Fairfax Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Fairfax Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Homewood South |
| Fourth Street (until 1881) | |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering from Penn Avenue |
This street was laid out in a plan of lots by the Mellon brothers, recorded in 1868.[1] It was named Fourth Street because it was the fourth street in the plan, counting from Penn Avenue. This name conflicted with Fourth Street downtown (later Fancourt Street), so in 1881 a city ordinance renamed it Fairfax Street.[2] The other parallel streets in the plan, originally First, Second, and Third Streets, were renamed Finance Street, Susquehanna Street, and Tioga Street, forming one of Pittsburgh's F–S–T sequences.
See also
- Fourth Street, for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Mellon Bros. plan of Homewood at Homewood Station, Penna. R. R." Recorded Sept. 19, 1868, Plan Book 3, pp. 270–271. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778709. [view source] mellon-bros-homewood-plan
- ↑ "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
