Holman Way

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Holman Way
Neighborhood Bloomfield
Holman Alley (until 1914)

This alley was laid out as Holman Alley in a plan of lots by the St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church Society, recorded in 1895.[1] It became Holman Way in 1914, when a city ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[2]

References

  1. "Plan of subdivision of the property of the St. Paul M. E. Church Soc'y. situated in the 16th Ward Pgh Pa." Recorded Jan. 10, 1895, Plan Book 15, p. 72. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781115. [view source]st-paul-me-church-soc-plan
  2. "An ordinance changing the name 'alley' on every thoroughfare in the City of Pittsburgh to 'way.'" Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1914, no. 402. Passed Nov. 10, 1914; approved Nov. 16, 1914. Ordinance Book 26, p. 360. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1914, appendix, p. 226, McClung Printing Co., Pittsburgh (HathiTrust uiug.30112108223899; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1914; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_a82f1363-0512-40c8-b4e5-f02b090b761d/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_bf8a4f10-7526-4a96-8943-6a220d361293/). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Nov. 23, 1914, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 86505785), and Nov. 24, p. 12 (Newspapers.com 86505809). [view source]ordinance-1914-402