Cemetery Street (Lawrenceville)
See also Carlton Street, which was originally named Cemetery Street.
| Cemetery Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Central Lawrenceville |
| Origin of name | St. Mary Cemetery |
| Fate | Became part of 45th Street in 1868 and Davison Street by 1870 |
Cemetery Street was a right-angled street, bent around the westernmost corner of St. Mary Cemetery.[1][2][3]
In 1868, Pittsburgh's modern sequence of numbered streets was created by renaming all the streets perpendicular to the Allegheny River. Cemetery Street was not listed in the renaming ordinances,[4][5] but its northwest–southeast portion was in line with St. Mary Street, which was numbered 45th Street, and it seems that the numbering applied to this part of Cemetery Street too.[6][7]
The remaining part of Cemetery Street, perpendicular to 45th Street, became part of Davison Street by 1870.[6][7][8] A plan of lots subdividing the estate of John Chislett, recorded that year, laid out a different Cemetery Street, very close to and parallel to the northeast–southwest portion of the original Cemetery Street, which later became Carlton Street.[6][7][8]
See also
- Cemetery Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Plan of lots laid out in the Borough of Lawrenceville by John Chislett Jr." Recorded Feb. 13, 1857, Plan Book 2, p. 95. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778372. [view source] john-chislett-jr-plan
- ↑ S. N. & F. W. Beers. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Smith, Gallup & Hewitt, Philadelphia, 1862. LCCN 2012592151; https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/31783; 1862 layer at PGH Historic Maps and Imagery (https://pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=25ed595c7bde40cdae7165261a9a3ad6). [view source] beers
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of streets." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1868. Passed Aug. 31, 1868. In The Municipal Record: Containing the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh: 1868, Pittsburgh Daily Commercial, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1868_20200904_2014; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_28c148db-e06a-4196-aa79-1a9a32e9812e/). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Gazette, Sept. 2, 1868, p. 5 (Newspapers.com 86347563), Sept. 3, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 86347623), and Sept. 4, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 86347714). [view source] ordinance-1868-name-changes
- ↑ "An ordinance supplementary to an ordinance changing the names of streets." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1868. Passed Sept. 28, 1868. Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Gazette, Oct. 1, 1868, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 86349783), and Oct. 2, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 86349850). [view source] ordinance-1868-name-changes-supplement
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "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
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 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. [view source] hopkins-1872
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 10. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; included in the 1882 layer at PGH Historic Maps and Imagery (https://pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=25ed595c7bde40cdae7165261a9a3ad6). [view source] hopkins-1882
