Methyl Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Methyl Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Beechview |
| Sixth Avenue (until 1908) | |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering of avenues in West Liberty Plan No. 2 |
| Malvern Avenue (1908–1909) | |
This street was originally laid out as Sixth Avenue in 1903 as part of the West Liberty Plan No. 2 by the Beechwood Improvement Company.[1]
The Borough of Beechview was created in 1905.[2] In 1908, a borough ordinance changed the names of many streets; Sixth Avenue was renamed Malvern Avenue.[3]
Beechview was annexed by the City of Pittsburgh in 1909.[4] Later that year a Pittsburgh ordinance changed Malvern Avenue to Methyl Street[5] to fix the duplication with Malvern Avenue in Squirrel Hill.
See also
- Sixth Avenue
- Sixth Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have been numbered Sixth
References
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Beechview Borough 1905 Creation." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/beechview-borough-1905-creation/. [view source] lgeo-beechview-creation
- ↑ "An ordinance providing for the re-naming and fixing the names of the streets and avenues in the Borough of Beechview." Beechview borough ordinance, 1908, no. 34. Passed Apr. 28, 1908; approved May 1, 1908. In Ordinance Book, Beechview Boro, vol. 1, p. 129, 1905–1908 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_cb7abf93-5e59-4b94-ae2c-cf52696d12c2/). [view source] ordinance-1908-34
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Beechview Borough–Pittsburgh City 1909 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/beechview-borough-pittsburgh-city-1909-merger/. [view source] lgeo-beechview-annexation
- ↑ "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
