Brunot Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Brunot Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Marshall-Shadeland |
| Origin of name | Dr. Felix Brunot |
| Fate | Gone by 1902, replaced by a racetrack |
The 1890 Hopkins atlas shows a small plan of lots on Brunot Island, laid out by F. Briggs, consisting of five named streets and three unnamed alleys.[1] These are the only streets to have ever been laid out on the island, to the best of my knowledge.
One of the two streets in the plan running northeast–southwest was Brunot Street,[1] named for Dr. Felix Brunot (1752–1845), who in 1797 purchased the island that now bears his name.[2][3] The other streets in the plan were Allequippa Street, Front Street, Jerome Street, and Water Street.
All of the streets in Briggs' plan disappeared by 1902, replaced by a one-mile racetrack belonging to the Matinee Club of Pittsburgh and Allegheny.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Allegheny, vol. 1, plate 18. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-1-plat-book-allegheny; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1890-allegheny-1
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Street names of French origin: Fayette brings up recollections of exciting days at fort of that name here: History of Brunot." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, June 13, 1915, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85627705. [view source] fleming-street-names-of-french-origin
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Famous doctor gives name to street: Felix Brunot, physician and philanthropist, also remembered by island: Family notable one." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, June 20, 1915, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85627903. [view source] fleming-doctor
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Allegheny, vol. 2, plate 31. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1902. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1902-volume-2-plat-book-allegheny; included in the 1903–1906 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1902-allegheny-2
