Chicago Street

From Pittsburgh Streets
Chicago Street
Neighborhood Northview Heights
Origin of name Chicago, Illinois
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Fort Street (until 1934)
Portion East half
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Main Street (until 1910)
Portion West half
Origin of name Main street of Peter and Margaretha Sauer plans
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Muth Street (1910–1918)
Portion West half

The eastern half of this street was laid out as Fort Street in a plan of lots for the heirs of William Hazlett, recorded in 1873.[1][2]

The western half was laid out as Main Street in 1889 in two plans of lots for Peter and Margaretha Sauer, so named because it was the longest and most important street in these plans.[3][4]

Main Street and Fort Street did not exactly meet: they were offset some distance at the boundary line between the Hazlett and Sauer plans.[5]

All of these plans were in Reserve Township when they were laid out. The Sauer plans were included in a long strip of land along the east side of the East Street valley that was annexed by the City of Allegheny in 1892.[6]

Allegheny City itself was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907.[7] In 1910, over 900 streets were renamed to fix duplicates; the name Main conflicted with Main Street in Lawrenceville and Bloomfield, so it was changed to Muth Street.[8] In 1918, Muth Street was renamed Chicago Street.[9]

The eastern half of Northview Heights, including the Hazlett plan, was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1931.[10] In 1934, most of Fort Street was made part of Chicago Street; the rest became part of Mainland Street.[11]

Bob Regan includes "Chicago" in a list of streets named for cities.[12] In a 1988 Post-Gazette column, Tom Hritz humorously paired Chicago Street with Wysox Street in Carrick.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Plan of lots situate in Reserve Township surveyed and laid out for the heirs of Wm. Hazlett by Wm. McHendry C. E." Recorded Feb. 14, 1873, Plan Book 5, pp. 42–43. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779089. [view source] wm-hazlett-heirs-plan
  2. ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 70. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1876. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1876-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; included in the 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1876
  3. ↑ "Plan of lots situated in Reserve Twp. surveyed for Peter & Margaretha Sauer." Laid out Feb. 1889; recorded Oct. 6, 1892, Plan Book 13, p. 56. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780818. [view source] peter-margaretha-sauer-plan
  4. ↑ "Peter Sauer et ux. plan of lots: Reserve Township." Laid out Feb. 1889; recorded Oct. 22, 1901, Plan Book 19, p. 59. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781781. [view source] peter-sauer-et-ux-plan
  5. ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the Northern Vicinity of Pittsburgh, plate 16. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1897. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1897-plat-book-northern-pittsburgh. [view source] hopkins-1897
  6. ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Allegheny City 1892 Ordinance." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/allegheny-city-1892-ordinance/. [view source] lgeo-allegheny-eastern-east-st-valley-annexation
  7. ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Allegheny City–Pittsburgh City 1907 Consolidation." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/allegheny-city-pittsburgh-city-1907-consolidation/. [view source] lgeo-allegheny-annexation
  8. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 715. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 342. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 312–328, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 19, 1910, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86611990, 86612022), Apr. 20, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612278, 86612297), and Apr. 21, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612601, 86612625). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-715
  9. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1918, no. 30. Passed Feb. 18, 1918; approved Mar. 2, 1918. Ordinance Book 29, p. 322. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1918, appendix, pp. 61–62, McClung Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1918). [view source] ordinance-1918-30
  10. ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Pittsburgh City Ordinance 147." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/pittsburgh-city-ordinance-147/. [view source] lgeo-northview-heights-east-annexation
  11. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues and streets in the Twenty-sixth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (formerly a portion of Reserve Township)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1934, no. 9. Passed Jan. 15, 1934; approved Jan. 19, 1934. Ordinance Book 45, p. 517. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1934, appendix, pp. 4–5, City Printing Company, Pittsburgh, 1934 (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1934). [view source] ordinance-1934-9
  12. ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 65. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
  13. ↑ Tom Hritz. "X Street marks no spot in city." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 27, 1988, p. 4. Newspapers.com 89967623, 89967854. [view source] hritz
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