Benton Avenue
From Pittsburgh Streets
See also Belgium Street, which was once considered the western end of Benton Avenue.
| Benton Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Brighton Heights |
A road in the location of modern Benton Avenue appears in maps of Allegheny County from the 1850s and 1860s.[1][2] The name Benton Avenue was in use by 1868,[3] and it is so labeled in the 1876 Hopkins atlas.[4]
References
- ↑ Sidney & Neff and S. McRea. Map of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, with the Names of Property-Holders. Philadelphia, 1851. LCCN 2012592150. [view source] sidney-neff
- ↑ S. N. & F. W. Beers. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Smith, Gallup & Hewitt, Philadelphia, 1862. LCCN 2012592151; 1862 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] beers
- ↑ "Sale of real estate." Daily Post (Pittsburgh), Sept. 21, 1868, p. 1. Newspapers.com 88175069. [view source] sale-of-real-estate
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 52. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1876. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1876-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; included in the 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1876
