Sunday Street

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For the north–south street that runs along the western edge of Union Dale Cemetery, see Oriana Street.
Sunday Street
Neighborhood California-Kirkbride
Origin of name Modification of Sweeney, its original name
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Sweeney Street (until 1910)
Origin of name Hugh Sweeny

This street appears, unlabeled, in the 1872 Hopkins atlas.[1] It was originally named Sweeney Street[2] for Hugh Sweeny, who laid out a plan of lots here about 1848.[3][4] Sweeny had previously run the Mount Emmet Hotel here.[5][6][7][8][9]

Allegheny City was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907.[10] In 1910, over 900 streets were renamed to fix duplicates. Pittsburgh already had a Sweeney Alley in the Hill District (today Sweeney Way), so Sweeney Street on the North Side was changed to Sunday Street.[11] This name was paired with Divinity Street by an article in the Pittsburgh Gazette Times, which ridiculed many of the new street names.[12] It was probably just a modification of the name Sweeney.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 88–89. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1872. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1872-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1872
  2. ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 35. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1882
  3. ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 5, plate 13. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1925. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1925-volume-5-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1925-5
  4. ↑ Wm. J. Burnside and Hugh Sweeny. "Sale of building lots." Daily Morning Post (Pittsburgh), Nov. 4, 1848, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 86640451. [view source] sale-of-building-lots
  5. ↑ Hugh Sweeny. "Mt. Emmet Hotel." Daily Morning Post (Pittsburgh), June 1, 1843, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 87584921. [view source] mt-emmet-hotel
  6. ↑ "Another cemetery." Pittsburgh Gazette, Sept. 12, 1845, [p. 4]. Newspapers.com 85132067. [view source] another-cemetery
  7. ↑ Robert Fairman. "Mount Union Cemetery." Pittsburgh Morning Post, Oct. 1, 1845, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 88168285. [view source] mount-union-cemetery
  8. ↑ 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
  9. ↑ Writers' Program of the Works [sic] Projects Administration in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Story of Old Allegheny City, 1994 reprint ed., p. 31. American Guide Series. Allegheny City Society, Pittsburgh, 1994, ISBN 1-884856-01-2. LCCN 94070104. Originally published by the Allegheny Centennial Committee, Pittsburgh, 1941. [view source] old-allegheny-city
  10. ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Allegheny City–Pittsburgh City 1907 Consolidation." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/allegheny-city-pittsburgh-city-1907-consolidation/. [view source] lgeo-allegheny-annexation
  11. ↑ "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
  12. ↑ "Making a joke of street names: Clerks assigned to wipe out duplications choose any old titles: Hippo, Tumbo, Fortitude!: Also Divinity, Sunday, Starch, Parkhurst, Chianti, Wry and Prudence." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, July 28, 1909, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85879633. [view source] making-a-joke
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