Gladstone Street
| Gladstone Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Greenfield, Hazelwood |
| Origin of name | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Warren Street (until ca. 1886) | |
| Portion | From Bigelow Street to about halfway along the Gladstone Street steps |
A portion of modern Gladstone Street, from Bigelow Street southward, appears in an 1873 plan of the estate of Joseph Winders, though this plan did not give it a name.[1] This street appears, unlabeled, in the 1882 Hopkins atlas.[2]
An 1881 city ordinance establishing the names of all streets in Pittsburgh included "Warren street, from Squirrel Hill street to Property line, Twenty-third ward."[3] Squirrel Hill Street was modern Bigelow Street. The street called Warren Street here was probably this portion of modern Gladstone Street; it is the only street shown in the 1882 Hopkins atlas that matches this description.[2] The name Warren Street had probably been applied to this street before this ordinance, because a different Warren Street in the Hill District (today Shipton Street) was renamed by the ordinance to fix the duplication.[3]
Gladstone Street was laid out in 1886 in a plan of lots by John D. Scully and Charles E. Speer.[4] It is named for William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom several times between 1874 and 1894, who proposed home rule for Ireland in 1886. Nearby Home Rule Street, laid out in the same plan, is named for the Irish Home Rule movement, and Parnell Street is named for the leader of the movement.
Gladstone Street connected to the older street shown in the Winders estate plan, and the 1890 Hopkins atlas labels the full length of this street "Gladstone St."[5]
See also
- Warren Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Plan of the real estate of Joseph Winders dec'd.: Situated in the 23rd Ward City of Pittsburgh, to be recorded at the request of John Alderson Esq. executor of the last will and testament of Joseph Winders dec'd." Laid out Oct. 1873; recorded Oct. 16, 1873, Plan Book 5, pp. 218–219. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779198. [view source] winders-est-plan
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 14. 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "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
- ↑ "John D. Scully & Chas. E. Speer's plan of lots, 23rd Ward, Pitts." Laid out July 1886; recorded June 19, 1889, Plan Book 9, pp. 36–37. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780156. [view source] scully-speer-plan
- ↑ Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 4, plates 17–18. 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
