Wymore Street
| Wymore Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Elliott |
| Jennings Street (until 1893) | |
| Portion | East of Hilton Street |
| Origin of name | Rev. S. Jennings |
| Warren Street (until 1905) | |
| Origin of name | Perhaps Joseph Warren |
| Colvin Avenue (until 1893) | |
| Portion | From Elbon Way to Hilton Street |
| Origin of name | Samuel and Mary A. Colvin |
This street was laid out in pieces in a number of plans from 1847 to 1870.
The earliest portion, which no longer exists, ran from Taylor Street (today Lindsay Street) to Emma Street (later Hansen Way). It was laid out as Jennings Street in 1847 in a plan of lots by Moses Hampton (see Hampton Street). In this plan, the land at the east end of the street is labeled "Rev. S. Jennings Lots";[1] this must be the origin of the street name.
Jennings Street was extended westwardly to an unnamed avenue (today Hilton Street) in a plan by William Applegate, recorded in 1851.[2][1]
The westernmost end of the street was laid out in the 1850 plan of Andrew McCartney and John Hodgson, in which it was named Warren Street. This street was in the "W" part of the plan: the nearby parallel streets were named Wayne, Winchester, and Washington. On the other side of High Street (today Herschel Street) was the "P" part, with Pike, Penn, Perry, and Pitt Streets.[3] Warren Street may have commemorated Joseph Warren (1741–1775), a Founding Father and physician who was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill.[4]
The middle segment of the street was laid out as Colvin Avenue from Locust Way (today Elbon Way) to Hill Way and Apple-Gate Way (today Hilton Street) in a plan by Samuel and Mary A. Colvin, recorded in 1869.[5]
Colvin Avenue and Warren Street were joined by a street laid out in a plan by Robert Woods, recorded in 1870, though this plan did not give names to any of its streets.[6]
Elliott Borough was incorporated in 1892.[7] The following year, an ordinance officially established the names of all streets in the borough. This ordinance declared that the full length of this street was to be known as Warren Street.[8]
Pittsburgh annexed Elliott Borough in 1905.[9] Four months later, a Pittsburgh ordinance renamed many streets in the old borough to fix duplicates with other streets in the city. There was a Warren Alley in Squirrel Hill (today Weak Way), so Warren Street in Elliott was renamed Wymore Street.[10]
See also
- Warren Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Moses Hampton's plan: Temperanceville." Laid out Aug. 1847; recorded Oct. 20, 1847, Plan Book 1, p. 126. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778226. [view source] moses-hampton-plan
- ↑ "Applegate's plan of lots: Near Temperancevile." Recorded Jan. 6, 1851, Plan Book 2, p. 33. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778276. [view source] applegate-plan
- ↑ "McCartney & Hodgson's plan of lots, Lower St. Clair Township, Allegheny County Pa." Laid out Oct. 1850; recorded Aug. 11, 1851, Plan Book 1, p. 204. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778293. [view source] mccartney-hodgson-plan
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Names recall Civil War heroes: Soldiers of national and local fame well commemorated in Pittsburgh: Battles also live." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, May 30, 1915, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85758872. [view source] fleming-civil-war
- ↑ "S. Colvin's plan of lots in Chartiers Township." Recorded Aug. 30, 1869, Plan Book 3, p. 316. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778762. [view source] s-colvin-plan
- ↑ "Robert Woods plan of lots in Chartiers Township." Recorded Dec. 15, 1870, Plan Book 4, p. 64. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778842. [view source] robert-woods-chartiers-plan
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Elliott Borough 1892 Creation." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/event/elliott-borough-1892-creation/. [view source] lgeo-elliott-creation
- ↑ "An ordinance naming the streets." Elliott borough ordinance, no. 23. Enacted Dec. 14, 1893. In ordinance book of Elliott Borough, pp. 131–139 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_32290aae-7ef7-4e0f-a62a-2c1bac24ef1d/). [view source] ordinance-elliott-23
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Elliott Borough–Pittsburgh City 1905 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/elliott-borough-pittsburgh-city-1905-merger/. [view source] lgeo-elliott-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of avenues, streets and alleys in the Thirty-ninth ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1905–1906, no. 60. Passed May 15, 1905; approved May 17, 1905. Ordinance Book 17, p. 61. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1905–1906, appendix, pp. 18–20, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1906 (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1905; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_c6b5045c-f2d3-4a7d-bb81-0b4e8492046a/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_06566d8f-f778-4229-9cf2-8b4bbd0dfafb/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_a6009a0c-9fe1-484f-ac50-5f442218277c/). [view source] ordinance-1905-1906-60
