Freeland Street
| Freeland Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Arlington, Beltzhoover |
| Fourth Street (until 1881/1898) | |
| Portion | East of Gearing Avenue |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering of streets, beginning with Warrington Avenue |
| Short Street (until 1898) | |
| Portion | Between Gearing Avenue and Montooth Street |
| Origin of name | Its short length |
This street was originally laid out as Fourth 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 Fourth Street westward through the western part of Allentown and through what later became the Borough of Beltzhoover to Myrtle Avenue (today Gearing Avenue).[2][3] The latter of these two plans, McLain and Maple's first plan of Beltzhoover, also laid out a short street between Myrtle Avenue and West Street (today Montooth Street) named, aptly, Short Street.[3] Short Street was north of and parallel to Short Alley, which later became the easternmost part of Lafferty Avenue.
The Borough of Allentown was annexed by the City of Pittsburgh in 1872.[4] In 1881, a Pittsburgh city ordinance renamed many streets to fix duplicates; since there was already a Fourth Street downtown (later Fancourt Street), Fourth Street in Allentown was renamed Freeland Street.[5]
In 1898, the Borough of Beltzhoover was annexed[6] and Fourth Street in Beltzhoover was made part of Freeland Street.[7] Additionally, since Pittsburgh already had a Short Street downtown (today the southern half of Commonwealth Place), Short Street in Beltzhoover was also made part of Freeland Street.[7]
See also
- Lafferty Avenue
- Fourth Street and Short Street, for other streets that have had those names
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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "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
