Homewood Avenue
From Pittsburgh Streets
See also Northumberland Street, which was part of Homewood Avenue from 1881 to 1901.
| Homewood Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Homewood North, Homewood South, Point Breeze, Point Breeze North |
| Origin of name | Homewood, the Wilkins family estate |
Homewood Avenue is named for Homewood, the estate of William Wilkins (1779–1865).[1] The Homewood neighborhood (officially divided into Homewood North, Homewood South, and Homewood West) is also named for this estate.[2]
References
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the city, neighborhoods, streets, parks and more got their names, p. 61. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
- ↑ Annie Clark Miller. Early Land Marks and Names of Old Pittsburgh: An address delivered before the Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution at Carnegie Institute, Nov. 30, 1923, pp. 46–48. Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1924. Historic Pittsburgh 00awn8211m; Internet Archive earlylandmarksna00mill. [view source] miller
