Conniston Avenue

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Conniston Avenue
Neighborhood Bon Air
Erny Avenue (until ca. 1907)
Camargo Avenue (1909–1911)

This avenue was originally laid out in 1900 as Erny Avenue (or Erney Avenue) in the Bon-Air and Bandi Farm plans of lots.[1][2]

At some point it was renamed Conniston Avenue. Many surrounding streets were renamed by a West Liberty Borough ordinance in 1907, but that ordinance does not list this avenue.[3] Perhaps this ordinance was intended to include the renaming of this avenue too, but the line was unintentionally omitted from the final ordinance.

West Liberty Borough was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1908.[4] In 1909 a Pittsburgh city ordinance changed Conniston Avenue to Camargo Avenue.[5] This name was apparently unpopular, because it was changed back to Conniston Avenue in 1911.[6]

References

  1. "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
  2. "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
  3. "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
  4. 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
  5. "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
  6. "An ordinance changing the names of certain streets, avenues and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1910–1911, no. 558. Passed Feb. 14, 1911; approved Feb. 16, 1911. Ordinance Book 22, p. 498. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1910–1911, appendix, pp. 322–323, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1911 (Google Books 0X0zAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223840; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1910). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Mar. 10, 1911, p. 13 (Newspapers.com 86499788), and Mar. 11, p. 13 (Newspapers.com 86499822). [view source]ordinance-1910-1911-558