Davison Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Davison Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Central Lawrenceville |
| Origin of name | Edward Davison |
| Cemetery Street (until ca. 1870) | |
| Portion | Northeast of 45th Street |
| Origin of name | St. Mary Cemetery |
Davison Street is named for Edward Davison, who laid out the portion of the street between modern Main Street and 42nd Street as part of a plan of lots in 1851.[1] This street and the lots in Davison's plan appear in the 1852 map by R. E. McGowin.[2]
The portion of Davison Street northeast of 45th Street was originally part of Cemetery Street, a right-angled street that bent around the westernmost corner of St. Mary Cemetery.[2] It became part of Davison Street by 1870.[3][4][5]
See also
- Cemetery Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
- Davis Street, for streets that have had a similar name
References
- ↑ "Edward Davisons plan of lots: Diagram of a plan of building lots situate in the Borough of Lawrenceville Allegheny County Penna laid out at the instance and request and under the direction of Edward Davison Esq by Heastings and Preiser civil engineers and land surveyors Pittsburgh September 1851." Laid out Sept. 1851; recorded Dec. 18, 1862, Plan Book 2, p. 204. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778462. [view source] davison-plan
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
