Covode Street

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Covode Street
Neighborhood Squirrel Hill South
Origin of name George H. Covode
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Belmont Street (until 1910)

This street was originally named Belmont Street, officially located by a city ordinance in 1886.[1][2] (The 1890 Hopkins atlas labels it "Bryson St.,"[3] but this is an error: Bryson Street was today's Darlington Road.) In 1902, the Schenley Heights plan replaced the easternmost end of Belmont Street, at its intersection with Wightman Street, with a diagonal street named Covode Street.[4] Belmont Street was made part of Covode Street in 1910.[5] Covode Street was straightened by a pair of ordinances in 1916, which rerouted the diagonal part of the street (the original Covode Street) to the original route of Belmont Street.[6][7]

Covode Street is named for George H. Covode (1835–1864), colonel of the 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry in the American Civil War, killed at St. Mary's Church on June 24, 1864. James H. Childs, eponym of Childs Street, was an earlier colonel of the same regiment.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "An ordinance locating Belmont street, from Murray avenue to Coanza street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1886–1887, no. 6. Passed May 31, 1886; approved June 1, 1886. Ordinance Book 5, p. 461. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1886–7, pp. 214–215, E. S. Giles & Co., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1886) and Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1886–7, pp. 180–181, E. S. Giles & Co., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1886). [view source] ordinance-1886-1887-6
  2. ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 1, plate 22. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1898. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1898-volume-1-plat-book-pittsburgh-east. [view source] hopkins-1898-1
  3. ↑ Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 4. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-4-atlas-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1890-4
  4. ↑ "Schenley Heights plan of lots: 22nd Ward, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Made for the Bellefield Land Co." Laid out July 23, 1902; recorded Mar. 17, 1903, Plan Book 20, pp. 102–103. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781993. [view source] schenley-heights-plan
  5. ↑ "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). 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
  6. ↑ "An ordinance annulling and setting aside the location of Covode street, in the Fourteenth ward of the City of Pittsburgh, as shown on the Schenley Heights Plan of Lots, from Hobart street to Pocusset street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1916, no. 98. Passed Mar. 27, 1916; approved Mar. 29, 1916. Ordinance Book 27, p. 441. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1916, appendix, pp. 48–49, Eureka Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1916). [view source] ordinance-1916-98
  7. ↑ "An ordinance locating Covode street, in the Fourteenth ward of the City of Pittsburgh, from Wightman street to the westerly property line of the Schenley Heights Plan of Lots." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1916, no. 99. Passed Mar. 27, 1916; approved Mar. 29, 1916. Ordinance Book 27, p. 442. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1916, appendix, p. 49, Eureka Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1916). [view source] ordinance-1916-99
  8. ↑ 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
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