Beech Avenue
From Pittsburgh Streets
See also Breesport Street, which was once named Beach Avenue.
| Beech Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Allegheny West |
| Beech Street (until 1892) | |
This street appears in R. E. McGowin's 1852 map, labeled just "Street."[1] It is also unlabeled in the 1862 map of S. N. and F. W. Beers.[2]
It was named Beech Street by 1866,[3] and it is so labeled in the 1872 Hopkins atlas.[4] The plan of the Denny estate, laid out in 1879, includes Beech Street.[5]
Beech Street was changed to Beech Avenue by an Allegheny city ordinance in 1892.[6]
See also
- Beech Alley (disambiguation), for alleys that have been named Beech
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
- ↑ S. N. & F. W. Beers. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Smith, Gallup & Hewitt, Philadelphia, 1862. LCCN 2012592151; https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/31783; 1862 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] beers
- ↑ "John D. Bailey, stock and real estate broker." Pittsburgh Commercial, Oct. 31, 1866, [p. 3]. Newspapers.com 85401596. [view source] john-d-bailey
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 76–77. 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
- ↑ "Plan of property owned by the Denny estate situated in the 2nd Ward Allegheny made for Robert McKnight and Wm. M. Paxton executors of Elizabeth F. Denny, deceased." Laid out Nov. 1, 1879; recorded Nov. 7, 1879, Plan Book 6, pp. 193–195. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779419. [view source] denny-estate-allegheny-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of Beech street to Beech avenue, Second ward." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1892, no. 38. Passed Sept. 15, 1892; approved Sept. 21, 1892. Reprinted in the Pittsburg Press, Sept. 24, 1892, [p. 3] (Newspapers.com 141478356), and Sept. 26, [p. 6] (Newspapers.com 141478547). [view source] ordinance-1892-38
