Cairo Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Cairo Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Mount Washington |
| Origin of name | Cairo, Egypt; modification of earlier name, Carey |
| Carey Street (until 1881) | |
This street was laid out as Carey Street in 1872 in a plan of lots by A. C. Patterson.[1] It was renamed Cairo Street in 1881 to avoid confusion with Carey Alley in the South Side Flats (today Carey Way).[2] The name refers to Cairo, Egypt,[3][4] but is also only a small modification of the original name, Carey.
References
- ↑ "A. C. Patterson's plan of lots situated on Mt. Washington." Laid out May 1872; recorded July 17, 1872, Plan Book 4, p. 246. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778999. [view source] ac-patterson-1872-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1880–1881, 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, Herald Printing Company, Pittsburgh, 1881 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1880-1881-33
- ↑ W. G. Kaufmann. "Names of streets: Pittsburg ransacked creation when doing its christening: Honors for local celebrities: The hard fighters and the noble Indians all taken care of: How other titles originated." Pittsburg Dispatch, Mar. 15, 1891, p. 15. Newspapers.com 76218287. [view source] kaufmann
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 65. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
