming that the street was unnamed, finally succeeded in establishing the name Zolium Street.[4]
The name seems to be that of Zolium brand roofing material, advertised in the Pittsburgh Post in 1909.[5] The only occurrences of the name Zolium I can find in newspapers anywhere, before the naming of this Pittsburgh street, are in advertisements for this roofing, which was heavily advertised between 1906 and 1915.
References
- ↑ "Plan of lots no. 1–2–5–6 of Rich Hill Farm: Reserve Township: Surveyed for J. Brown Jr., J. N. Davidson, J. Crider, R. and J. Swan." Laid out July 1872; recorded Nov. 14, 1872, Plan Book 5, pp. 50–51. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779059. [view source] rich-hill-farm-plan
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, alleys and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1912, no. 318. Passed May 28, 1912; approved May 31, 1912. Ordinance Book 24, p. 209. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1912, appendix, pp. 182–184, Gill Press, Pittsburgh, 1912 (Google Books 3DQwAQAAMAAJ, H8JEAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust chi.096598685, uiug.30112108223873; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1912). [view source] ordinance-1912-318
- ↑ "An ordinance designating the names of an unnamed street and certain unnamed ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1915, no. 118. Passed Apr. 28, 1915; approved Apr. 29, 1915. Ordinance Book 26, p. 621. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1915, appendix, p. 103, Arlington Printing Co., Pittsburgh, 1915 (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1915). [view source] ordinance-1915-118
- ↑ "If it's artistic, isn't a tight roof best?: Zolium patented tile roofing." Pittsburgh Post, June 13, 1909, p. 6. Newspapers.com 86423139. [view source] zolium
