Glossary of Terms
Glossary of Historic Carrick Terms:
Carrick-on-Suir – Carrick Post Office was named after this Irish City of Dr. John O’Brien who had the honor of naming the first post office in this area of Baldwin Township in 1853.
Carrick Swan and Rock – official emblem of Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland. Rock because in Gaelic Carrick means Rock and swans because it is located on the River Suir which has many swans.
Agnew Glass Works – Located at the intersection of Brownsville Road and current E. Agnew Avenue.
Hornaday Road – Named after William Hornaday by John M. Phillips. William Hornaday was an environmentalist and naturalist and friend who accompanied John M. Phillips on many excursions to classify animals.
John Phillips – Owned a mansion that sat in the middle of current Hornaday Road and owned 12 acres of land that became known as Phillips Manor.
John M. Phillips – nephew of John Phillips, PA Game Commissioner, City of Pittsburgh Councilman, creator of Phillips Park, owned mansion at 2335 Brownville Road current site of St. Pius X Church, naturalist, environmentalist, Boy Scout Founder in Pennsylvania, owner of Phillips Mining and Manufacturing Company.
Harriet Duff Phillips – Wife of John M. Phillips, daughter of Dr. Duff, founder of the Mothers Club and Carrick activist.
Phillips Park – named after John M. Phillips for the many donated trees and swimming pool. Also known as Dilly’s Grove, Southern Park and Carrick Park was originally a Trolley Traction Park with vaudeville acts, roller coasters, merry go rounds and other attractions.
Engleartville – One of the original names of Carrick named after the Engleart Glass Works
Raleigh Square – the land bordered by Biscayne Avenue to around Wysox Avenue to Maytide Street to Valera Street. Once a farm and sold by the farmer who had 8 children but could no longer make ends meet.
Mother's statue – Originally called L’Enfant was donated to the Mother’s House and resides at the intersection of Overbrook Boulevard and ?
Spiketown – The area around current Volunteer’s Fields. Neighborhood of homes built by miners of the Keeling Coal Company. Said to be called Spiketown because the miners used mine spikes to build their homes. Also said to be named after the Speiker Family whose large family also lived in the area.
Trolley Barns - Carrick Shopping Center where the current Foodland is located was a trolley barn and the end of the line at one time.
Lennox Gulf Station – was also a trolley barn later on and the end of the line until line extended to the current Bank site and bus turn around.
Toll Stations – First toll station was located at Knox Avenue, another at the current Italian Club and a third at current Churchview Road
Bucks Tavern – A toll booth, hotel and tavern for travelers using Brownsville Road to Brownville.
Brownsville Road – At one time was an Indian Trail was also known as Brownsville Pittsburgh Toll Road, Brownsville Plank Road, Southern Avenue and Brownsville Road. The road had at one time three toll booths, was a mud rutted road impassible in spring and fall, used by farmers to transport livestock to Pittsburgh and was a stagecoach route to Brownsville PA. John M. Phillips was called Boardwalk John because of his effort to plank Brownville Road and widened the road to its current width.
Concord Church – was one of the first churches built in Carrick in 1831.
Concord School – current location is the fifth location. Originally built on the back of Concord Church as one room and became known as Concord.
Stewart Avenue – named after the great Stewart Farm.
Carrick Borough Building – located next to Caruso’s Music Store
Carrick Post Office – Currently Caruso’s Music Store.
Nicholodean – Currently the St. Basil’s Credit Union and was the site of Carrick Library.
St. Basil’s School and Church – Originally located on Cherryhill Street at the site of Roosevelt School. Church was built at the current location in 1907.
Brownsville Plank Road – known by that name because of the 4’ plank road for clean riding and maintained by tolls.
John J. Fleming – industrialist and inventor who lived in Carrick and worked as the chief engineer of Phillips Mining and Manufacturing Company.
Wilson's Farm – John Wilson was one of the original settlers of this area. A revolutionary war soldier who was granted land for service in the Revolutionary war and operated a farm from current Biscayne to Parkfield to Route 51. Overbrook Boulevard was once called Wilson’s Alley.
