Marion Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Marion Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Bluff |
| Origin of name | Marion Pride |
Marion Street was laid out in 1835 in a subdivision of the estate of Marion Pride,[1] for whom the street is named (see also Pride Street).[2] The 1835 plan, or at least the later copy recorded in the Allegheny County Plan Book, spells the name Marian (for both the street and the woman), but the spelling Marion was officially established by a city ordinance in 1881.[3]
In a 1915 article in the Pittsburgh Gazette Times, George T. Fleming seemed to associate the name with Revolutionary War general Francis Marion,[4] but in this he was mistaken.
References
- ↑ "Plan of the subdivision of out lot no. 10 and part of lot no. 9 into town lots in the Manor of Pittsburg, Pitt Twp.: Laid out at the request of Walter Forward & Walter H. Lowrie executors of the estate [of] Marian Pride dec'd." Laid out Sept. 5, 1835; recorded Dec. 19, 1835, Plan Book 1, pp. 36–37. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778158. [view source] pride-estate-plan
- ↑ "Signs for streets: With the names in big letters, to be placed at every corner: Following the Paris style: An attempt to label the city that proved a sad failure: How some streets were named." Pittsburg Dispatch, Aug. 10, 1892, p. 2. Newspapers.com 76578361. [view source] signs-for-streets
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1880–1881, no. 33. Passed Feb. 28, 1881; approved Mar. 4, 1881. Ordinance Book 5, p. 212. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1880, pp. 213–234, Herald Printing Company, Pittsburgh, 1881 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b24d64b7-2eda-488e-a00b-cddc143becfd/). [view source] ordinance-1880-1881-33
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Stories of Lawrenceville: Part of the city which was once rich in names recalling the stirring days of early Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Jan. 24, 1915, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85751412. [view source] fleming-lawrenceville
