Camfield Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Camfield Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Bon Air |
| Morse Street (until 1907) | |
| Morton Street (until 1900) | |
| Portion | North–south segment south of the angle north of Bandi Avenue |
| Caledonia Avenue (1907–1909) | |
This street was originally laid out in 1889 in a plan of lots for John Bandi. The northernmost segment, running in a northeast–southwest direction from Tarragonna Street to the angle north of modern Bandi Avenue, was named Morse Street; the remaining north–south segment was named Morton Street.[1][2] Other plans laid out here later in 1889 show Morton Street on their western edges.[3][4]
In 1900, two plans that were laid out to the west of this street extended the name Morse Street (or "Morse Avenue") to its entire length.[5][6][7]
Morse Street was renamed Caledonia Avenue by a West Liberty Borough ordinance in 1907.[8]
West Liberty Borough was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1908,[9] and the following year a Pittsburgh city ordinance changed the name again to Camfield Street.[10]
See also
- Morse Street and Morton Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had those names
- Caledonia Way in Esplen
References
- ↑ "Plan of lots laid out for John Bandi, in West Liberty Borough." Laid out May 1889; recorded May 13, 1889, Plan Book 9, pp. 16–17. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780130. [view source] john-bandi-plan
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the Southern Vicinity of Pittsburgh, Penna., plate 9. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1896. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1896%E2%80%93plat-book-southern-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-1896
- ↑ "Reifer, Schiehl & Schuchart's plan of lots: West Liberty Borough." Laid out June 1889; recorded Aug. 6, 1889, Plan Book 8, p. 53. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780183. [view source] reifer-schiehl-schuchart-plan
- ↑ "Claeren, Beach & Wirth's subdivision of property in West Liberty Borough." Laid out Dec. 1889; recorded Feb. 24, 1890, Plan Book 10, p. 1. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780285. [view source] claeren-beach-wirth-plan
- ↑ "Bon-Air plan of lots: West Liberty Boro. Allegheny Co. Penna.: Laid out by Demster, Baxmyer and Steinecker." Laid out May 1900; recorded Aug. 19, 1902, Plan Book 19, p. 160. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781908. [view source] bon-air-plan
- ↑ "Frank I. Gosser: Bandi Farm plan of lots: Situated in West Liberty Boro. Alleg. Co. Pa." Laid out Dec. 1900; recorded Oct. 8, 1901, Plan Book 19, pp. 90–91. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781769. [view source] bandi-farm-plan
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the Southern Vicinity of Pittsburgh, plates 11–12. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1905. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1905-plat-book-southern-pittsburgh; included in the 1903–1906 layer at PGH Historic Maps and Imagery (https://pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=25ed595c7bde40cdae7165261a9a3ad6). [view source] hopkins-1905
- ↑ "An ordinance making and constituting a change in the name of certain streets and avenues in West Liberty Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania." West Liberty borough ordinance, no. 132. Enacted July 1, 1907; approved July 3, 1907. In ordinance book of West Liberty Borough, pp. 224–227, 1876–1907 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_c6978255-a556-45c8-b3c2-bd165fd17552/). [view source] ordinance-1907-132
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "West Liberty Borough–Pittsburgh City 1908 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/west-liberty-borough-pittsburgh-city-1908-merger/. [view source] lgeo-west-liberty-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth wards of the City of Pittsburgh (formerly known as the Boroughs of West Liberty and Beechview)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 375. Passed Oct. 14, 1909; approved Oct. 20, 1909. Ordinance Book 20, p. 614. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 146–150, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_0e903fff-f7d8-4eb5-9d15-f91b56e69396/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_ef39b3f8-fdd8-4ad7-a239-10b67a3c2bff/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b7df2ed5-228d-4c8e-8d80-77fa7b457528/). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Nov. 11, 1909, p. 8 (Newspapers.com 86421216), and Nov. 12, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 86421491). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-375
