North Taylor Avenue
From Pittsburgh Streets
| North Taylor Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Central Northside |
| Origin of name | Zachary Taylor |
| Taylor Avenue (until 1910) | |
| Origin of name | Zachary Taylor |
| Tarleton Avenue (1910–1916) | |
North Taylor Avenue is named for Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), major general in the Mexican–American War and twelfth President of the United States.[1][2][3][4] It was originally named Taylor Avenue, but after the 1907 annexation of Allegheny into the city of Pittsburgh, this name conflicted with Taylor Street in Bloomfield, so in 1910 it was renamed Tarleton Avenue.[5] Six years later it was changed again to Taylor Avenue North,[6] which was eventually transposed to North Taylor Avenue.
References
- ↑ Gilbert Love. "How names came." Pittsburgh Press, Aug. 11, 1952, p. 11. Newspapers.com 141584890. [view source] love
- ↑ Margaret Carlin. "How our streets got their names." Pittsburgh Press, Feb. 6, 1966, Pittsburgh's Family Magazine, p. 10. Newspapers.com 149098376. [view source] carlin
- ↑ Joe Browne. "Streets are index of local history." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 28, 1983, p. 37. Newspapers.com 89790718. [view source] browne-streets
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the city, neighborhoods, streets, parks and more got their names, p. 60. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 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-1910-715
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain streets in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1916, no. 466. Passed Oct. 30, 1916; approved Nov. 1, 1916. Ordinance Book 28, p. 127. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the year 1916, appendix, p. 210, Eureka Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1916). [view source] ordinance-1916-466
