Romeyn Way
| Romeyn Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Knoxville |
| Origin of name | Its status as a southern continuation of Romeyn Street |
| Grove Alley (until 1926) | |
| Grouse Way (1926–1927) | |
| Origin of name | The grouse, a bird |
This alley was laid out as Grove Alley in 1888 in a plan of lots by the Knoxville Land Improvement Company.[1]
One of the last acts of the Town Council of the Borough of Knoxville, on December 21, 1926, was to rename many of the borough's streets in anticipation of its annexation by Pittsburgh. Grove Alley was going to conflict with Grove Street in the Middle Hill, so it was renamed Grouse Way.[2] The new name was part of a series of alleys named for birds: others were changed to Albatross Way (today Onyx Way), Dove Way, Hawk Way, Ibis Way, Partridge Way, Penguin Way (today Duart Way), Starling Way (today Marland Way), and Swallow Way. This theme had been established earlier: Knoxville had already had a Lark Way and a Wren Way (renamed Lotts Way and Wattle Way).[2]
Pittsburgh annexed Knoxville on January 3, 1927,[3] and in March of that year a Pittsburgh city ordinance changed Grouse Way to Romeyn Way to match the name of Romeyn Street across Mathews Avenue.[4]
See also
- Romeyn Street
- Grove Street (disambiguation), for other thoroughfares that have been named Grove
References
- ↑ "Plan in Knoxville Borough, Allegheny Co., Pa. laid out for the Knoxville Land Improvement Company." Laid out Apr. 1888; recorded July 16, 1888, Plan Book 8, p. 210. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780005. [view source] knoxville-land-imp-co-1888-plan
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "An ordinance changing the names of certain streets, avenues and alleys in the Borough of Knoxville." Knoxville borough ordinance, 1926, no. 530. Enacted Dec. 21, 1926; approved Dec. 21, 1926. In ordinance book of Knoxville Borough, 1922–1926, p. 199 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_46104c53-ba6f-4cf6-87dc-ee96c06cf9c8/). [view source] ordinance-knoxville-530
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Knoxville Borough–Pittsburgh City 1927 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/knoxville-borough-pittsburgh-city-1927-merger/. [view source] lgeo-knoxville-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes, alleys and ways in the Thirtieth Ward (formerly Knoxville Borough)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1927, no. 206. Passed Mar. 21, 1927; approved Mar. 26, 1927. Ordinance Book 38, p. 409. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1927, appendix, pp. 186–187, Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books cZfgUddPQR0C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819802; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1927). [view source] ordinance-1927-206
