McClure Avenue
From Pittsburgh Streets
See also Morrowfield Avenue, part of which was originally named McClure Avenue.
| McClure Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Brighton Heights |
| Origin of name | William B. McClure |
McClure Avenue is named for William B. McClure[1][2][3] (1807–1861), seventh president judge of the Court of Common Pleas (1850–1861). He was followed by James P. Sterrett, eponym of Sterrett Street.[4][5][6]
References
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Famous jurist and orator honored: Wilson McCandless' name preserved locally in street township and lodge: Notes on fine man." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Nov. 12, 1916, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85413176. [view source] fleming-jurist
- ↑ 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
- ↑ A. A. Lambing and J. W. F. White. Allegheny County: Its Early History and Subsequent Development, pp. 107–108, 119. Snowden & Peterson, Pittsburgh, 1888. Google Books 6bY-AAAAYAAJ; HathiTrust 008957728, 100693049; Historic Pittsburgh 00aee8946m; Internet Archive centennialhistor00lamb; LCCN 18008828. [view source] lambing
- ↑ Erasmus Wilson, ed. Standard History of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, pp. 383, 393. H. R. Cornell & Co., Chicago, 1898. Google Books 1dcwAQAAMAAJ; Historic Pittsburgh 00hc03974m; Internet Archive standardhistoryo00wils. [view source] wilson-erasmus
- ↑ History of Pittsburgh and Environs, vol. 2, p. 188. American Historical Society, New York and Chicago, 1922. Google Books 3staAAAAYAAJ, TPUMAAAAYAAJ; HathiTrust 011262563; Internet Archive historypittsbur00yorkgoog, historypittsbur02socigoog. [view source] history-pgh-environs-2
