Monaca Place
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Monaca Place | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Crawford-Roberts |
| Katharine Street (until 1881) | |
| Carbon Alley (1881–1899) | |
| Carbon Street (1910–1911) | |
This street was laid out as Katharine Street in 1835 in a plan of lots by George A. Cook and Robert S. Cassatt.[1] It appears as "Catharine" in the 1845 map of R. E. M'Gowan.[2]
In 1881, a city ordinance officially established the names of all streets and alleys in the city, renaming many of them to fix duplicates. At that time the city had four other thoroughfares named Katharine, Catharine, or Catherine, so this street was renamed Carbon Alley.[3]
Carbon Alley was changed to Monaca Place in 1899.[4]
In 1910, another ordinance officially establishing the names of all streets in Pittsburgh listed this street twice by mistake, as both Monaca Place and Carbon Street.[5] This mistake was fixed the next year, by again renaming "Carbon Alley" Monaca Place.[6]
See also
- Catharine Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had similar names
References
- ↑ "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
- ↑ R. E. M'Gowan. Map of Pittsburgh & Vicinity: Designating the portion destroyed by fire, April 10, 1845. J. W. Cook, Pittsburgh, 1845. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pittsburgh_map_1845.jpg. Published in the front matter of J. Heron Foster, A Full Account of the Great Fire at Pittsburgh, on the Tenth Day of April, 1845: With the Individual Losses, and Contributions for Relief, J. W. Cook, Pittsburgh, 1845 (Internet Archive fullaccountofgre00fost) and of O. Ormsby Gregg, Isaac Gregg, and Moses F. Eaton, Pittsburgh, Her Advantageous Position and Great Resources, as a Manufacturing and Commercial City, Embraced in a Notice of Sale of Real Estate, Johnson & Stockton, Pittsburgh, 1845 (Google Books nrJs-DDEN1sC; Historic Pittsburgh 00afu7810m). [view source] mcgowin-1845
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain streets, avenues and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1910–1911, no. 558. Passed Feb. 14, 1911; approved Feb. 16, 1911. Ordinance Book 22, p. 498. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1910–1911, appendix, pp. 322–323, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1911 (Google Books 0X0zAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223840; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1910). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Mar. 10, 1911, p. 13 (Newspapers.com 86499788), and Mar. 11, p. 13 (Newspapers.com 86499822). [view source] ordinance-1910-1911-558
