Shamokin Street
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| Shamokin Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | South Side Slopes |
| Origin of name | Native American village of Shamokin |
| Summit Street (until 1881) | |
This street was laid out as Summit Street in 1873 in a plan of lots by Oliveretta Wharton and E. M. Yard.[1]
In 1881, many Pittsburgh streets were renamed to fix duplicates. Pittsburgh had four Summit Streets, so this one in the South Side Slopes was changed to Shamokin Street.[2] The name commemorates the Native American village of Shamokin on the Susquehanna River, at the site of modern Sunbury, Pennsylvania.[3][4]
See also
- Summit Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Oliveretta Wharton and E. M. Yard." Laid out July 26, 1873; recorded Aug. 1, 1883, Plan Book 7, pp. 48–49. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779595. [view source] wharton-yard-plan
- ↑ "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
- ↑ W. G. Kaufmann. "Names of streets: Pittsburg ransacked creation when doing its christening: Honors for local celebrities: The hard fighters and the noble Indians all taken care of: How other titles originated." Pittsburg Dispatch, Mar. 15, 1891, p. 15. Newspapers.com 76218287. [view source] kaufmann
- ↑ George Thornton Fleming. History of Pittsburgh and Environs: From Prehistoric Days to the Beginning of the American Revolution, vol. 1, pp. 149, 151. American Historical Society, New York and Chicago, 1922. Google Books 7ctaAAAAYAAJ, ffQMAAAAYAAJ, S88wAQAAMAAJ, tzUafgt-eskC; HathiTrust 011262563; Historic Pittsburgh 01aee9405m; Internet Archive historypittsbur01compgoog, historypittsbur01socigoog, historypittsbur01yorkgoog. [view source] fleming-history
