Hawk Way
| Hawk Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Knoxville |
| Origin of name | The hawk, a bird of prey |
| Herbermont Alley (until 1926) | |
This alley was laid out as Herbermont Alley in in a plan by William W. Knox and Frederick Bausman, recorded in 1873.[1] It was extended westward in an 1888 plan by the Knoxville Land Improvement Company.[2]
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. Herbermont Alley was renamed Hawk Way.[3] The new name was part of a series of alleys named for birds: others were changed to Albatross Way (today Onyx Way), Dove Way, Grouse Way (today Romeyn 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).[3]
Knoxville was annexed by Pittsburgh less than two weeks later, on January 3, 1927.[4]
References
- ↑ "Plan of a part of Knoxville: Situated in Lower St. Clair Tp., Allegheny County Pennsylvania: Laid out for Knox and Bausman." Recorded July 15, 1873, Plan Book 5, pp. 162–163. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779154. [view source] knox-bausman-plan
- ↑ "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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "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
