Sciota Street

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Sciota Street
Neighborhood Bloomfield
First Street (1870s)
Portion Between Edmond Street and Mathilda Street
Origin of name Sequential numbering from Liberty Avenue

This street was laid out in 1864 in a plan of lots for Robert Wray and Augustus Hoeveler, though that plan did not give it a name.[1] The portion of the street in that plan, between Edmond Street and Mathilda Street, was named First Street by 1872, because it was the first street from Liberty Avenue.[2] Rebecca Baum's neighboring 1873 plan of lots named it Sciota Street.[3] An 1881 city ordinance, establishing the names of all streets in Pittsburgh, spelled it Scioto Street,[4] but this was probably just an error. A similar ordinance in 1910 officially established the name as Sciota.[5]

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References

  1. "Plan of building lots situate in Peebles Township: Laid out for Messrs. Wray and Hoevelar [sic]." Laid out May 1864; recorded Oct. 6, 1865, Plan Book 3, pp. 78–79. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778516. [view source]wray-hoeveler-plan
  2. Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 54–55. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1872. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1872-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source]hopkins-1872
  3. "Plan of building lots, situated in the 20th Ward, City of Pittsburgh, laid out for Rebecca Baum." Laid out May 1873; recorded July 29, 1873, Plan Book 5, p. 148. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779163. [view source]rebecca-baum-plan
  4. "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
  5. "An ordinance establishing the names of the avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1910, no. 716. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 359. 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. 328–381, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 29, 1910, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616256, 86616285, 86616314, 86616333, 86616343), and Apr. 30, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616643, 86616672, 86616694, 86616726, 86616748). [view source]ordinance-1910-716