Cushman Street

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Cushman Street
Neighborhood Mount Washington
Cresson Street (until 1925)

This street appears as an unnamed alley in the 1890 Hopkins atlas.[1] It is drawn more fully in the 1901 edition, though it is still unlabeled.[2] It was named Cresson Street in Clifford B. Harmon's 1903 Grandview plan.[3]

Cresson Street was renamed Cushman Street in 1925.[4]

References

  1. Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 5, plate 20. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-5-atlas-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source]hopkins-1890-5
  2. Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 4, plates 17, 19. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1901. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1901-volume-4-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1903–1906 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source]hopkins-1901-4
  3. "Grandview: Situate in the 32nd Wd. Pitts. Penne. [sic]: Surveyed for Clifford B. Harmon." Laid out June 1903; recorded Nov. 17, 1903, Plan Book 20, pp. 166–167. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782109. [view source]harmon-grandview-plan
  4. "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1925, no. 175. Passed Apr. 20, 1925; approved Apr. 22, 1925. Ordinance Book 36, p. 299. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1925, appendix, pp. 142–146, Kaufman Printing Company, Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books qSb28JpAxN8C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819786; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1925). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 27, 1925, p. 15 (Newspapers.com 88691643), and Apr. 28, [p. 21] (Newspapers.com 88691689). [view source]ordinance-1925-175