Westinghouse Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Westinghouse Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Beechview |
| Origin of name | George Westinghouse |
| 13th Avenue South (until 1907) | |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering of avenues in West Liberty plans |
| Woodside Avenue (1907–1909) | |
This street was originally laid out as 13th Avenue South in 1903 as part of the West Liberty Plan No. 3 by the Beechwood Improvement Company.[1] The avenues in this plan continued the numbering begun in the West Liberty Plan No. 2.[2]
In 1907, a West Liberty borough ordinance changed 13th Avenue (both north and south parts) to Woodside Avenue.[3]
The Borough of West Liberty was annexed by the City of Pittsburgh in 1908.[4] The following year, a Pittsburgh city ordinance changed the southern part of Woodside Avenue to Westinghouse Street; the northern part became Westfield Street.[5] Westinghouse Street is named in honor of George Westinghouse (1846–1914),[6] Pittsburgh engineer, inventor, and industrialist.
See also
- 13th Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have been numbered 13th
References
- ↑ "West Liberty plan of lots № 3: Located in Union Twp. and West Liberty Borough, Allegheny Co, Pa.: As laid out by the Beechwood Improvement Co. Lt'd." Laid out 1903; recorded June 30, 1903, Plan Book 20, pp. 118–119. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782038. [view source] west-liberty-plan-3
- ↑ "West Liberty plan of lots № 2: Located in Union T'w'p and West Liberty Borough, Allegheny Co. Pa. as laid out by the Beechwood Improvement Co. L'td, Pittsburg, Pa." Laid out 1903; recorded June 30, 1903, Plan Book 20, pp. 116–117. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 6096846. [view source] west-liberty-plan-2
- ↑ "An ordinance making and constituting a change in the name of certain streets and avenues in West Liberty Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania." West Liberty borough ordinance, 1907, no. 132. Enacted July 1, 1907; approved July 3, 1907. In ordinance book of West Liberty Borough, pp. 224–227, 1876–1907 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_c6978255-a556-45c8-b3c2-bd165fd17552/). [view source] ordinance-1907-132
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "West Liberty Borough–Pittsburgh City 1908 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/west-liberty-borough-pittsburgh-city-1908-merger/. [view source] lgeo-west-liberty-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth wards of the City of Pittsburgh (formerly known as the Boroughs of West Liberty and Beechview)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909, no. 375. Passed Oct. 14, 1909; approved Oct. 20, 1909. Ordinance Book 20, p. 614. 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. 146–150, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Nov. 11, 1909, p. 8 (Newspapers.com 86421216), and Nov. 12, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 86421491). [view source] ordinance-1909-375
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, pp. 63, 199. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
