Bennett Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Bennett Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | East Hills, Homewood South, Homewood West |
This street appears, unlabeled, in the 1872 Hopkins atlas.[1] In Grazier and Murtland's plan of lots, laid out in 1874, it is labeled Frankstown Avenue, while today's Frankstown Avenue is labeled "Old Frankstown Road now Western Ave."[2] It appears that this was an attempt to straighten out the bend in Frankstown Avenue, but it did not stick: the 1882 Hopkins atlas shows Frankstown Avenue in its modern (and original) course, while this street is labeled "Belmont Street."[3] This is probably an error by the mapmaker, as the name had been established as Bennett Street by a city ordinance in 1881.[4]
References
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 65. 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
- ↑ "Grazier and Murtland's plan of property in the 21st Ward Pittsburgh." Laid out June 1874; recorded May 1, 1876, Plan Book 6, pp. 86–87. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779343. [view source] grazier-murtland-plan
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plates 19, 20. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1882
- ↑ "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
