Evaline Street

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Evaline Street
Neighborhood Bloomfield
Origin of name Eveline Gross

Evaline Street is named for Eveline Gross, the wife of Augustus H. Gross, who once owned much of the land from Penn Avenue to Liberty Avenue between what are now Edmond Street and Aiken Avenue (for whom nearby Gross Street is named).[1][2]

Eveline was the daughter of Harriet Fitch Ingalls by her first husband; Harriet later became the second wife of John[a] Conrad Winebiddle, Jr. (see Winebiddle Street), and as Winebiddle's stepdaughter, Eveline (and her husband) inherited a large estate in the East End.[3][4][5][6] After the death of Dr. Gross, the property went to his widow, and in her will she left the land to their adopted daughter Mathilda, eponym of nearby Mathilda Street.[7][8][2]

Evaline Street was officially divided into two streets, North Evaline Street and South Evaline Street, on either side of Penn Avenue, by a city ordinance in 1915.[9]

See also

Notes

  1. Some sources say Joseph.

References

  1. Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs. 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
  2. 2.0 2.1 "In fee simple: The decision on the provision of the will of Mrs. Gross: East Enders are interested: The supreme court now holds there was no separate use trust intended—an explanation why the previous decision was reversed." Pittsburgh Press, July 14, 1892, [p. 6]. Newspapers.com 141473689. [view source]in-fee-simple
  3. "Death of Dr. A. H. Gross: Brief sketch of his professional and political life." Daily Post (Pittsburgh), July 23, 1878, [p. 4]. Newspapers.com 88202786. Reprinted in the Weekly Post (Pittsburgh), July 27, 1878, p. 5 (Newspapers.com 88203426). [view source]gross-obit-daily
  4. "Obituary: Dr. Augustus H. Gross." Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, July 23, 1878, [p. 4]. Newspapers.com 85462080. [view source]gross-obit-gazette
  5. Adelaide Mellier Nevin. The Social Mirror: A Character Sketch of the Women of Pittsburg and Vicinity During the First Century of the County's Existence: Society of To-Day, p. 79. T. W. Nevin, Pittsburgh, 1888. Google Books qkwbAAAAYAAJ; Internet Archive socialmirrorchar01nevi. [view source]nevin
  6. John W. Jordan, ed. A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People: Genealogical Memoirs of the Leading Families of Pittsburg and Vicinity, vol. 3, p. 244. Lewis Publishing Company, 1908. HathiTrust 008651569; Historic Pittsburgh 03awn7797m; Internet Archive centuryandhalfof03bouc. [view source]pittsburg-and-her-people-3
  7. Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny. 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
  8. Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 4. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-4-atlas-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source]hopkins-1890-vol-4
  9. "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1915, no. 117. Passed Apr. 28, 1915; approved Apr. 29, 1915. Ordinance Book 26, p. 615. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1915, appendix, pp. 99–103, Arlington Printing Co., Pittsburgh, 1915 (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1915). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, May 7, 1915, sporting section, p. 4 (Newspapers.com 88028157), May 8, p. 15 (Newspapers.com 88028802), and May 10, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 88030672). [view source]ordinance-1915-117