Lowrie Street
| Lowrie Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Troy Hill |
| Origin of name | Walter H. Lowrie |
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.
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
