Hampton Street
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| Hampton Street | |
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| Neighborhoods | Highland Park, Morningside |
| Origin of name | Hampton family, Moses Hampton, or Robert B. Hampton |
George T. Fleming gives three possibilities for the origin of the name of Hampton Street: the Hampton family, once well known in the area; Judge Moses Hampton, for whom Hampton Township is named; or Captain Robert B. Hampton, the commander of Hampton's "Pittsburgh" Battery F in the American Civil War, who died in the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863.[1] Several sources include Hampton Street in lists of streets named after judges.[2][3][4][5]
References
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Names recall Civil War heroes: Soldiers of national and local fame well commemorated in Pittsburgh: Battles also live." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, May 30, 1915, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85758872. [view source] fleming-civil-war
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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. 61. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
