Manilla Street
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| Manilla Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Crawford-Roberts |
| Origin of name | Manila, Philippines |
| Gum Street (until 1899) | |
| Macshane Street (until ca. 1840) | |
| Portion | North of Bedford Avenue |
| Manila Street (1899–1910) | |
| Origin of name | Manila, Philippines |
The portion of this street south of Bedford Avenue was laid out as Gum Street in the early nineteenth century by Thomas Whiteside.[1] It appears in the 1830 map of Jean Barbeau and Lewis Keyon.[2]
The portion north of Bedford Avenue was laid out as Macshane Street in 1835 in a plan of lots by George A. Cook and Robert S. Cassatt.[3] It was considered part of Gum Street by 1847.[4]
Gum Street was renamed Manila Street (with one L) in 1899.[5] It was named for Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, which had been ceded by Spain to the United States at the conclusion of the Spanish–American War just months before.[6][7]
In 1910, a city ordinance that officially established the names of all streets in Pittsburgh spelled the name Manilla Street, with two L's.[8] This may have been an inadvertent change, but this spelling stuck.
References
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 3. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1882
- ↑ Jean Barbeau and Lewis Keyon. Map of Pittsburgh and Its Environs. N. B. Molineux, Pittsburgh, 1830. Historic Pittsburgh DARMAP0576; https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36c3ab00-57aa-0136-8f4f-08990f217bc9. [view source] barbeau
- ↑ "Plan of a subdivision into town lots of lots nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17 in Bedford's plan and nos. 1, 2 and the stone quarry lot in Reed plan: Situated on Grant's Hill in the Manor of Pittsburg, Pitt Twp.: Surveyed and laid out for Messrs. George A. Cook & Robert S. Cassatt." Laid out Apr. 10, 1835; recorded May 14, 1835, Plan Book 1, p. 34. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778152. [view source] cook-cassatt-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing and fixing the grade of Cliff street in the seventh ward." Pittsburgh city ordinance. Enacted July 26, 1847. Ordinance Book A, p. 388. In A Digest of the Ordinances of the City of Pittsburgh: To Which Is Prefixed a Collection of the Acts of Assembly Relating to the Corporation, p. 286, W. H. Whitney, Pittsburgh, 1849 (Historic Pittsburgh 31735056288487). [view source] ordinance-1849-cliff
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of Carbon alley to 'Monaca place,' Gum street to 'Manila street' and Ford street to 'Glendora street.'" Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1899–1900, no. 27. Passed Apr. 17, 1899; approved Apr. 19, 1899. Ordinance Book 12, p. 378. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1899–1900, appendix, p. 8, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1900 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecordcommon1899; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_9bb80372-dbc2-40c2-b95a-fd9b7938048d/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_e864e5bd-0303-4273-a628-fc38c34516f5/). [view source] ordinance-1899-1900-27
- ↑ Francis X. Burns. "History recorded in street names: The way in which the march of events have left their mark on the city of Pittsburg." Pittsburg Post, Dec. 30, 1900, p. 21. Newspapers.com 86393131. [view source] history-recorded
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Great patriots are honored in street names: Commemoration of splendid leaders of young republic is apparent here: Clay and Webster." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Mar. 4, 1917, sec. 5, pp. 2–3. Newspapers.com 85858155, 85858158. [view source] fleming-patriots
- ↑ "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; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_0e903fff-f7d8-4eb5-9d15-f91b56e69396/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_ef39b3f8-fdd8-4ad7-a239-10b67a3c2bff/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b7df2ed5-228d-4c8e-8d80-77fa7b457528/). 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
