Brett Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Brett Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Westwood |
| Marlowe Avenue (until 1922) | |
| Portion | North of Willoughby Street |
This street was first laid out as Marlowe Avenue in 1901 in the West Pittsburg Terrace plan.[1]
Chartiers Township was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1921,[2] and the next year a Pittsburgh city ordinance changed Marlowe Avenue to Brett Street.[3]
The portion of Brett Street south of Willoughby Street was laid out in 1950 in the Noble Manor plan,[4] revised in 1951,[5] and officially accepted, opened, and named by an ordinance in 1953.[6]
References
- ↑ "Robert T. Paine Jr's. plan of West Pittsburg Terrace: Situate in Chartiers Twp. Allegheny Co. Pa." Laid out May 1901; recorded June 22, 1901, Plan Book 18, pp. 192–193. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781723. [view source] west-pittsburg-terrace-plan
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Chartiers Township–Pittsburgh City 1921 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/chartiers-township-pittsburgh-city-1921-merger/. [view source] lgeo-chartiers-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of various streets, avenues, lanes, roads, alleys and ways in the Twentieth and Twenty-eighth Wards (formerly Chartiers Township)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1922, no. 336. Passed Oct. 2, 1922; approved Oct. 3, 1922. Ordinance Book 33, p. 604. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1922, appendix, pp. 238–244, Kaufman Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Google Books -UEtAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223972; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1922). [view source] ordinance-1922-336
- ↑ "Noble Manor plan of lots: Harry & Fay Tuvin Mervis: 28th Ward, City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pa." Laid out Dec. 4, 1950; recorded Dec. 22, 1950, Plan Book 47, pp. 16–20. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3785446. [view source] noble-manor-plan
- ↑ "Noble Manor revised plan of lots: Harry & Fay Tuvin Mervis: 28th Ward, City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pa." Laid out Mar. 15, 1951; recorded Apr. 14, 1951, Plan Book 47, pp. 112–113. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3785509. [view source] noble-manor-revised-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance accepting the dedication of Poplar Street from a point 90 feet east of Chessland street to a point 315 feet west of Chessland street from Poplar street to a point 384.45 feet south of Yeckley way, and the dedication of Brett street from Chessland street to a point 93.57 feet south of Yeckley way, all as laid out in 'Noble Manor Revised Plan of Lots' in the Twenty-eighth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh by Harry and Fay Tuvin Mervis for public highway purposes, opening and naming the same, fixing the widths and positions of the roadways and sidewalks thereof, establishing the grades thereof, and accepting the grading, paving, curbing and sewering of the same." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1953, no. 16. Passed Jan. 19, 1953; approved Jan. 29, 1953. Ordinance Book 58, p. 427. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1953, appendix, pp. 9–11, City Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1953). [view source] ordinance-1953-16
