Pride Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Pride Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Bluff, Crawford-Roberts |
| Origin of name | Marion Pride |
Pride Street was laid out in 1835 in a subdivision of the estate of Marion Pride,[1] for whom the street is named (see also Marion Street).[2][3] The Pride family once owned the land south of Fifth Avenue (then called the Fourth Street Road) in the area of modern Pride Street and Marion Street.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Plan of the subdivision of out lot no. 10 and part of lot no. 9 into town lots in the Manor of Pittsburg, Pitt Twp.: Laid out at the request of Walter Forward & Walter H. Lowrie executors of the estate [of] Marian Pride dec'd." Laid out Sept. 5, 1835; recorded Dec. 19, 1835, Plan Book 1, pp. 36–37. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778158. [view source] pride-estate-plan
- ↑ "Signs for streets: With the names in big letters, to be placed at every corner: Following the Paris style: An attempt to label the city that proved a sad failure: How some streets were named." Pittsburg Dispatch, Aug. 10, 1892, p. 2. Newspapers.com 76578361. [view source] signs-for-streets
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Reisville now forgotten name: Once thriving suburb called after a pioneer has long been incorporated into City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Dec. 19, 1915, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85762040. [view source] fleming-reisville
- ↑ Jean Barbeau and Lewis Keyon. Map of Pittsburgh and Its Environs. N. B. Molineux, Pittsburgh, 1830. Historic Pittsburgh DARMAP0576; https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36c3ab00-57aa-0136-8f4f-08990f217bc9. [view source] barbeau
- ↑ Lewis Keyon. Map of Pittsburgh and Its Environs. Johnston & Stockton, Pittsburgh, 1835. Historic Pittsburgh DARMAP0577; 1835 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] keyon
