Industry Street
Industry Street | |
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Neighborhoods | Allentown, Beltzhoover |
Origin of name | Maybe Industry, Pennsylvania |
Second Street (until 1881/1898) | |
Portion | East of Estella Avenue |
Origin of name | Sequential numbering of streets beginning with Warrington Avenue |
Strawberry Alley (until 1898) | |
Portion | Between Estella Avenue and Haberman Avenue |
Harriet Street (until 1898) | |
Portion | Between Haberman Avenue and Montooth Street |
Lindo Street (until 1917) | |
Portion | West of Laverne Street |
This street was originally laid out as Second Street in 1866 in the original plan of Allentown, laid out by Boyd and Allen. The streets in the southern half of this plan were numbered north to south, beginning with what is today Warrington Avenue.[1]
Two additional plans, recorded in the first half of the 1870s, extended Second Street westward to Howard Avenue in Beltzhoover (today Estella Avenue).[2][3] The line of Second Street was continued westward by an alley named Strawberry Alley from Howard Avenue to Haberman Avenue and a street named Harriet Street from Haberman Avenue to West Alley (today Montooth Street).[3] West Alley (and West Street, its continuation to the south) became the western edge of the Borough of Beltzhoover when it was created in 1875.[4]
A plan of lots laid out by S. L. Boggs in 1888 included Lindo Street on approximately this same line, though it left a gap immediately west of West Alley.[5][6] This gap was the property of Thomas Metcalf.[7][8] The district west of West Alley became the Borough of Montooth in 1897.[9]
The Borough of Allentown was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1872.[10] In 1881, a Pittsburgh city ordinance renamed many streets to fix duplicates; since there was another Second Street downtown, the street in Allentown was renamed Industry Street.[11]
The Borough of Beltzhoover was annexed in 1898[12] and a Pittsburgh ordinance that same year changed Second Street, Strawberry Alley, and Harriet Street to Industry Street to match the name in Allentown.[13]
The Borough of Montooth was annexed in 1907.[14] At first the name Lindo Street was kept, because it did not connect to Industry Street.[15] But in 1916 Lindo Street was opened through to Industry Street,[16] and the next year it was made part of Industry Street.[17]
The 1881 ordinance changed the names of Second, Third, and Fourth Streets in Allentown to Industry, Climax, and Freeland Streets.[11] After the annexation of Beltzhoover, the 1898 ordinance adopted these names in Beltzhoover too and additionally changed Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Streets to California (now Cedarhurst), Sylvania, and Chalfont Streets.[13] These six names—Industry, Climax, Freeland, California, Sylvania, and Chalfont—are all the names of communities in Pennsylvania: Industry in Beaver County, Climax in Armstrong County, Freeland in Luzerne County, California in Washington County, Sylvania in Bradford County, and Chalfont in Bucks County. This is not conclusive evidence that this is the origin of these street names, but it seems plausible.
See also
- Harriet Street, Second Street (disambiguation), and Strawberry Alley, for other streets that have had those names
References
- ↑ "Boyd and Allen's plan of building and gardening lots situate in the Manor of Pittsburgh № 1 south of Monongahela River: Property of the heirs of Jos. Allen dec'd." Recorded May 18, 1866, Plan Book 3, pp. 122–123. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778548. [view source] boyd-allen-plan
- ↑ "Plan of T. S. Maples: Extension of Boydstown." Recorded Sept. 3, 1870, Plan Book 4, pp. 54–55. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778819. [view source] ts-maple-boydstown-plan
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "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 1875 Creation." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/beltzhoover-borough-1875-creation/. [view source] lgeo-beltzhoover-creation
- ↑ "S. L. Boggs' plan of lots in West Liberty Borough, Allegheny Co., Pa." Laid out May 1888; recorded July 28, 1888, Plan Book 8, pp. 222–223. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780013. [view source] sl-boggs-plan
- ↑ "West Liberty Land Company's plan of lots, West Liberty Borough." Laid out Mar. 1890; recorded July 9, 1890, Plan Book 10, pp. 100–101. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780368. [view source] west-liberty-land-co-plan
- ↑ Atlas of the Vicinity of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, Pennsylvania, plate 22. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1886. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1886-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; included in the 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1886
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the Southern Vicinity of Pittsburgh, Penna., plate 9. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1896. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1896%E2%80%93plat-book-southern-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1896
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Montooth Borough 1897 Creation." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/montooth-borough-1897-creation/. [view source] lgeo-montooth-creation
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Pittsburgh City 1872 Borough Mergers." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/pittsburgh-city-1872-borough-mergers/. [view source] lgeo-south-side-annexation
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1881, no. 33. Passed Feb. 28, 1881; approved Mar. 4, 1881. Ordinance Book 5, p. 212. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1880, pp. 213–234 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1881-33
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "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, 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). Reprinted in the Pittsburg Post, May 14, 1898, p. 6 (Newspapers.com 86413903), and May 16, p. 6 (Newspapers.com 86414393). [view source] ordinance-1898-19
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Montooth Borough–Pittsburgh City 1907 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/montooth-borough-pittsburgh-city-1907-merger/. [view source] lgeo-montooth-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of avenues, streets and alleys in the Forty-second ward of the city of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1907, no. 174. Passed July 22, 1907; approved Aug. 1, 1907. Ordinance Book 18, p. 510. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1907, appendix, p. 80, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1908 (HathiTrust chi.096598952). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Aug. 8, 1907, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 85923150), and Aug. 10, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 85923350). [view source] ordinance-1907-174
- ↑ "An ordinance opening Lindo street, in the Eighteenth ward of the City of Pittsburgh, from a point 359.38 feet eastwardly from Taft avenue to Industry street, and providing that the cost, damages and expenses occasioned thereby be assessed against and collected from properties benefited thereby." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1916, no. 273. Passed June 26, 1916; approved June 27, 1916. Ordinance Book 27, p. 586. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1916, appendix, p. 118, Eureka Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1916). [view source] ordinance-1916-273
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain streets in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1917, no. 378. Passed Sept. 24, 1917; approved Oct. 3, 1917. Ordinance Book 29, p. 44. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1917, appendix, p. 194, Eureka Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1917). [view source] ordinance-1917-378