Orchard Place
| Orchard Place | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Knoxville |
| Origin of name | Peach and apple orchards of the Knox farm |
| Boyd Street (until 1884/1897) | |
| Canice Street (1926) | |
This street was laid out as Boyd Street in two plans of lots recorded in 1873 and 1880.[1][2]
The segment from Knox Avenue to Beltzhoover Avenue was renamed Orchard Place by a Knoxville borough ordinance in 1884;[3] the rest of the street became Orchard Place in 1897.[4] It is named for the peach and apple orchards of the Knox farm which once stretched from Amanda Street to Georgia Avenue.[5]
In anticipation of Pittsburgh's annexation of Knoxville, many of the borough's streets were renamed on December 21, 1926; Orchard Place was renamed Canice Street.[6] But apparently, in this case, it was realized that this renaming had been unnecessary, as Pittsburgh had no street with a conflicting name. So one week later, on December 28, Canice Street was changed back to Orchard Place in the very last ordinance of the Borough of Knoxville.[7] Pittsburgh annexed Knoxville six days after that, on January 3, 1927.[8]
See also
- Boyd Street on the Bluff
- Orchard Street, for other streets that have been named Orchard
References
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "Plan of lots situated in the Borough of Knoxville, Allegheny County laid out for Knox, Bausman and Mathews." Recorded Sept. 25, 1880, Plan Book 6, p. 219. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779449. [view source] knox-bausman-mathews-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance for change of name of Boyd Street to Orchard Place, from Knox Avenue to Beltzhoover Avenue." Knoxville borough ordinance, 1887, no. 15. Enacted Apr. 17, 1884; promulgated Apr. 19, 1884. In ordinance book of Knoxville Borough, 1877–1921, p. 25 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_ce915976-9a93-42d4-ba5c-244604399c69/). [view source] ordinance-1884-15
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of Boyd street to Orchard place in the Borough of Knoxville." Knoxville borough ordinance, 1897, no. 149. Enacted Nov. 6, 1897; approved Nov. 6, 1897. In ordinance book of Knoxville Borough, 1877–1921, p. 193 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_ce915976-9a93-42d4-ba5c-244604399c69/). [view source] ordinance-1897-149
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain streets, avenues and alleys in the Borough of Knoxville." Knoxville borough ordinance, 1926, no. 530. Enacted Dec. 21, 1926; approved Dec. 21, 1926. In ordinance book of Knoxville Borough, 1922–1926, p. 199 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_46104c53-ba6f-4cf6-87dc-ee96c06cf9c8/). [view source] ordinance-1926-530
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of Canice Street, in the Borough of Knoxville, to Orchard Place; and repealing any ordinance or ordinances inconsistent herewith." Knoxville borough ordinance, 1926, no. 532. Enacted Dec. 28, 1926; approved Dec. 29, 1926. In ordinance book of Knoxville Borough, 1922–1926, p. 203 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_46104c53-ba6f-4cf6-87dc-ee96c06cf9c8/). [view source] ordinance-1926-532-knoxville
- ↑ 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
