Elf Street
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| Elf Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Crafton Heights |
| Evans Avenue (until 1922) | |
| Origin of name | Willemma Evans |
This street was laid out as Evans Avenue in 1910 in a plan of lots by the estate of Thomas P. Robson. It was named for Willemma Evans, Robson's executor.[1]
Chartiers Township, including this street, was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1921.[2] The following year, many streets in the former township were renamed to fix conflicts with existing city streets; Evans Avenue was changed to Elf Street to avoid confusion with Evans Way downtown.[3]
See also
- Evans Avenue, for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Plan of lots laid out by Thos. P. Robson estate, Chartiers Twp." Laid out Sept. 15, 1910; recorded Jan. 5, 1912, Plan Book 25, p. 151. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782898. [view source] thos-p-robson-est-plan
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Chartiers Township–Pittsburgh City 1921 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/chartiers-township-pittsburgh-city-1921-merger/. [view source] lgeo-chartiers-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of various streets, avenues, lanes, roads, alleys and ways in the Twentieth and Twenty-eighth Wards (formerly Chartiers Township)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1922, no. 336. Passed Oct. 2, 1922; approved Oct. 3, 1922. Ordinance Book 33, p. 604. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1922, appendix, pp. 238–244, Kaufman Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Google Books -UEtAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223972; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1922). [view source] ordinance-1922-336
