Nevada Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Nevada Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Swisshelm Park |
| Origin of name | State of Nevada |
| North Street (until 1881) | |
| Origin of name | Northern boundary of North Homestead |
This street appears as North Street in the 1876 Hopkins atlas, so named because it was the northern boundary of the small settlement of North Homestead.[1] It was changed to Nevada Street in 1881 to fix the duplication with North Street in Lawrenceville, although the same ordinance also changed the Lawrenceville street to Foster Street.[2] It is named for the state of Nevada.[3]
See also
- North Street, for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 13. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1876. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1876-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; included in the 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1876
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 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 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1881-33
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the city, neighborhoods, streets, parks and more got their names, p. 73. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
