Chalfont Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Chalfont Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Beltzhoover |
| Seventh Street (until 1898) | |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering of streets beginning with Warrington Avenue |
This street was laid out in 1874 as Seventh Street by Benjamin McLain and Thomas S. Maple in their first plan of Beltzhoover, so named because it was the seventh street in the plan, starting with Washington Avenue (today Warrington Avenue).[1] This numbering continued a system begun in 1866 in the original plan of Allentown.[2]
The Borough of Beltzhoover was annexed by the City of Pittsburgh in 1898.[3] Two months later, a Pittsburgh city ordinance renamed many of the streets in Beltzhoover to fix duplicates; since Pittsburgh already had a Seventh Street downtown, this street was changed to Chalfont Street.[4]
See also
- Seventh Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "McLain and Maple's 1st plan of Beltzhoover, being the first plan of lots laid out on the Murray Farm, Lower St. Clair Tp., 32nd Ward City of Pittsburgh: formerly Borough of Mt. Washington." Recorded May 25, 1874, Plan Book 5, pp. 298–299. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779260. [view source] mclain-maple-beltzhoover-plan-1
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Beltzhoover Borough–Pittsburgh City 1898 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/beltzhoover-borough-pittsburgh-city-1898-merger/. [view source] lgeo-beltzhoover-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets and alleys in the Thirty-eighth ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1898, no. 19. Passed May 2, 1898; approved May 3, 1898. Ordinance Book 12, p. 70. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1898–99, appendix, p. 7, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1899 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecordselect1898). Reprinted in the Pittsburg Post, May 14, 1898, p. 6 (Newspapers.com 86413903), and May 16, p. 6 (Newspapers.com 86414393). [view source] ordinance-1898-19
