Climax Street
| Climax Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Allentown, Beltzhoover |
| Third Street (until 1881/1898) | |
| Portion | East of Montooth Street |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering of streets beginning with Warrington Avenue |
| Paul Avenue (until 1907) | |
| Portion | West of Montooth Street |
This street was originally laid out as Third Street in 1866 in the original plan of Allentown, laid out by Boyd and Allen. The streets in the southern half of this plan were numbered north to south, beginning with what is today Warrington Avenue.[1]
Two additional plans, recorded in the first half of the 1870s, extended Third Street westward through the western part of Allentown and through what later became the Borough of Beltzhoover.[2][3] The western edge of the Borough of Beltzhoover was modern Montooth Street.
West of Montooth Street, the street was continued as Paul Avenue in a plan laid out in 1888 by S. L. Boggs.[4] This district later became the Borough of Montooth.
The street got its present name as a result of three annexations by the City of Pittsburgh. First, the Borough of Allentown was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1872.[5] In 1881, a Pittsburgh city ordinance renamed many streets to fix duplicates; since there was another Third Street downtown (today the northern half of Commonwealth Place), the street in Allentown was renamed Climax Street.[6]
Next, in 1898, the Borough of Beltzhoover was annexed[7] and a Pittsburgh ordinance changed Third Street in Beltzhoover to Climax Street to match the name in Allentown.[8] Finally, in 1907, the Borough of Montooth was annexed[9] and Paul Avenue was made part of Climax Street.[10]
See also
- Third Street, for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "Plan of T. S. Maples: Extension of Boydstown." Recorded Sept. 3, 1870, Plan Book 4, pp. 54–55. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778819. [view source] ts-maple-boydstown-plan
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "S. L. Boggs' plan of lots in West Liberty Borough, Allegheny Co., Pa." Laid out May 1888; recorded July 28, 1888, Plan Book 8, pp. 222–223. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780013. [view source] sl-boggs-plan
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Pittsburgh City 1872 Borough Mergers." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/pittsburgh-city-1872-borough-mergers/. [view source] lgeo-south-side-annexation
- ↑ "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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Montooth Borough–Pittsburgh City 1907 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/montooth-borough-pittsburgh-city-1907-merger/. [view source] lgeo-montooth-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of avenues, streets and alleys in the Forty-second ward of the city of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1907, no. 174. Passed July 22, 1907; approved Aug. 1, 1907. Ordinance Book 18, p. 510. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1907, appendix, p. 80, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1908 (HathiTrust chi.096598952). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Aug. 8, 1907, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 85923150), and Aug. 10, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 85923350). [view source] ordinance-1907-174
