First Street (Lower Lawrenceville)
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| First Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Lower Lawrenceville |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering in a plan by E. F. Denny |
| Fate | Eliminated in 1883 |
A street named First Street was laid out in 1866 in a plan of lots for Elizabeth F. Denny; it ran from the future site of the Iron City Brewery to the Pennsylvania Railroad.[1][2][3][4] This street was eliminated in 1883 when a revised plan of lots was laid out.[5][6]
An 1881 city ordinance that renamed many streets in Pittsburgh included the entry "Forfar street, from Neville street to Ewing street, formerly First street, Sixteenth ward."[7] However, it appears that Forfar Street was actually a different street to the west of First Street, unnamed in the 1866 plan,[1] which was kept in the revised plan[5] and above which a bridge was later built.[6] This bridge, replaced in 1916, is now known as the Herron Avenue Bridge.[8]
See also
- First Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had this name
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Plan of the subdivision of part of the Springfield Farm situated in Pitt Township: Made for Mrs. E. F. Denny, Pittsburgh." Laid out July 24, 1866; recorded Apr. 27, 1868, Plan Book 3, pp. 226–227. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778668. [view source] ef-denny-plan
- ↑ 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. [view source] hopkins-1872
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 72. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1876. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1876-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny. [view source] hopkins-1876
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 10. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; included in the 1882 layer at PGH Historic Maps and Imagery (https://pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=25ed595c7bde40cdae7165261a9a3ad6). [view source] hopkins-1882
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Executors revised plan of the Denny estate, Iron City Park, 16th Ward Pittsburg." Laid out June 1883; recorded June 22, 1883, Plan Book 7, pp. 14–16. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779581. [view source] iron-city-park-plan
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 4, plates 1, 2. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-4-atlas-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at PGH Historic Maps and Imagery (https://pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=25ed595c7bde40cdae7165261a9a3ad6). [view source] hopkins-1890-4
- ↑ "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; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b24d64b7-2eda-488e-a00b-cddc143becfd/). [view source] ordinance-1880-1881-33
- ↑ Todd Wilson and Helen Wilson. Pittsburgh's Bridges, p. 116. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, S. C., 2015, ISBN 978-1-4671-3424-8. LCCN 2015949613. [view source] wilson-wilson
