Meade Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Meade Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Point Breeze North |
| Origin of name | George Meade |
Meade Street was laid out in a plan of streets approved by City Councils in 1872.[1] It is named for George Gordon Meade (1815–1872), Union general in the American Civil War.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Nearby Thomas Boulevard and McPherson Boulevard are also named for Union generals.
References
- ↑ "An ordinance approving, confirming and locating certain streets and alleys and avenues in the City of Pittsburgh, as laid out in a certain plan known as 'Parts of Twenty-first and Twenty-second Wards Plan of Streets,' approved by Councils November 11, 1872; the names of said streets being as follows: Gettysburg street, Hastings street, Linden avenue, Elysian street, Juniata (formerly part McClintock street), Reynolds (formerly part Holmes street), Shady avenue, Fifth avenue, Fair Oaks street, Dunlevy street, Garden (now Selwyn street), Dallas avenue, Galena street, Murtland street, Lang avenue, Homewood avenue, Lexington street, Dunfermline street, Richland street, Park way (now Braddock avenue), Flotilla alley, East End avenue, Buttercup alley, Brushton avenue, Peebles street, Waverly street, Query alley, Lyman street, Egina alley, Blossom alley, Abbott street, Grazier street (now Hamilton avenue), McPherson street, Meade street, Penn avenue, Tuscarora street, Edgerton avenue, and Forbes street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1894–1895, no. 118. Passed June 25, 1894; approved June 29, 1894. Ordinance Book 9, p. 618. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1894–5, appendix, pp. 38–39, J. M. Kelly Printing Co., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1894; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_02d953aa-8e1a-428b-bf40-cf7df22d8fb0/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_f7a09c13-d2ea-4072-b9a9-c4d4d9e635e3/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_1965ca5b-fa46-42fe-b0bb-15c577b29a4b/). [view source] ordinance-1894-1895-118
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Names recall Civil War heroes: Soldiers of national and local fame well commemorated in Pittsburgh: Battles also live." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, May 30, 1915, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85758872. [view source] fleming-civil-war
- ↑ Gilbert Love. "What's in a name? A lot!: Titles of city streets recall persons famed in U. S. history: From Golden Triangle eastward, thoroughfares list great and near great of colonial and revolutionary days." Pittsburgh Press, Feb. 12, 1944, p. 9. Newspapers.com 147946752. [view source] love-titles
- ↑ Margaret Carlin. "How our streets got their names." Pittsburgh Press, Feb. 6, 1966, Pittsburgh's Family Magazine, p. 10. Newspapers.com 149098376. [view source] carlin
- ↑ Joe Browne. "Streets are index of local history." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 28, 1983, p. 37. Newspapers.com 89790718. [view source] browne-streets
- ↑ Torsten Ove. "Site names here are out of sight: From Swamp Poodle Road to Grant Street, locales in the region bear names that are little understood or largely forgotten." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 8, 1998, pp. A-1, A-6. Newspapers.com 94754709, 94754864. [view source] ove
- ↑ Sarah L. Law. Pittsburgh's Point Breeze, p. 42. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, S. C., 2014, ISBN 978-1-4671-2233-7. LCCN 2014932586. [view source] law
