Trent Street
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| Trent Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Middle Hill |
| Origin of name | William Trent |
| William Street (until 1881) | |
This street appears as William Street in the 1852 map of R. E. McGowin.[1] The 1923 Hopkins atlas indicates that it was laid out as part of a plan of lots by William Hays.[2]
In 1881, a Pittsburgh city ordinance renamed many streets to fix duplicates. William Street in the Hill District was renamed Trent Street to avoid confusion with William Street on the South Side.[3]
Trent Street is named for Captain William Trent (1715–1787), a fur trader and merchant who in 1753 was appointed by Governor Robert Dinwiddie of Virginia to build a fort at the Forks of the Ohio, now called the Point. The building of the fort was begun in 1754, but before it was complete, the French forced its surrender; they then built Fort Duquesne there.[4]
See also
- William Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 1, plate 12. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1923. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1923-volume-1-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1923 layer at PGH Historic Maps and Imagery (https://pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=25ed595c7bde40cdae7165261a9a3ad6). [view source] hopkins-1923-1
- ↑ "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
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Intrepid men commemorated: Christopher Gist and William Trent and their history are recalled by two short streets in Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Jan. 31, 1915, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85751671. [view source] fleming-intrepid
