Lowrie Street
| Lowrie Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Troy Hill |
| Origin of name | Walter H. Lowrie |
| Buchanan Street (until 1914; 1925–1990) | |
| Portion | Southwest of Gardner Street |
| Origin of name | James Buchanan |
Lowrie Street appears in maps from 1852 and 1862, both of which show the house of "Judge Lowrie" near the intersection of modern Rialto Street and Ley Street.[1][2] This was Walter H. Lowrie (1806–1876), associate judge of the District Court of Allegheny County (1846–1851) and justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (1851–1863).[3] Annie Clark Miller and Bob Regan both include Lowrie Street in lists of streets named for judges.[4][5]
George T. Fleming, in a 1916 Post-Gazette column about the early days of the city, implies instead that Lowrie Street is named for Matthew B. Lowrie, one of Pittsburgh's first aldermen.[6] However, this column's list of streets named for "Pittsburgh pioneers" includes some questionable entries: see Anderson Street and Carson Street.
The southwesternmost portion of Lowrie Street was laid out as Buchanan Street in 1858 in a plan of lots by Adam Reineman.[7] It was likely named for James Buchanan (1791–1868), at that time President of the United States (1857–1861). Buchanan Street was officially made part of Lowrie Street in 1914,[8] but it was changed back to Buchanan Street in 1925.[9] In 1989, when the city installed street signs as part of a $1.8 million project, residents on this street were surprised to see signs reading "Buchanan St" instead of "Lowrie St."[10] The residents petitioned City Council,[11] and Buchanan Street was again made part of Lowrie Street by a City Council resolution in 1990.[12]
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ S. N. & F. W. Beers. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Smith, Gallup & Hewitt, Philadelphia, 1862. LCCN 2012592151; https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/31783; 1862 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] beers
- ↑ A. A. Lambing and J. W. F. White. Allegheny County: Its Early History and Subsequent Development, pp. 114, 119. Snowden & Peterson, Pittsburgh, 1888. Google Books 6bY-AAAAYAAJ; HathiTrust 008957728, 100693049; Historic Pittsburgh 00aee8946m; Internet Archive centennialhistor00lamb; LCCN 18008828. [view source] lambing
- ↑ 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, p. 34. Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1924. Historic Pittsburgh 00awn8211m; Internet Archive earlylandmarksna00mill. [view source] miller
- ↑ 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
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Growth of city in century is great: Celebration of charter anniversary directs attention to progress made: Noteworthy events." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Mar. 12, 1916, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85766545. [view source] fleming-growth
- ↑ "Plan of lots on Troy Hill Reserve Township Allegheny County Pa. laid out for Adam Reineman Esq." Laid out July 1858; recorded Dec. 1, 1860, Plan Book 2, p. 145. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778440. [view source] adam-reineman-troy-hill-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1914, no. 77. Passed Mar. 10, 1914; approved Mar. 14, 1914. Ordinance Book 26, p. 13. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1914, appendix, pp. 65–66, 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/). [view source] ordinance-1914-77
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1925, no. 175. Passed Apr. 20, 1925; approved Apr. 22, 1925. Ordinance Book 36, p. 299. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1925, appendix, pp. 142–146, Kaufman Printing Company, Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books qSb28JpAxN8C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819786; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1925). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 27, 1925, p. 15 (Newspapers.com 88691643), and Apr. 28, [p. 21] (Newspapers.com 88691689). [view source] ordinance-1925-175
- ↑ Mackenzie Carpenter. "Residents asking, what's our sign?: City streets misspelled or renamed." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 13, 1990, p. 6. Newspapers.com 89975654. [view source] whats-our-sign
- ↑ Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1990, p. 1290. Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1990volA; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_c5ffcc34-5844-408e-91c5-9175d0087ef0/. [view source] minutes-1990
- ↑ "Resolution changing the name of Buchanan Street, the 1300 block to Lowrie Street in the Twenty-fourth, First District of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city resolution, 1990, no. 1081. Passed Oct. 9, 1990; approved Oct. 16, 1990. In Ordinances and Resolutions of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1990, vol. 124-B, p. 901 (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1990volB; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_4f05384b-92a5-404a-b4f0-065eb41b1318/). [view source] resolution-1990-1081
