Wightman Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Wightman Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Squirrel Hill North, Squirrel Hill South |
| Origin of name | Thomas Wightman |
Wightman Street is named for Thomas Wightman,[1] who once owned the property in the area roughly bounded by modern Wightman Street, Aylesboro Avenue, Murray Avenue, and Bartlett Street.[2] (Some sources say more generally that the street was named for the Wightman family.)[3][4]
References
- ↑ Katie Blackley. "How did Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood get its name?" 90.5 WESA, July 27, 2022. https://www.wesa.fm/arts-sports-culture/2022-07-27/pittsburgh-squirrel-hill-name-good-question. [view source] blackley-squirrel-hill
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 67. 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
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "A little girl in Alleghenytown: Recollections of a dear old lady—a few tales of her girlhood related—the Wightman home on Lacock street—Blackstock's cotton factory and surroundings—the old-time pump and the paved yard with hydrants: The flood menace—how two little girls got the doctor when father was stricken—a thoughtful little lassie—busy Federal street recalled—an adventure of a locomotive—an insecure bumper bumped away." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Oct. 29, 1922, sec. 5, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 86270097. [view source] fleming-little-girl-1
- ↑ Obituaries. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan. 31, 1946, p. 18. Newspapers.com 88725244. [view source] obits-1946-01-31
