Acacia Lane
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Acacia Lane | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Brighton Heights |
| Academy Lane (until 1925) | |
| Origin of name | Academic theme for the Brighton Heights plans |
This street was laid out as Academy Lane in 1906 in the Harbison Addition to the Brighton Heights plan. All of the streets in the two Brighton Heights plans that were not extensions of existing streets were given academic names (see Harvard Circle).[1][2]
Academy Lane was renamed Acacia Lane in 1925.[3]
References
- ↑ "Brighton Heights Harbison Addition: Laid out by the Brighton Heights Company: Situated in the 11th Ward Allegheny, Pa." Laid out Oct. 1906; recorded Jan. 31, 1907, Plan Book 23, pp. 118–119. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782511. [view source] brighton-heights-harbison-add-plan
- ↑ Atlas of Greater Pittsburgh, plate 41. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1910. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1910-atlas-greater-pittsburgh; 1910 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1910
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1925, no. 175. Passed Apr. 20, 1925; approved Apr. 22, 1925. Ordinance Book 36, p. 299. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1925, appendix, pp. 142–146, Kaufman Printing Company, Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books qSb28JpAxN8C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819786; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1925). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 27, 1925, p. 15 (Newspapers.com 88691643), and Apr. 28, [p. 21] (Newspapers.com 88691689). [view source] ordinance-1925-175
