Ludwick Street
| Ludwick Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Squirrel Hill South |
| Ludwick Avenue (until 1910) | |
| Portion | Short distance north and south of Landview Road |
| Turner Street (until 1928) | |
| Portion | South of Landview Road |
| Origin of name | Probably John Turner, Jr. |
This street was first laid out as Ludwick Avenue in the Viewland plan, recorded in 1893. This plan extended a short distance north and south of Landview Avenue (today Landview Road).[1]
The street was extended southward to Shady Avenue (today Shady Avenue Extension) in the Shady Avenue Heights plan of 1900, which named this portion of the street Turner Street.[2] It was probably named for John Turner, Jr., an early settler who owned a large piece of property he called Federal Hill (for which Federal Hill Street is named). The Turner Cemetery on Federal Hill Street was once part of Turner's land and contains several Turner family graves.[3]
Ludwick Avenue was officially renamed Ludwick Street by a 1910 city ordinance that established the names of all thoroughfares in Pittsburgh. This ordinance listed "Ludwick, from Shady av. to prop. line, 14th wd.," and "Turner, from Shady av. to Landview, 14th wd."; these descriptions seem to have accidentally given the segment between Shady and Landview both names.[4]
Turner Street was made part of Ludwick Avenue in 1928.[5]
See also
- Turtle Way in East Allegheny, originally named Turner Alley
References
- ↑ "Viewland plan of lots: 22nd Ward, Pgh., Pa.: Laid out by Jas. D. Callery." Recorded Feb. 13, 1893, Plan Book 13, p. 130. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780872. [view source] viewland-plan
- ↑ "Harry H. Willock plan of Shady Avenue Heights: 22nd Ward, Pittsburg, Pa." Laid out Apr. 1900; recorded Feb. 21, 1901, Plan Book 18, p. 134. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781668. [view source] shady-ave-heights-plan
- ↑ Squirrel Hill Historical Society. Squirrel Hill, pp. 14–15. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, S. C., 2005, ISBN 978-0-7385-3717-7. LCCN 2004117444. [view source] squirrel-hill
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of the avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 716. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 359. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 328–381, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 29, 1910, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616256, 86616285, 86616314, 86616333, 86616343), and Apr. 30, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616643, 86616672, 86616694, 86616726, 86616748). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-716
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of Turner street, from Shady avenue to Landview street in the Fourteenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, to Ludwick street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1928, no. 97. Passed Feb. 27, 1928; approved Mar. 1, 1928. Ordinance Book 39, p. 538. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1928, appendix, p. 75, Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books PwGkOIBtAccC; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819810; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1928). [view source] ordinance-1928-97
