Ingalls Way
| Ingalls Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Bloomfield |
| Origin of name | Maiden name of Eveline Gross |
| Ingalls Alley (until 1914) | |
| Origin of name | Maiden name of Eveline Gross |
A plan of lots in the Friendship Park area, laid out by Augustus H. Gross, for whom Gross Street is named, was approved by City Councils in 1869. This plan included an unnamed alley from Corday Alley (today Corday Way) to Comrie Alley (today Comrie Way) between Elm Street (today Edmond Street) and Mathilda Street.[1]
The Friendship Park plan, recorded in 1887, included only the northern part of this alley, from Marine Alley (today Marine Way) to Comrie Alley; this plan named it Ingalls Alley.[2] It became Ingalls Way in 1914, when a city ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[3]
The Friendship Park plan was laid out for Eveline Gross,[2] Augustus's wife, for whom Evaline Street is named. Her maiden name was Ingalls.[4][5] See also Millvale Avenue, most of which was originally named Fitch Street: Fitch was Eveline's mother's maiden name.
References
- ↑ "An ordinance approving, confirming and locating certain streets, avenues and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh, as laid in Dr. A. H. Gross' plan of lots, Twentieth ward, approved by Councils May 31, 1869, the names being as follows: Elm (now Edmond) street, Mathilda street, Fitch street, Gross street, Winebiddle avenue, Evaline street, Conrad (now Pacific avenue) street, Herman (now Atlantic avenue) street, Rebecca street, Coral street, Liberty avenue, Penn avenue, Archon alley, Amboy alley, Darwin alley, Comrie alley, and Corday alley and unnamed alleys lying between Gross street and Fitch street and Mathilda street and Fitch street and Elm (now Edmond) street and Mathilda street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1893–1894, no. 286. Passed Oct. 9, 1893; approved Oct. 12, 1893. Ordinance Book 9, p. 286. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1893–4, appendix, p. 91, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1893–1894 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1893; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_6cd4d954-8bdf-4af2-90b4-4c26e96c1a0f/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_4199c61c-7206-4139-b267-cdee45c1d712/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_8f160190-9c39-435e-8d70-e5cef777d9a8/). [view source] ordinance-1893-1894-286
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Plan of Friendship Park: 20th Ward, Pittsburg." Recorded Feb. 12, 1887, Plan Book 7, p. 257. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779839. [view source] friendship-park-plan
- ↑ "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. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1914, appendix, p. 226, McClung Printing Co., Pittsburgh (HathiTrust uiug.30112108223899; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1914; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_a82f1363-0512-40c8-b4e5-f02b090b761d/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_bf8a4f10-7526-4a96-8943-6a220d361293/). 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Janet Cercone Scullion. Bloomfield, p. 14. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, S. C., 2009, ISBN 978-0-7385-6577-4. LCCN 2009920833. [view source] scullion
