Finance Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Finance Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Homewood South |
| First 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 First Street because it was the first street in the plan, counting from Penn Avenue. This name conflicted with First Street downtown, so in 1881 a city ordinance renamed it Finance Street.[2] The other parallel streets in the plan, originally Second, Third, and Fourth Streets, were renamed Susquehanna Street, Tioga Street, and Fairfax Street, forming one of Pittsburgh's F–S–T sequences.
See also
- First Street (disambiguation), 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
