Morewood Avenue

From Pittsburgh Streets
Morewood Avenue
Neighborhoods Bloomfield, Shadyside, Squirrel Hill North
Origin of name Family of Edmund Morewood Ferguson
Barton Street (until 1890)
Origin of name John Barton

This street was originally named Barton Street[1][2][3][4] for John Barton (1823–1888),[5][6] who lived on the west side of the street north of Fifth Avenue.[1][2][6][4] Barton was a lawyer and a member of the Allegheny County bar for over 40 years.[5]

In 1890, two years after Barton's death, a petition was presented to Select Council to change the name of Barton Street to Morewood Avenue,[7] which was done by a city ordinance that year.[8] The name honors the family of Edmund Morewood Ferguson (1838–1904),[9] who bought the land across the street from Barton,[2] later bought Barton's land too,[3] and built a mansion on the east side of the street.[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 63. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1872. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1872-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source]hopkins-1872
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 18. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source]hopkins-1882
  3. 3.0 3.1 Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 4. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-4-atlas-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source]hopkins-1890-vol-4
  4. 4.0 4.1 Donald Doherty. Pittsburgh's Shadyside, pp. 12–13. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, S. C., 2008, ISBN 978-0-7385-5701-4. LCCN 2007938996. [view source]doherty
  5. 5.0 5.1 "John Barton dying: An old member of the bar stricken with paralysis: A most active and useful life drawing to a close—a sketch of his career." Pittsburg Press, Feb. 15, 1888, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 141328664. [view source]barton-dying
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Died." Pittsburg Press, Feb. 20, 1888, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 141330017. [view source]barton-obit
  7. Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1890–1, p. 2. Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1890–1891. Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1890. [view source]municipal-record-1890-1891-select
  8. "An ordinance changing the name of Barton street to Morewood avenue." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1890, no. 34. Passed June 30, 1890; approved Apr. 5, 1890. Ordinance Book 7, p. 446. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1890–1, p. 240, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1890–1891 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1890) and Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1890–1, p. 256, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1890–1891 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1890). [view source]ordinance-1890-34
  9. 9.0 9.1 Martha L. Berg. "From the Archives: The Lay of the Land." Rodef Shalom Congregation, 2023. https://www.rodefshalom.org/layoftheland. [view source]berg