Caledonia Way

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Caledonia Way
Neighborhood Esplen
McKee Alley (until 1893)
Pine Alley (1893–1906)

This alley was first laid out in 1882 in a plan of lots by Mrs. M. L. McGunnegle, though that plan did not give it a name.[1] It was named McKee Alley in an additional plan laid out by McGunnegle in 1888.[2]

In 1893, an Esplen borough ordinance named this alley Pine Alley, apparently under the belief that it was unnamed.[3]

Esplen Borough was annexed by Pittsburgh in January 1906.[4] That September, a Pittsburgh city ordinance named this alley Caledonia Way, again because it was mistakenly believed that it was unnamed.[5]

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References

  1. "Draft of a plan of lots situated in Chartiers Township, Allegheny Co, Pa.: Made at the request of Mrs. M. L. McGunnegle." Recorded July 24, 1882, Plan Book 6, p. 286. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779523. [view source]mcgunnegle-plan
  2. "Additional plan of McGunnegleville, Chartiers, Twp.: Laid out by Mrs. M. L. McGunnegle." Laid out May 1888; recorded Dec. 27, 1888, Plan Book 8, p. 317. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780069. [view source]mcgunnegleville-add-plan
  3. "An ordinance adopting Names for the Streets within the Borough." Esplen borough ordinance, no. 15. Enacted May 8, 1893. In Ordinance book of the Borough of Esplen, pp. 30–31, 1891–1905 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_abec1b3d-7e8a-4464-8f22-37aead21d638/). [view source]ordinance-1893-15
  4. Mark A. Connelly. "Esplen Borough–Pittsburgh City 1906 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/esplen-borough-pittsburgh-city-1906-merger/. [view source]lgeo-esplen-annexation
  5. "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of avenues, streets and alleys in the Fortieth ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1906–1907, no. 208. Passed Sept. 10, 1906; approved Sept. 13, 1906. Ordinance Book 18, p. 25. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1906–1907, appendix, pp. 83–84, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1907 (Google Books 2rxEAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust chi.096599013; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1906; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_a9545360-5ac7-4401-90a1-b9bf8e1ee734/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_2603f6b5-cdc3-4510-ab7a-a0eb7a32167d/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_a8df5e58-679d-4a92-862d-a32de04352b9/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_4a3af76c-96fa-46b9-a8b0-8523d1248634/). [view source]ordinance-1906-1907-208