Dornbush Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Dornbush Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | East Hills |
| Origin of name | C. C. Dornbush |
| East View Street (until 1906) | |
| Origin of name | C. C. Dornbush's East View plan of lots |
This street was first laid out as East View Street in 1889 at the edge of C. C. Dornbush's East View plan, which gave 25 feet for a proposed 50-foot-wide street.[1] The other 25 feet were given in 1892 in the neighboring Perchment's Addition plan.[2]
Sterrett Township, which included most of today's East Hills neighborhood, was annexed by Pittsburgh on January 1, 1906.[3] The name East View Street conflicted with that of Eastview Street in Homewood West, so later that year it was changed to Dornbush Street,[4] named for the developer who originally laid it out.
References
- ↑ "C. C. Dornbush's East View plan, Sterrett Twp." Laid out Sept. 1889; recorded Feb. 8, 1890, Plan Book 9, pp. 164–165. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780277. [view source] dornbush-east-view-plan
- ↑ "Perchment's addition to Brushton Boro." Laid out Oct. 1892; recorded Nov. 5, 1892, Plan Book 13, pp. 108–110. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780839. [view source] perchments-addition-plan
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Sterrett Township–Pittsburgh City 1906 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/sterrett-township-pittsburgh-city-1906-merger/. [view source] lgeo-east-hills-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of avenues, streets and alleys in the Forty-first ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1906–1907, no. 209. Passed Sept. 10, 1906; approved Sept. 13, 1906. Ordinance Book 18, p. 27. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1906–1907, appendix, p. 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-1906-1907-209
