Harris Avenue
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Harris Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Westwood |
Harris Avenue was laid out in 1901 as part of the West Pittsburg Terrace plan of lots.[1] Chartiers Township (including Westwood) was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1921,[2] and Harris Avenue was officially established as a Pittsburgh street name by a city ordinance the following year.[3]
See also
- 45th Street, part of which was originally named Harris Street
References
- ↑ "Robert T. Paine Jr's. plan of West Pittsburg Terrace: Situate in Chartiers Twp. Allegheny Co. Pa." Laid out May 1901; recorded June 22, 1901, Plan Book 18, pp. 192–193. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781723. [view source] west-pittsburg-terrace-plan
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Chartiers Township–Pittsburgh City 1921 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/chartiers-township-pittsburgh-city-1921-merger/. [view source] lgeo-chartiers-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of the streets, avenues, lanes, roads, alleys and ways in the Twentieth and Twenty-eighth Wards (formerly Chartiers Township)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1922, no. 334. Passed Sept. 25, 1922; approved Sept. 27, 1922. Ordinance Book 33, p. 598. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1922, appendix, pp. 233–234, Kaufman Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Google Books -UEtAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223972; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1922). [view source] ordinance-1922-334
