Braddock Avenue

From Pittsburgh Streets
See also Guthrie Street, which was originally named Braddock Avenue.
Braddock Avenue
Neighborhoods Homewood North, Homewood South, Point Breeze, Point Breeze North, Regent Square
Origin of name Edward Braddock
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Park Avenue (1870s)
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Park Street (1881–1883)
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Park Way Avenue (1883–1888)

Braddock Avenue is named for General Edward Braddock (1695–1755).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

The road that became today's South Braddock Avenue appears in an 1851 map of Allegheny County.[8] It is labeled Park Avenue in the 1872 Hopkins atlas.[9] Its name was established as Park Street by a city ordinance in 1881.[10]

There was another Park Street or Park Avenue in the East End (today's Paulson Avenue), which the same 1881 ordinance renamed Prescott Street, in order to fix the duplication.[10] However, a church on that street, the Park Avenue Presbyterian Church, complained about their street being renamed, so another ordinance was prepared that would have swapped the names Park and Prescott.[11][12] But the residents of this Park Street (modern Braddock Avenue) objected to losing the name of their street, so in the end the name Prescott was discarded, the street with the church became Park Avenue, and this street became Park Way Avenue.[12][13]

Park Way Avenue was renamed Braddock Avenue in 1888.[14] That name was formerly the name of modern Guthrie Street.

References

  1. ↑ George T. Fleming. "History recalled by street names: Stanwix brings to mind many important happenings in the early days of the Western Pennsylvania settlement." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Dec. 6, 1914, sec. 2, p. 8. Newspapers.com 85907599. [view source] fleming-history-recalled
  2. ↑ 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. 24. Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1924. Historic Pittsburgh 00awn8211m; Internet Archive earlylandmarksna00mill. [view source] miller
  3. ↑ "Street names sketch history of city: Tribute to many pioneers dimmed by time." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 26, 1936, anniversary section IV, p. 16. Newspapers.com 88921069. [view source] street-names
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ James K. DeLaney. "Spectres of past haunt Pittsburgh's corner signposts: Street names 'pennants of tribute.'" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mar. 30, 1967, [p. 41]. Newspapers.com 88235360. [view source] delaney
  6. ↑ Joe Browne. "Streets are index of local history." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 28, 1983, p. 37. Newspapers.com 89790718. [view source] browne-streets
  7. ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the city, neighborhoods, streets, parks and more got their names, p. 66. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
  8. ↑ Sidney & Neff and S. McRea. Map of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, with the Names of Property-Holders. Philadelphia, 1851. LCCN 2012592150. [view source] sidney-neff
  9. ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 67. 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
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "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
  11. ↑ Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the year 1882, p. 70. Beymer & Gazzam, Pittsburgh, 1883. Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1882. [view source] municipal-record-1882-select
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "What's in a name?: Two East End wards fighting for a street called Park." Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, Nov. 4, 1882, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85606561. [view source] whats-in-a-name
  13. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of Prescott street and Park street, in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1883, no. 64. Passed Mar. 12, 1883; approved Mar. 14, 1883. Ordinance Book 4, p. 329. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the year 1882, p. 200, Beymer & Gazzam, Pittsburgh, 1883 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1882) and Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the year 1882, p. 169, Beymer & Gazzam, Pittsburgh, 1883 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1882). [view source] ordinance-1883-64
  14. ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of Park Way avenue to Braddock avenue." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1888, no. 148. Passed Oct. 8, 1888; approved Oct. 12, 1888. Ordinance Book 6, p. 512. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the year 1888–9, appendix, p. 305, Chas. F. Peck & Son, Pittsburgh, 1888–1889 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecordselect1888) and Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the year 1888–9, appendix, p. 331, Chas. F. Peck & Son, Pittsburgh, 1888–1889 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecordcommon1888). [view source] ordinance-1888-148
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