Amanda Street

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Amanda Street
Neighborhoods Allentown, Carrick, Knoxville, South Side Slopes
Origin of name Amanda Knox Mathews
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Amanda Avenue (until 1933)
Portion Knoxville
Origin of name Amanda Knox Mathews
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Hays Avenue (until 1927)
Portion Carrick

The first segment of this street to be laid out was a short length running north from what is today Arlington Avenue: it appears in a plan of lots by John F. Bennett recorded in 1861, though that plan did not give it a name.[1] The street does not appear in the original plan of Allentown, laid out by Boyd and Allen in 1866, because the eastern line of that plan was the western line of the street.[2] The 1872 Hopkins atlas shows only the short portion of the street in Bennett's plan, with no name.[3]

The portion from Arlington Avenue to Brownsville Road was laid out as Amanda Avenue in the first plan of Knoxville by Knox and Bausman, recorded in 1873.[4] It was named for Amanda Knox Mathews, daughter of Jeremiah Knox and Sarah Beltzhoover Bausman Knox.[5][6]

Allentown was one of 11 South Side boroughs annexed by Pittsburgh in 1872.[7] In 1881 a Pittsburgh city ordinance established the names of all streets in the city, and the street on the eastern edge of Allentown was named Amanda Street.[8]

The part of this street in Carrick was first laid out as Hays Avenue in 1888 in the plan of Nobleton.[9] This avenue was extended southward by the South View Place plan of 1890[10] and the Kenova plan of 1898.[11] Hays Avenue eventually connected to Amanda Avenue through Mount Oliver Borough.

The boroughs of Carrick and Knoxville were annexed by Pittsburgh in 1927.[12][13] Hays Avenue conflicted with Hays Street in East Liberty, so it was renamed Amanda Street by a Pittsburgh city ordinance shortly afterward.[14] The part of the street in Knoxville remained Amanda Avenue for six more years until it was also renamed Amanda Street in 1933.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "John F. Bennett's plan of lots." Recorded Apr. 8, 1861, Plan Book 2, p. 177. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778445. [view source] john-f-bennett-plan
  2. ↑ "Boyd and Allen's plan of building and gardening lots situate in the Manor of Pittsburgh № 1 south of Monongahela River: Property of the heirs of Jos. Allen dec'd." Recorded May 18, 1866, Plan Book 3, pp. 122–123. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778548. [view source] boyd-allen-plan
  3. ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 100, 116. 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
  4. ↑ "Plan of a part of Knoxville: Situated in Lower St. Clair Tp., Allegheny County Pennsylvania: Laid out for Knox and Bausman." Recorded July 15, 1873, Plan Book 5, pp. 162–163. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779154. [view source] knox-bausman-plan
  5. ↑ Jean M. Goldstrom, ed. Knoxville Borough; a History: The Story of a Pittsburgh Community, 3rd ed., p. 15. Whortleberry Press, Pittsburgh, 2009. [view source] goldstrom
  6. ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 62. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
  7. ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Pittsburgh City 1872 Borough Mergers." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/pittsburgh-city-1872-borough-mergers/. [view source] lgeo-south-side-annexation
  8. ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 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 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1881-33
  9. ↑ "Plan of Nobleton, laid out for T. A., M. H. & W. C. Noble, Baldwin Twp." Laid out Nov. 1888; recorded May 21, 1890, Plan Book 10, p. 45. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780325. [view source] nobleton-plan
  10. ↑ "Birmingham Land Improvement Company's South View Place, Baldwin Township." Laid out July 1890; recorded Aug. 28, 1890, Plan Book 10, pp. 102–103. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780389. [view source] south-view-place-plan
  11. ↑ "Kenova: Situated in Baldwin Twp. Alle. Co. Pa.: Laid out for Edwin H. Noble, Margaret A. Noble & Mary E. Noble." Laid out 1898; recorded Aug. 6, 1901, Plan Book 19, p. 8. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781740. [view source] kenova-plan
  12. ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Carrick Borough–Pittsburgh City 1927 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/carrick-borough-pittsburgh-city-1927-merger/. [view source] lgeo-carrick-annexation
  13. ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Knoxville Borough–Pittsburgh City 1927 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/knoxville-borough-pittsburgh-city-1927-merger/. [view source] lgeo-knoxville-annexation
  14. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes, alleys and ways in the Twenty-ninth Ward (formerly Carrick Borough)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1927, no. 207. Passed Mar. 21, 1927; approved Mar. 26, 1927. Ordinance Book 38, p. 410. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1927, appendix, pp. 187–190, Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books cZfgUddPQR0C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819802; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1927). [view source] ordinance-1927-207
  15. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, roads and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1933, no. 121. Passed May 29, 1933; approved May 31, 1933. Ordinance Book 45, p. 241. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1933, appendix, p. 72, City Printing Co., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1933). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, June 3, 1933, p. 13 (Newspapers.com 523406708); and in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 5, 1933, p. 25 (Newspapers.com 89887815), and June 6, p. 23 (Newspapers.com 89888832). [view source] ordinance-1933-121
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