Estella Avenue
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| Estella Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Beltzhoover, Mount Washington |
| Howard Avenue (until 1898) | |
This avenue was originally laid out as Howard Avenue by Benjamin McLain and Thomas S. Maple in their first plan of Beltzhoover, recorded in 1874.[1]
When Beltzhoover Borough was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1898,[2] the name Howard conflicted with Howard Alley in Lawrenceville (later Hyoid Way), so two months after the annexation a Pittsburgh city ordinance changed Howard Avenue to Estella Avenue.[3]
Estella Avenue was extended north of Warrington Avenue in 1903 in Clifford B. Harmon's Grandview plan.[4]
References
- ↑ "McLain and Maple's 1st plan of Beltzhoover, being the first plan of lots laid out on the Murray Farm, Lower St. Clair Tp., 32nd Ward City of Pittsburgh: formerly Borough of Mt. Washington." Recorded May 25, 1874, Plan Book 5, pp. 298–299. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779260. [view source] mclain-maple-beltzhoover-plan-1
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Beltzhoover Borough–Pittsburgh City 1898 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/beltzhoover-borough-pittsburgh-city-1898-merger/. [view source] lgeo-beltzhoover-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets and alleys in the Thirty-eighth ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1898–1899, no. 19. Passed May 2, 1898; approved May 3, 1898. Ordinance Book 12, p. 70. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1898–99, appendix, p. 7, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1899 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecordselect1898; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_4c8ad688-290d-4507-a376-9ea39fdd2899/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_615ca278-1939-4757-8c63-fdaf4901aba9/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_683b5b6b-1723-4caf-afa2-06b1538e1d8e/). Reprinted in the Pittsburg Post, May 14, 1898, p. 6 (Newspapers.com 86413903), and May 16, p. 6 (Newspapers.com 86414393). [view source] ordinance-1898-1899-19
- ↑ "Grandview: Situate in the 32nd Wd. Pitts. Penne. [sic]: Surveyed for Clifford B. Harmon." Laid out June 1903; recorded Nov. 17, 1903, Plan Book 20, pp. 166–167. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782109. [view source] harmon-grandview-plan
