Zaruba Street
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| Zaruba Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Arlington Heights |
| Smith Street (until 1923) | |
| Portion | Southwest of Castel Street |
| Fort Street (until 1923) | |
| Portion | Southeast of Devlin Street |
| Origin of name | Fort Robert Smalls |
Modern Zaruba Street, southwest of Castel Street, was first laid out as Smith Street in a plan of lots by Lena Dippel and James McKirdy in 1899.[1]
To the southeast, Rebecca E. Bean's 1902 Wabash plan of lots laid out a street named Fort Street.[2] This street lay southeast of modern Devlin Street; it no longer exists. The Wabash plan includes a dashed circle near the northeast end of Fort Street labeled "Fort".[2] This was the remains of Fort Robert Smalls, a redoubt built by free Black workers during the Civil War for the defense of Pittsburgh.[3] The fort was named in honor of Robert Smalls, who escaped from slavery in South Carolina in 1862 by commandeering a Confederate ship and sailing out to the Union blockade, where he turned the ship over to the United States Navy. Smalls later became a U. S. Congressman for South Carolina.
Zaruba Street itself was first laid out in the Arlington Park Terrace plan of lots in 1919.[4] It joined Smith Street to Fort Street.[5]
After St. Clair Borough was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1923,[6] Smith Street and Fort Street were both made part of Zaruba Street.[7] The part of St. Clair Borough's Banks Street (today Devlin Street) between Mellon Street and Davis Street (today Dengler Street and Syrian Street) was also made part of Zaruba Street;[7] it became part of Devlin Street in 1959.[8]
Most of Zaruba Street, including the original Zaruba Street and the old Fort Street, was vacated in 1941,[9][10][11] leaving only the segment that exists today.
See also
- Fort Street (disambiguation) and Smith Street, for other streets that have had those names
- Zaruba Way
References
- ↑ "Plan of lots situate in Lower St. Clair Twp. All'y. Co. Pa.: Laid out by Mrs. Lena Dippel & James McKirdy." Laid out 1899; recorded Apr. 19, 1899, Plan Book 17, p. 56. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781427. [view source] dippel-mckirdy-plan
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Rebecca E. Bean's Wabash plan of lots: Situate in Lower St. Clair Twp. Alley [sic] Co. Pa." Recorded Mar. 25, 1902, Plan Book 20, pp. 6–7. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781838. [view source] wabash-plan
- ↑ Frank Reeves. "Pittsburgh supplied weaponry to North in Civil War: Historian says city played major role." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 30, 2011, pp. A-1, A-7. Newspapers.com 96424730, 96424743. [view source] reeves
- ↑ "Arlington Park Terrace: Laid out by Pittsburgh–St. Clair Realty Co.: Situate in 16th Ward Pittsburgh Pa. and St. Clair Borough." Laid out Apr. 1919; recorded Aug. 13, 1919, Plan Book 28, pp. 80–83. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3783333. [view source] arlington-park-terrace-plan
- ↑ Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 6, plates 9, 10. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1916, revised 1922 and 1928. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1916-volume-6-plat-book-pittsburgh-south-side-southern; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1916-vol-6
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Saint Clair Borough–Pittsburgh City 1923 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/saint-clair-borough-pittsburgh-city-1923-merger/. [view source] lgeo-st-clair-annexation
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "An ordinance changing the names of various streets, avenues, lanes, roads, alleys and ways in the Sixteenth Ward (formerly St. Clair Borough)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1923, no. 447. Passed Nov. 26, 1923; approved Nov. 30, 1923. Ordinance Book 35, p. 13. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1923, appendix, pp. 330–333, Kaufman Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Google Books XkEtAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223980; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1923). [view source] ordinance-1923-447
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of Zaruba Street, between Dengler Street and Syrian Street, to Devlin Street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1959, no. 408. Passed Nov. 23, 1959; approved Nov. 25, 1959. Ordinance Book 62, p. 706. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1959, appendix, p. 249, Park Printing, Inc., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1959). [view source] ordinance-1959-408
- ↑ "An ordinance vacating ABBEY WAY, from Zaruba street to Pluso street, ALADORA STREET, from Dia street to Dee street, AQUILLA STREET, from Zaruba street to Pluso street, CONRAD STREET, from Espy street to Zaruba way, DEE STREET, from Zaruba way to Conrad street, DIA STREET, from Zaruba way to Conrad street, DIA WAY, from Conrad street to Pluso street, ESPY STREET, from Zaruba street to Pluso street, ESTE WAY, from Zaruba way to Aladora street, PLUSO STREET, from the northerly line of the Rebecca E. Beans Wabash Plan of Lots to Conrad street, ZARUBA STREET, from the northerly line of the Rebecca E. Beans Wabash Plan of Lots to Espy street, ZARUBA WAY, from Dia street to Conrad street, and ZITA WAY, from Zaruba street to Pluso street, all as laid out in the Rebecca E. Beans Wabash Plan of Lots." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1941, no. 339. Passed July 7, 1941; approved July 8, 1941. Ordinance Book 51, p. 610. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1941, appendix, p. 225, City Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1941). [view source] ordinance-1941-339
- ↑ "An ordinance vacating ARLINGTON AVENUE, from Josephine street to the westerly line of the Arlington Heights Plan of Lots, and from the easterly line of the Arlington Heights Plan of Lots to Pluso street, CASTEL WAY, from Krakow way to Kozell street, CASTEL STREET, from Kozell street to a point 72.96 feet southwardly therefrom and from the southerly line of Zaruba street to Devlin street, KOZELL STREET, from Syrian street to Piave street, KORDECKI WAY, from Castel street to Pluso street and Arlington avenue, KRAKOW WAY, from Syrian street to the westerly line of the Arlington Heights Plan of Lots and from the easterly line of the Arlington Heights Plan of Lots to Kordecki way, MILKA WAY, from Arlington avenue to Krakow way, PIAVE STREET, from Zaruba street to the easterly line of the Arlington Park Terrace Plan of Lots, PLUSO STREET, from the easterly line of the Arlington Heights Plan of Lots to the northerly line of the Rebecca E. Beans Wabash Plan of Lots, and ZARUBA STREET, from Castel street to the northerly line of the Rebecca E. Beans Wabash Plan of Lots, all as laid out in the Arlington Park Terrace Plan of Lots." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1941, no. 341. Passed July 7, 1941; approved July 8, 1941. Ordinance Book 51, p. 611. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1941, appendix, p. 226, City Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1941). [view source] ordinance-1941-341
- ↑ "An ordinance vacating ZARUBA STREET, in the Sixteenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, from Syrian street to a point 145.0 feet eastwardly therefrom, and providing certain terms and conditions." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1941, no. 342. Passed July 7, 1941; approved July 8, 1941. Ordinance Book 51, p. 612. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1941, appendix, pp. 226–227, City Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1941). [view source] ordinance-1941-342
