Forward Avenue

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Forward Avenue
Neighborhood Squirrel Hill South
Origin of name Walter Forward

Forward Avenue is named for Walter Forward[1][2]:68[3][a] (1786–1852).[7][8][2]:68[3] Forward was a Pittsburgh lawyer, U. S. Representative, fifteenth U. S. Secretary of the Treasury, and presiding judge of the District Court of Allegheny County.[7][8][1][9][3] See also Bates Street.

The portion of Forward Avenue between Murray Avenue and Beechwood Boulevard was part of Pocusset Street from 1896 to 1901.[10][11]

See also

Notes

  1. Several sources merely include "Forward" in a list of streets named for judges.[4][5][6][2]:61

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mrs. S. Kussart. The Early History of the Fifteenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, p. 10. Suburban Printing Co., Bellevue, Pa., 1925. Internet Archive earlyhistoryoffi00kuss. [view source]kussart
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the city, neighborhoods, streets, parks and more got their names. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source]regan
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Squirrel Hill Historical Society. Helen Wilson, ed. Squirrel Hill: A neighborhood history, p. 20. History Press, Charleston, S. C., 2017, ISBN 978-1-4671-3625-9. LCCN 2016961484. [view source]wilson-helen
  4. Annie Clark Miller. Early Land Marks and Names of Old Pittsburgh: An address delivered before the Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution at Carnegie Institute, Nov. 30, 1923, p. 34. Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1924. Historic Pittsburgh 00awn8211m; Internet Archive earlylandmarksna00mill. [view source]miller
  5. 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
  6. Joe Browne. "Streets are index of local history." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 28, 1983, p. 37. Newspapers.com 89790718. [view source]browne-streets
  7. 7.0 7.1 A. A. Lambing and J. W. F. White. Allegheny County: Its early history and subsequent development, pp. 112–113, 119. Snowden & Peterson, Pittsburgh, 1888. Google Books 6bY-AAAAYAAJ; HathiTrust 008957728, 100693049; Historic Pittsburgh 00aee8946m; Internet Archive centennialhistor00lamb; LCCN 18008828. [view source]lambing
  8. 8.0 8.1 History of Pittsburgh and Environs, vol. 2, p. 191. American Historical Society, New York and Chicago, 1922. Google Books 3staAAAAYAAJ, TPUMAAAAYAAJ; HathiTrust 011262563; Internet Archive historypittsbur00yorkgoog, historypittsbur02socigoog. [view source]history-pgh-environs-2
  9. Annie Clark Miller. Chronicles of Families, Houses and Estates of Pittsburgh and Its Environs, pp. 107–108. Pittsburgh, 1927. Google Books ulkLyD9MkygC; Internet Archive chroniclesoffami00mill. [view source]miller-chronicles
  10. "An ordinance changing the name of Forward avenue, from Beechwood avenue to Murray avenue, to `Pocussett avenue.'" Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1896, no. 699. Passed Jan. 13, 1896; approved Jan. 18, 1896. Ordinance Book 10, p. 527. Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, Jan. 28, 1896, p. 10 (Newspapers.com 85426614); and in the Pittsburg Press, Feb. 4, 1896, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 141574212). [view source]ordinance-1896-699
  11. "An ordinance changing the name of certain avenues, streets and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1901, no. 109. Passed June 24, 1901; approved June 28, 1901. Ordinance Book 14, p. 30. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh, for the year 1901–1902, appendix, pp. 46–47, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1902 (Google Books vMJEAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust chi.096598960; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecordselect1901). Reprinted in the Pittsburg Post, July 8, 1901, p. 9 (Newspapers.com 86389546), and July 9, p. 9 (Newspapers.com 86389638); and in the Pittsburg Press, July 11, 1901, p. 9 (Newspapers.com 141376761), July 12, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 141353714), and July 13, p. 4 (Newspapers.com 141353981). [view source]ordinance-1901-109