Shipton Street
| Shipton Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Middle Hill |
| Warren Street (until 1881) | |
| Origin of name | Perhaps Joseph Warren |
Shipton Street lies between and parallel to Devilliers Street and Bedford Avenue, running southeastwardly from Bedford Avenue about 80 feet.
It was laid out as Warren Street in a plan of lots by John Keating.[1] It appears in the 1852 map of R. E. McGowin.[2] The name may have commemorated Joseph Warren (1741–1775), a Founding Father and physician who was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill.[3]
In 1881, a city ordinance renamed many streets to fix duplicates. There was another Warren Street somewhere around Squirrel Hill (probably part of Gladstone Street today), so this street on the Hill was renamed Shipton Street.[4]
Much of Shipton Street was vacated by a city ordinance in 2002, but the northernmost 83.24 feet were excluded from this vacation,[5] so it appears that a stub of Shipton Street still officially exists, though it currently has no street sign.
See also
- Warren Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 1, plate 11. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1923. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1923-volume-1-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1923-1
- ↑ R. E. McGowin. Map of the Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny and of the Boroughs of South-Pittsburgh, Birmingham, East-Birmingham, Lawrenceville, Duquesne & Manchester etc. Schuchman & Haunlein, Pittsburgh, 1852. https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32269. [view source] mcgowin-1852
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Names recall Civil War heroes: Soldiers of national and local fame well commemorated in Pittsburgh: Battles also live." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, May 30, 1915, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85758872. [view source] fleming-civil-war
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "Resolution vacating Seal Street and a portion of Shipton Street in the 5th Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city resolution, 2002, no. 535. Enacted Aug. 5, 2002; effective Aug. 6, 2002. https://pittsburgh.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=634181&GUID=CA11B9EB-5024-4725-8F40-F2A279860C1D. [view source] resolution-2002-535
