Adelphia Street

From Pittsburgh Streets
Adelphia Street
Neighborhood Stanton Heights
Second Street (until 1881)
Origin of name Sequential numbering in a plan of lots

The portion of this street between about Hawthorne Court and Edisto Street was laid out as Second Street in 1874 in a plan of lots for the Sharpsburg and Etna Savings Bank.[1] The part east of Edisto Street was laid out the same year in a plan of lots for John H. Sawyer, though that plan did not give it a name.[2] Sawyer was the president of the Sharpsburg and Etna Savings Bank.[1]

In 1881 a Pittsburgh city ordinance renamed many streets to fix duplicates. There was another Second Street downtown, so this street (the whole length) was renamed Adelphia Street.[3]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Plan of lots situate in the 18th Ward Pittsburg: Laid out by the Sharpsburg and Etna Sav's Bank." Recorded Apr. 2, 1874, Plan Book 5, p. 21. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779235. [view source]sharpsburg-etna-sav-bank-plan
  2. "John H. Sawyer's plan of lots: Situated in 18th Ward Pittsburgh." Laid out Aug. 1874; recorded July 10, 1875, Plan Book 6, pp. 34–35. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779310. [view source]john-h-sawyer-1874-plan
  3. "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1880–1881, 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, Herald Printing Company, Pittsburgh, 1881 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source]ordinance-1880-1881-33