Syrian Street
| Syrian Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Arlington, Arlington Heights |
| Davis Street (until 1923) | |
| Origin of name | John T. Davis |
This street was laid out by Thomas Mellon in a plan of lots recorded in 1870, though that plan did not give it a name.[1]
John T. Davis subdivided part of Mellon's plan on the west side of this street in 1872 and 1876, though his plan also did not name the street.[2] The 1886 Hopkins atlas labels lots 8, 11, and 12 in Mellon's plan, on the west side of this street, with the name Davis.[3] Accordingly, this street had been named Davis Street by 1899.[4][5]
St. Clair Borough, including Davis Street, was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1923.[6] Later that year, many streets in the former borough were renamed to fix duplicates; to avoid confusion with Davis Avenue in Brighton Heights, Davis Street was changed to Syrian Street.[7] This took the name of Syrian Way to the south, which had been given that name when it was laid out in 1903.
See also
References
- ↑ "Plan of lots in Lower St. Clair Township laid out by Thomas Mellon." Recorded June 20, 1870, Plan Book 4, p. 32. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778805. [view source] thomas-mellon-lower-st-clair-plan
- ↑ "John T. Davis' plan of lots in Lower St. Clair Township." Laid out 1872 and Apr. 1876; recorded July 26, 1876, Plan Book 6, p. 103. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779352. [view source] john-t-davis-plan
- ↑ Atlas of the Vicinity of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, Pennsylvania, plate 20. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1886. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1886-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; included in the 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1886
- ↑ "Northside property has changed owners: Sheppard residence, on Fifth avenue, bought for $22,000 cash: A Washington tract sold: $28,000 exchange has just been closed in Elliott: Contract let for erection of fifty houses, to cost $25,000—building record for week shows increase." Pittsburgh Post, Sept. 24, 1899, p. 5. Newspapers.com 86431719. [view source] northside-property
- ↑ "Real estate: Latest transactions in realty with transfers and mortgages as recorded." Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, Sept. 23, 1899, p. 7. Newspapers.com 85602516. [view source] real-estate-1899-09-23
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Saint Clair Borough–Pittsburgh City 1923 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/saint-clair-borough-pittsburgh-city-1923-merger/. [view source] lgeo-st-clair-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of various streets, avenues, lanes, roads, alleys and ways in the Sixteenth Ward (formerly St. Clair Borough)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1923, no. 447. Passed Nov. 26, 1923; approved Nov. 30, 1923. Ordinance Book 35, p. 13. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1923, appendix, pp. 330–333, Kaufman Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Google Books XkEtAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223980; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1923). [view source] ordinance-1923-447
