Blessing Street
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| Blessing Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Polish Hill, Upper Hill |
| Origin of name | Maybe Frank C. S. Blessing |
| Bellefield Avenue (until 1910) | |
| Origin of name | Bellefield, the farm of Neville B. Craig |
This street appears in the 1872 Hopkins atlas as the northern extension of Bellefield Avenue.[1] After the construction of Bigelow Boulevard (then called Grant Boulevard), it was cut off from the rest of Bellefield Avenue in Oakland.[2] It was renamed Blessing Street in 1910.[3] Perhaps the name honors Frank C. S. Blessing (1876–1941), a physician who was the president of Common Council at the time (1909–1911), the last president of that body before the reorganization of City Council in 1911.[4][5][6]
References
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 43. 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
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 1, plate 6. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1904. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1904-volume-1-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1903–1906 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1904-1
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, 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; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_0e903fff-f7d8-4eb5-9d15-f91b56e69396/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_ef39b3f8-fdd8-4ad7-a239-10b67a3c2bff/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b7df2ed5-228d-4c8e-8d80-77fa7b457528/). 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-1909-1910-715
- ↑ Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, proceedings of Common Council, p. 2. Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910. Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_0e903fff-f7d8-4eb5-9d15-f91b56e69396/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_ef39b3f8-fdd8-4ad7-a239-10b67a3c2bff/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b7df2ed5-228d-4c8e-8d80-77fa7b457528/. This book has several parts: "Minutes of the proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the years 1909–1910" (index, pp. 1–104; proceedings, pp. 1–389), "Minutes of the proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the years 1909–1910" (index, pp. 1–114; proceedings, pp. 1–468), and an appendix of ordinances and resolutions (index, pp. 1–96; appendix, pp. 1–415). [view source] municipal-record-1909-1910
- ↑ "Obituaries: Friday rites planned for Dr. Blessing: Hazelwood physician was active in political and civic movements." Pittsburgh Press, Aug. 20, 1941, p. 32. Newspapers.com 147341589. [view source] blessing-obit-press
- ↑ "Dr. Frank C. S. Blessing, physician, civic leader." Obituaries. Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Aug. 20, 1941, p. 22. Newspapers.com 524358959. [view source] blessing-obit-sun-telegraph
