Orangewood Avenue

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Orangewood Avenue
Neighborhood Beechview
14th Avenue (until 1907)
Origin of name Sequential numbering of avenues in West Liberty plans

This avenue was originally laid out as 14th Avenue in 1903 as part of the West Liberty Plan No. 4 by the Beechwood Improvement Company.[1] The avenues in this plan continued the numbering from the West Liberty Plans No. 2 and 3.[2][3]

In 1907, a West Liberty borough ordinance changed 14th Avenue to Orangewood Avenue.[4]

The Borough of West Liberty was annexed by the City of Pittsburgh in 1908.[5] The name Orangewood Avenue was officially established as a Pittsburgh street name by a city ordinance the next year.[6]

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References

  1. "West Liberty plan of lots № 4: Located in West Liberty Borough as laid out by the Beechwood Improvement Co. L't'd. Pittsburgh, Pa." Laid out 1903; recorded June 30, 1903, Plan Book 20, pp. 126–127. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782039. [view source]west-liberty-plan-4
  2. "West Liberty plan of lots № 2: Located in Union T'w'p and West Liberty Borough, Allegheny Co. Pa. as laid out by the Beechwood Improvement Co. L'td, Pittsburg, Pa." Laid out 1903; recorded June 30, 1903, Plan Book 20, pp. 116–117. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 6096846. [view source]west-liberty-plan-2
  3. "West Liberty plan of lots № 3: Located in Union Twp. and West Liberty Borough, Allegheny Co, Pa.: As laid out by the Beechwood Improvement Co. Lt'd." Laid out 1903; recorded June 30, 1903, Plan Book 20, pp. 118–119. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782038. [view source]west-liberty-plan-3
  4. "An ordinance making and constituting a change in the name of certain streets and avenues in West Liberty Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania." West Liberty borough ordinance, 1907, no. 132. Enacted July 1, 1907; approved July 3, 1907. In ordinance book of West Liberty Borough, pp. 224–227, 1876–1907 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_c6978255-a556-45c8-b3c2-bd165fd17552/). [view source]ordinance-1907-132
  5. Mark A. Connelly. "West Liberty Borough–Pittsburgh City 1908 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/west-liberty-borough-pittsburgh-city-1908-merger/. [view source]lgeo-west-liberty-annexation
  6. "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth wards of the City of Pittsburgh (formerly known as the Boroughs of West Liberty and Beechview)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909, no. 375. Passed Oct. 14, 1909; approved Oct. 20, 1909. Ordinance Book 20, p. 614. 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. 146–150, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Nov. 11, 1909, p. 8 (Newspapers.com 86421216), and Nov. 12, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 86421491). [view source]ordinance-1909-375