Devon Road
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Devon Road | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Squirrel Hill North |
| Highfield Road (until 1911) | |
This road was laid out as Highfield Road in 1908 in the Highfield plan, on the former property of Alexander Chambers.[1][2] The plan shows the Chambers mansion at the north end of the road and appears to label it "Highfield."[1] I cannot find confirmation that this was the name of the mansion, but if so, that must be the source of the road name.
Highfield Road was renamed Devon Road by a city ordinance in 1911.[3]
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 "Highfield plan of lots: Laid out by the Pittsburg Manor Company." Laid out May 7, 1908; recorded Apr. 1, 1909, Plan Book 24, pp. 132–133. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782705. [view source] highfield-plan
- ↑ "Chambers property sells for $160,000: Pittsburgh Manor Company will divide acreage into high class residence sites: May good building month: New work starting shows big totals in several districts." Pittsburgh Post, June 6, 1908, p. 5. Newspapers.com 86542805. [view source] chambers-property
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of Highfield road, between Forbes street and Reynton lane, to 'Devon road,' and Reynton lane, between Highfield road east and west and property line, to 'Warwick terrace.'" Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1910–1911, no. 635. Passed Mar. 27, 1911; approved Mar. 28, 1911. Ordinance Book 22, p. 608. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1910–1911, appendix, p. 371, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1911 (Google Books 0X0zAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223840; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1910). [view source] ordinance-1910-1911-635
