Annapolis Street
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| Annapolis Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Brighton Heights |
| Fate | Vacated in 1980 |
| Amherst Avenue (until 1912) | |
| Origin of name | Amherst College |
Annapolis Street formerly ran northward from Cornell Street east of Harvard Circle.[1][2]
It was laid out as Amherst Avenue in 1905 in the Brighton Heights plan. It was named for Amherst College. All of the streets in this plan that were not extensions of existing streets were given academic names (see Harvard Circle).[3][4]
Amherst Avenue was renamed Annapolis Street by a Pittsburgh city ordinance in 1912.[5]
Annapolis Street was vacated in 1980.[6]
See also
- Amherst Avenue, for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 5, plate 22. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1925. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1925-volume-5-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1925-5
- ↑ Alexander Gross. Pittsburgh and Vicinity: Featuring transit lines and house numbers. Geographia Map Co. Inc., New York, 1953. Published with Alexander Gross, The Complete Street Guide to Pittsburgh and 16 Nearby Suburbs: With large map of Pittsburgh and suburbs; streets, house numbers, transportation lines, places of interest, churches, etc., etc., Geographia Map Co. Inc., New York, 1953 (DonsList.net PghStreets1953M). A slightly different version entitled The Premier Map of Pittsburgh and Vicinity is reproduced in Sam Stephenson, ed., Dream Street: W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Project, pp. 22–23, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 2023, ISBN 978-0-226-82483-3 (LCCN 2022055151). [view source] gross-map
- ↑ "Brighton Heights plan of lots: Eleventh Ward, Allegheny: Laid out by Brighton Heights Company." Laid out Aug. 1905; recorded Feb. 14, 1906, Plan Book 23, pp. 48–49. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782376. [view source] brighton-heights-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, alleys and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1912, no. 318. Passed May 28, 1912; approved May 31, 1912. Ordinance Book 24, p. 209. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1912, appendix, pp. 182–184, Gill Press, Pittsburgh, 1912 (Google Books 3DQwAQAAMAAJ, H8JEAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust chi.096598685, uiug.30112108223873; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1912; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_9755c542-596b-4dd3-89c2-b691bffc23ec/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_e4ba8c62-b926-4a0b-9551-625e11621a8b/). [view source] ordinance-1912-318
- ↑ "Resolution vacating Annapolis Street from Cornell Street to its northerly terminus in the 27th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city resolution, 1980, no. 605. Enacted June 23, 1980; approved June 26, 1980; effective July 3, 1980. Resolution Book 28, p. 121. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1980, appendix, p. 409 (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1980volA, Pghmunicipalrecord1980volB). Reported in the Pittsburgh Press, July 3, 1980, p. C-11 (Newspapers.com 146905184). [view source] resolution-1980-605
