Simonton Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Simonton Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Point Breeze North |
| Origin of name | Modification of earlier name, Simen |
| Simen Street (until 1910) | |
| Origin of name | Gottfried Daniel Simen |
Simonton Street is named for Gottfried Daniel Simen, a wealthy shoe salesman in Allegheny City and real estate developer in Point Breeze North who also named McPherson Boulevard and Thomas Boulevard.[1][2] The street first appears in the 1890 G. M. Hopkins atlas of Pittsburgh, named Simen Street.[3] It was renamed Simonton Street in 1910 to distinguish it from Simen Avenue in Brighton Heights, which is also named for Mr. Simen.[4]
References
- ↑ Sarah L. Law. Pittsburgh's Point Breeze, p. 43. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, S. C., 2014, ISBN 978-1-4671-2233-7. LCCN 2014932586. [view source] law
- ↑ Marylynne Pitz. "A wealthy shoe salesman's house takes a turn on the Brighton Heights house tour." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 20, 2019. https://www.post-gazette.com/life/homes/2019/09/20/Queen-Anne-farmhouse-Brighton-Heights-Chocolate-House-Tour/stories/201909170148. [view source] pitz
- ↑ Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 3. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-3-atlas-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1890-3
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 715. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 342. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 312–328, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_0e903fff-f7d8-4eb5-9d15-f91b56e69396/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_ef39b3f8-fdd8-4ad7-a239-10b67a3c2bff/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b7df2ed5-228d-4c8e-8d80-77fa7b457528/). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 19, 1910, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86611990, 86612022), Apr. 20, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612278, 86612297), and Apr. 21, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612601, 86612625). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-715
