Minerva Street
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| Minerva Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Bloomfield |
| Origin of name | Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom |
| Mary Street (until 1881) | |
This street was first laid out as Mary Street in William Woolslayer's plan of lots, recorded in 1869,[1] and D. S. Williams' plan of 1870.[2]
Many Pittsburgh streets were renamed in 1881 to fix duplicates. This Mary Street conflicted with Mary Street in the South Side (as well as another Mary Street in Bloomfield, today Mintwood Street), so it was changed to Minerva Street.[3] The name is that of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom.[4]
See also
- Mary Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Plan of lots situate in Liberty Township Allegheny County Pennsylvania laid out for William Woolslayer." Recorded July 15, 1869, Plan Book 3, pp. 294–295. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778746. [view source] wm-woolslayer-1869-plan
- ↑ "Plan of lots situate in the 16th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh Pa.: Laid out by D. S. Williams." Laid out Feb. 28, 1870; recorded Mar. 9, 1870, Plan Book 4, p. 13. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778784. [view source] ds-williams-plan
- ↑ "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
- ↑ W. G. Kaufmann. "Names of streets: Pittsburg ransacked creation when doing its christening: Honors for local celebrities: The hard fighters and the noble Indians all taken care of: How other titles originated." Pittsburg Dispatch, Mar. 15, 1891, p. 15. Newspapers.com 76218287. [view source] kaufmann
