Carlton Street

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Carlton Street
Neighborhood Central Lawrenceville
Cemetery Street (until 1881)
Origin of name St. Mary Cemetery
Carleton Street (1881–1910)

This street was laid out as Cemetery Street in a plan of lots subdividing the estate of John Chislett, recorded in 1870.[1][2] This was close to but not the same as an earlier Cemetery Street, a right-angled street that bent around the westernmost corner of St. Mary Cemetery,[3] the northeast–southwest portion of which became part of Davison Street.[4]

Cemetery Street was renamed Carleton Street (with an E) by a Pittsburgh city ordinance in 1881.[5] In 1910, a similar city ordinance that officially established the names of all streets in Pittsburgh spelled it Carlton Street (without the E).[6] This spelling change was probably unintentional, but the new spelling stuck.

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References

  1. "Plan of lots of Jno. Chislett Sr decd.: Situate in the 17th Ward City of Pgh." Recorded Mar. 26, 1870, Plan Book 4, p. 21. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778789. [view source]john-chislett-est-plan
  2. Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 58–59. 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
  3. 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
  4. Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 10. 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
  5. "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; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b24d64b7-2eda-488e-a00b-cddc143becfd/). [view source]ordinance-1880-1881-33
  6. "An ordinance establishing the names of the avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 716. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 359. 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. 328–381, 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. 29, 1910, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616256, 86616285, 86616314, 86616333, 86616343), and Apr. 30, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616643, 86616672, 86616694, 86616726, 86616748). [view source]ordinance-1909-1910-716