Bishop Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Bishop Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Morningside |
| Origin of name | Ann Sutton, née Bishop |
Bishop Street is listed in an 1881 ordinance establishing the names of all streets in Pittsburgh.[1] It appears in the 1882 Hopkins atlas.[2]
The street was laid out as part of a plan by Samuel Garrison.[2] Bishop was the maiden name of Garrison's mother-in-law, Ann Sutton.[3]
Bob Regan includes "Bishop" in his "Streets of Pittsburgh" crossword puzzle, clued as "In chess a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color."[4] Unfortunately this is just a dictionary definition of the word bishop and gives no information about the origin of the name.
References
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1881, no. 33. Passed Feb. 28, 1881; approved Mar. 4, 1881. Ordinance Book 5, p. 212. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, for the year 1880, pp. 213–234 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1881-33
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 21. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1882
- ↑ John W. Jordan. Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, vol. V, p. 1458. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1915. Google Books PWHQ8QPD0fYC; Internet Archive encyclopediaofpe05jord; https://digital.libraries.psu.edu/digital/collection/digitalbks2/id/2203. [view source] ency-pa-biog-5
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the city, neighborhoods, streets, parks and more got their names, pp. 183–186. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
