Sylvania Avenue
| Sylvania Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Beltzhoover |
| Sixth Street (until 1898) | |
| Portion | East of Montooth Street |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering of streets beginning with Warrington Avenue |
| Littell Avenue (until 1907) | |
| Portion | West of Montooth Street |
| Sylvania Street (1898–1910) | |
This street was laid out in 1874 as Sixth Street by Benjamin McLain and Thomas S. Maple in their first plan of Beltzhoover, so named because it was the sixth street in the plan, starting with Washington Avenue (today Warrington Avenue).[1] This numbering continued a system begun in 1866 in the original plan of Allentown.[2]
The street was continued west of modern Montooth Street as Littell Avenue in an 1888 plan of lots by S. L. Boggs.[3] This district became part of the Borough of Montooth when that borough was created in 1897.[4]
The Borough of Beltzhoover, east of Montooth Street, was annexed by the City of Pittsburgh in 1898.[5] Two months later, a Pittsburgh city ordinance renamed many of the streets in Beltzhoover to fix duplicates; since Pittsburgh already had a Sixth Street downtown, this street was changed to Sylvania Street.[6]
In 1907, Montooth Borough was annexed[7] and Littell Avenue was made part of Sylvania Street.[8]
Sylvania Street became Sylvania Avenue as a result of a city ordinance in 1910, which established the names of all streets in Pittsburgh.[9]
See also
- Little Street
- Sixth Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "McLain and Maple's 1st plan of Beltzhoover, being the first plan of lots laid out on the Murray Farm, Lower St. Clair Tp., 32nd Ward City of Pittsburgh: formerly Borough of Mt. Washington." Recorded May 25, 1874, Plan Book 5, pp. 298–299. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779260. [view source] mclain-maple-beltzhoover-plan-1
- ↑ "Boyd and Allen's plan of building and gardening lots situate in the Manor of Pittsburgh № 1 south of Monongahela River: Property of the heirs of Jos. Allen dec'd." Recorded May 18, 1866, Plan Book 3, pp. 122–123. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778548. [view source] boyd-allen-plan
- ↑ "S. L. Boggs' plan of lots in West Liberty Borough, Allegheny Co., Pa." Laid out May 1888; recorded July 28, 1888, Plan Book 8, pp. 222–223. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780013. [view source] sl-boggs-plan
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Montooth Borough 1897 Creation." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/montooth-borough-1897-creation/. [view source] lgeo-montooth-creation
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Beltzhoover Borough–Pittsburgh City 1898 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/beltzhoover-borough-pittsburgh-city-1898-merger/. [view source] lgeo-beltzhoover-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets and alleys in the Thirty-eighth ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1898, no. 19. Passed May 2, 1898; approved May 3, 1898. Ordinance Book 12, p. 70. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1898–99, appendix, p. 7, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1899 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecordselect1898). Reprinted in the Pittsburg Post, May 14, 1898, p. 6 (Newspapers.com 86413903), and May 16, p. 6 (Newspapers.com 86414393). [view source] ordinance-1898-19
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Montooth Borough–Pittsburgh City 1907 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/montooth-borough-pittsburgh-city-1907-merger/. [view source] lgeo-montooth-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of avenues, streets and alleys in the Forty-second ward of the city of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1907, no. 174. Passed July 22, 1907; approved Aug. 1, 1907. Ordinance Book 18, p. 510. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1907, appendix, p. 80, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1908 (HathiTrust chi.096598952). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Aug. 8, 1907, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 85923150), and Aug. 10, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 85923350). [view source] ordinance-1907-174
- ↑ "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
