25th Street
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See also South 25th Street, which was named 25th Street until 1881.
| 25th Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Strip District |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering up the Allegheny River |
| Baldwin Street (until 1868) | |
| Origin of name | Henry Baldwin |
The original name of 25th Street was Baldwin Street, after Henry Baldwin (1780–1844), who served in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1817 to 1822 and sat as an associate justice of the U. S. Supreme Court from 1830 to his death in 1844.[1][2]
In 1868, Pittsburgh's modern sequence of numbered streets was created by renaming all the streets perpendicular to the Allegheny River; Baldwin Street became 25th Street.[1][3][4]
See also
- Baldwick Road, originally named Baldwin Road
- Baldwin Road
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bruce S. Cridlebaugh. "Field notes: Changing Pittsburgh street names—from downtown to Lawrenceville." Pghbridges.com: Bridges & tunnels of Allegheny County & Pittsburgh, PA, Feb. 9, 2000. http://pghbridges.com/articles/fieldnote_pghstnames.htm. [view source] cridlebaugh
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Famous names abandoned." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Jan. 3, 1915, sec. 6, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85750499. [view source] fleming-abandoned
- ↑ Sarah H. Killikelly. The History of Pittsburgh: Its rise and progress, p. 534. B. C. & Gordon Montgomery Co., Pittsburgh, 1906. DonsList.net HistPgh1909M; Google Books kXmloex-vr8C, poRU0YjqrzsC; HathiTrust 100122020; Historic Pittsburgh 00adc8925m; Internet Archive historyofpittsbu00kill, historypittsbur00killgoog. [view source] killikelly
- ↑ "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
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