Cathedral Avenue
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Cathedral Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Mount Oliver |
| Origin of name | Modification of Church, its original name |
| Church Avenue (until 1923) | |
| Origin of name | St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church |
This street was laid out as Church Avenue in 1902 by Rev. H. J. Goebel in the St. Joseph's Place plan.[1] It was named for St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church on the north side of the street.[2]
St. Clair Borough, including the modern neighborhood of Mount Oliver, was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1923.[3] Later that year a city ordinance renamed many streets in the newly annexed district; Church Avenue was renamed Cathedral Avenue.[4] (It is not clear why the renaming was necessary—Pittsburgh did not have another thoroughfare named Church at the time.)[5] The new name is a misnomer, as St. Joseph's Church was never a cathedral.
See also
- 46th Street in Lawrenceville, originally named Church Street
- Church Alley, for alleys that have had the name Church
References
- ↑ "Rev. H. J. Goebel plan of St. Josephs Place: Lower St. Clair Township Alley. Co. Pa." Laid out Mar. 1902; recorded Apr. 22, 1902, Plan Book 19, p. 115. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781845. [view source] st-josephs-place-plan
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the Southern Vicinity of Pittsburgh, plate 2. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1905. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1905-plat-book-southern-pittsburgh; included in the 1903–1906 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1905
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Saint Clair Borough–Pittsburgh City 1923 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/saint-clair-borough-pittsburgh-city-1923-merger/. [view source] lgeo-st-clair-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of various streets, avenues, lanes, roads, alleys and ways in the Sixteenth Ward (formerly St. Clair Borough)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1923, no. 447. Passed Nov. 26, 1923; approved Nov. 30, 1923. Ordinance Book 35, p. 13. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1923, appendix, pp. 330–333, Kaufman Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Google Books XkEtAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223980; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1923). [view source] ordinance-1923-447
- ↑ R. L. Polk & Co. Polk's Pittsburgh City Directory, 1923: Containing an alphabetical list of business firms, corporations followed by their officers, co-partnerships giving names of partners, and private citizens with their occupation, business connections and home address; a directory of all churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, religious and other societies, banks and trust companies, a compendium of the federal government, officers of the state, county and city governments, a street and avenue guide, a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory, vol. LXVIII. R. L. Polk & Co., Pittsburgh, 1923, p. 68. Historic Pittsburgh 31735056286838. [view source] polk-1923
