Notes:Warrington Avenue

pp. 4, 7: "By the end of the century, few if any of the original landowners still lived in the community. The contracting firm run by Benjamin McLain and his son-in-law, [p. 7] Thomas Maple, developed most of the housing in Allentown. ¶ McLain and Maple laid out the streets of Allentown. Many original street names were changed after the community joined the city to avoid confusion with identical street names elsewhere in Pittsburgh. ¶ The Allentown street named for Benjamin McLain remained. Maple Street (Millbridge) was named for the son of the famous builder who, in turn, named a street in the area for each of his children, including Lillian and Walter streets. ¶ The main thoroughfare, Washington Road, was so named because it was a key route to Washington County. Sections of this road later were changed to Warrington and West Liberty avenues. Eight streets that ran parallel to Washington Avenue (Warrington) in Allentown were numbered. Second Street later became Industry Street. Allentown also had a South Street, which later became Excelsior Street."
p. 27: "Washington Road (1872) was renamed Washington Avenue, Washington Avenue South (1892) and then on August 5, 1910, it became Warrington Avenue. This road was a main route to Pittsburgh from Washington, Pennsylvania at the time. To the south of Allentown, another section of Washington Road later was renamed West Liberty Avenue."

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