Villanova Road
| Villanova Road | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Morningside |
| Origin of name | Perhaps Villanova University |
This street appears in the 1924 Hopkins atlas as part of Vilsack Street,[1] which is named for L. Vilsack, who owned the land north of this street and for whom a plan of lots was laid out in 1904.[2][3][1][4] Vilsack Street, from Morningside Avenue to the "northeasterly end of plan," was dedicated in 1908;[4] this description includes today's Villanova Road. Similarly, an ordinance in 1910, establishing all street names in the city, included Vilsack Street "from Duffield to prop. line."[5] However, it seems that the city believed that the street beyond Chislett Street was not officially named: a 1925 ordinance gave the name Villanova Road to "an unnamed street."[6]
Bob Regan includes "Villanova" in a list of streets with college-related names, but he gives no further details.[7] The implied eponym seems to be Villanova University, but there is no evidence for this association in particular. The name may have been chosen for its similarity to Vilsack.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 3, plate 22. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1924. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1924-volume-3-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1924-vol-3
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 2, plate 36. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1904. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1904-volume-2-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1903–1906 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1904-vol-2
- ↑ Atlas of Greater Pittsburgh, plate 12. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1910. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1910-atlas-greater-pittsburgh; 1910 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1910
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "An ordinance approving and accepting the plan of lots in the Eighteenth ward, Pittsburgh, laid out for Mr. L. Vilsack, and approving and accepting the streets and alleys shown therein." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1908, no. 131. Passed Mar. 18, 1908; approved Mar. 23, 1908. Ordinance Book 19, p. 163. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the years 1907–'08–'09, appendix, p. 57, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1909 (Google Books gMBEAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust chi.096598897; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecordselect1907, Pghmunicipalrecordcommon1907). [view source] ordinance-1908-131
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of the avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1910, no. 716. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 359. 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. 328–381, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 29, 1910, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616256, 86616285, 86616314, 86616333, 86616343), and Apr. 30, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616643, 86616672, 86616694, 86616726, 86616748). [view source] ordinance-1910-716
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the name of Villanova road and changing the name of Drake way in the Vilsack Plan of Lots, Tenth Ward, of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1925, no. 255. Passed June 22, 1925; approved June 25, 1925. Ordinance Book 36, p. 364. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the year 1925, appendix, p. 191, Kaufman Printing Company, Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books qSb28JpAxN8C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819786; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1925). [view source] ordinance-1925-255
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the city, neighborhoods, streets, parks and more got their names, p. 66. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
