Earl Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Earl Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Esplen |
| James Avenue (until 1893) | |
| Eighth Street (1893–1906) | |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering from Chartiers Creek |
This street was laid out as James Avenue in 1873 in the Riverside plan of lots by B. C. Sawyer.[1][2] In 1893, the streets in Esplen were numbered, and James Avenue became Eighth Street.[3][4]
Esplen Borough was annexed by Pittsburgh in January 1906.[5] That September, a Pittsburgh city ordinance renamed many streets in the old borough, and Eighth Street became Earl Street.[6]
The formerly numbered streets in Esplen form one of Pittsburgh's F–S–T sequences.
See also
- Eighth Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Riverside plan of lots: Situated in Chartiers Township – Allegheny County Penna.: Laid out for B. C. Sawyer Esqr." Laid out June 1873; recorded July 30, 1873, Plan Book 5, pp. 174–175. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779165. [view source] riverside-plan
- ↑ "Part 'A', plan of lots, near Chartiers Boro., laid out for John A. Wood & Son." Laid out Mar. 1888; recorded Mar. 10, 1888, Plan Book 8, pp. 130–131. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779958. [view source] john-a-wood-son-plan-a
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the Southern Vicinity of Pittsburgh, Penna., plate 15. 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "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
