Saint Patrick Street

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Saint Patrick Street
Neighborhood South Side Slopes
Origin of name Saint Patrick

St. Patrick Street appears in the 1890 Hopkins atlas.[1]

It is named for Saint Patrick, a fifth-century missionary and bishop in Ireland, famous as the patron saint of that island.[2] George Swetnam wrote that St. Patrick Street was once in "Irishtown."[3]

References

  1. Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 5, plate 9. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-5-atlas-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source]hopkins-1890-5
  2. Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, pp. 63, 185. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source]regan
  3. George Swetnam. "Here in Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh Press, Sept. 29, 1947, p. 15. Newspapers.com 149729673. [view source]swetnam