43rd Street

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See also 42nd Street, which was named 43rd Street for less than a month in 1868.
43rd Street
Neighborhood Central Lawrenceville
Origin of name Sequential numbering up the Allegheny River
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Ewalt Street (until 1868)
Origin of name Samuel Ewalt
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44th Street (1868)
Origin of name Sequential numbering up the Allegheny River, including Fisk Street

The original name of 43rd Street was Ewalt Street, after Samuel Ewalt, an important early landowner in Lawrenceville.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] See also 44th Street, which was formerly Bellefontaine Street, named for Ewalt's estate.

In 1868, Pittsburgh's modern sequence of numbered streets was created by renaming all the streets perpendicular to the Allegheny River; Ewalt Street became 43rd Street.[3] The original renaming ordinance included Fisk Street in the list of streets to be renamed, which made Ewalt Street 44th,[5][9][10] but this was apparently a mistake. Less than a month later, a supplementary ordinance repealed all of the name changes east of 40th Street and redid the numbering with Fisk Street omitted, which put Ewalt Street at 43rd.[11]

The Ewalt Street Bridge was built across the Allegheny River at the foot of 43rd Street in 1870.[12][13][14][15][16] It carried the old street name, even though the street had been renamed two years before the bridge was constructed.

References

  1. ↑ S. N. & F. W. Beers. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Smith, Gallup & Hewitt, Philadelphia, 1862. LCCN 2012592151; 1862 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] beers
  2. ↑ Joann Cantrell and James Wudarczyk. Lawrenceville, p. 14. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, S. C., 2015, ISBN 978-1-4671-2330-3. LCCN 2014958031. [view source] cantrell-wudarczyk
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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
  4. ↑ George T. Fleming. "Old Minersville: Directory of Minersville—names of prominent Pittsburgh people reprinted—coal producers of that era—coal mines and coke ovens: Job Inder's recollections drawn on—Pitt Township taxables of 1853 recalled: A forgotten hamlet—tales of a prosperous suburb of eighty years ago—out the Pike, otherwise the old Seventh street road: Hilly Pitt Township located—Isaac Harris' descriptions—a prosperous place." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Mar. 8, 1925, sec. 5, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 86280695. [view source] fleming-minersville
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 George T. Fleming. "Wood's [sic] plan of Pittsburgh: Thomas Vickroy's account of the survey of 1784 and parts taken in city's early life by Craig and Bayard." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Dec. 13, 1914, sec. 2, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85908612. [view source] fleming-woods
  6. ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1872. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1872-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1872
  7. ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1876. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1876-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; included in the 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1876
  8. ↑ R. E. McGowin. Map of the Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny and of the Boroughs of South-Pittsburgh, Birmingham, East-Birmingham, Lawrenceville, Duquesne & Manchester etc. Schuchman & Haunlein, Pittsburgh, 1852. https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32269/. [view source] mcgowin-1852
  9. ↑ 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
  10. ↑ "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
  11. ↑ "An ordinance supplementary to an ordinance changing the names of streets." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1868. Passed Sept. 28, 1868. Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Gazette, Oct. 1, 1868, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 86349783), and Oct. 2, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 86349850). [view source] ordinance-1868-name-changes-supplement
  12. ↑ Bruce S. Cridlebaugh. "43rd St Bridge 1870." Pghbridges.com: Bridges & tunnels of Allegheny County & Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 16, 2000. http://pghbridges.com/pittsburghE/0587-4480/43rd.htm. [view source] 43rd-st-bridge-cridlebaugh
  13. ↑ Jim Wudarczyk. "43rd (Ewalt) Street Bridge." Lawrenceville Historical Society. http://lawrencevillehistoricalsociety.com/%EF%BB%BF43rd-ewalt-street-bridge/. [view source] 43rd-st-bridge-wudarczyk
  14. ↑ "Fall of a bridge: A portion of the new Ewalt street bridge blown down yesterday—seven persons injured—narrow escapes." Pittsburgh Commercial, July 28, 1870, [p. 4]. Newspapers.com 85477020. [view source] bridge-fall
  15. ↑ "Notice: To all whom it may concern." Pittsburgh Commercial, Aug. 19, 1869, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 85540770. [view source] notice-ewalt-st-bridge
  16. ↑ Todd Wilson and Helen Wilson. Pittsburgh's Bridges, p. 43. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, S. C., 2015, ISBN 978-1-4671-3424-8. LCCN 2015949613. [view source] wilson-wilson
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