Harcum Way

From Pittsburgh Streets
Harcum Way
Neighborhood South Side Flats
Origin of name Lewis and Samuel Harcum
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Harcums Alley (until 1910)
Origin of name Lewis and Samuel Harcum
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Harcum Alley (1910–1914)
Origin of name Lewis and Samuel Harcum

This alley appears, unlabeled, in maps from the 1850s and 1860s.[1][2][3][4] It is called Harcums Alley in an 1851 East Birmingham borough ordinance[5] and is so labeled in the 1872 Hopkins atlas.[6] This name was officially established by a Pittsburgh city ordinance in 1881.[7] The S was dropped in 1910, when another ordinance, establishing the names of all thoroughfares in the city, named it Harcum Alley.[8] It became Harcum Way in 1914 when an ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[9]

The alley is named for Lewis and Samuel Harcum, who operated the Hope Glass Works for a brief time about 1850. Their glassworks was located at the corner of Brown Street (today South 26th Street) and Harcums Alley.[10]

References

  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
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Map of Pittsburgh and Environs: Published for the monthly magazine entitled The Iron City, a compendium of facts concerning Pittsburgh and vicinity. 1867. In The Iron City: A compendium of facts concerning Pittsburgh and vicinity, for strangers and the public generally, George W. Pittock and Kinsey McFall, Pittsburgh, 1867, following p. 132 (Internet Archive ironcitycompendi01pitt). [view source] iron-city-map
  4. ↑ Woods' New Map of Pittsburgh, Allegheny and Surroundings: 1867. A. Hani, Pittsburgh, 1867. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a9c4def0-d462-0135-7cac-417576d76635. [view source] woods-1867
  5. ↑ "An ordinance establishing the grade of the streets and alleys in the Borough of East Birmingham." East Birmingham borough ordinance, 1851. Approved Dec. 6, 1851. In Ordinance book of the Borough of East Birmingham, 1849–1872 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_dedbfd48-bbfb-4051-9e7a-4069e8b8fee3/). [view source] ordinance-1851-east-birmingham
  6. ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 104–105, 114. 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
  7. ↑ "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
  8. ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of the avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1910, no. 716. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 359. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 328–381, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 29, 1910, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616256, 86616285, 86616314, 86616333, 86616343), and Apr. 30, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616643, 86616672, 86616694, 86616726, 86616748). [view source] ordinance-1910-716
  9. ↑ "An ordinance changing the name 'Alley' on every thoroughfare in the City of Pittsburgh, to 'Way.'" Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1914, no. 402. Passed Nov. 10, 1914; approved Nov. 16, 1914. Ordinance Book 26, p. 360. Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Nov. 23, 1914, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 86505785), and Nov. 24, p. 12 (Newspapers.com 86505809). [view source] ordinance-1914-402
  10. ↑ Jay W. Hawkins. Glasshouses & Glass Manufacturers of the Pittsburgh Region, 1795–1910, pp. 255–256. iUniverse, New York, 2009, ISBN 978-1-4401-1494-6. [view source] hawkins
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