Friendship Avenue
| Friendship Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Bloomfield, East Liberty, Friendship |
| Origin of name | Friendship, the home of Dr. Augustus H. and Eveline Gross |
| Winebiddle Street (until 1881) | |
| Origin of name | Philip or Conrad Winebiddle |
The segment of modern Friendship Avenue between Penn Avenue and Pearl Street is drawn with dotted lines in the 1851 map of Sidney & Neff and S. McRea,[1] and it is labeled just "Street" in the 1852 map of R. E. McGowin.[2]
In the 1872 Hopkins atlas, that segment is labeled Winebiddle Street.[3]:55 Philip Winebiddle and Conrad Winebiddle owned land at the two ends of the street;[2] the street was probably named for one or both of them. Modern Winebiddle Street is labeled "Winebiddle Avenue" in this atlas.[3]:63
The remaining part of the street, between Elm Street (today Edmond Street) and Centre Avenue, is labeled Friendship Avenue.[3]:63 It is named for Friendship, the home of Dr. Augustus H. and Eveline Gross (for whom Gross Street and Evaline Street are named).[4]
Winebiddle Street was made part of Friendship Avenue in 1881 by an ordinance that established the names of all streets in the city of Pittsburgh.[5]
References
- ↑ Sidney & Neff and S. McRea. Map of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, with the Names of Property-Holders. Philadelphia, 1851. LCCN 2012592150. [view source] sidney-neff
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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
- ↑ S. N. & F. W. Beers. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Smith, Gallup & Hewitt, Philadelphia, 1862. LCCN 2012592151; 1862 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] beers
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1881, no. 33. Passed Feb. 28, 1881; approved Mar. 4, 1881. Ordinance Book 5, p. 212. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, for the year 1880, pp. 213–234 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1881-33
