Kenilworth Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Kenilworth Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Brookline |
| Randall Avenue (until 1907) | |
| Knowlson Avenue (1907–1909) | |
This street was laid out as Randall Avenue in 1904 in the Fleming Place plan.[1] It was renamed Knowlson Avenue by a West Liberty borough ordinance in 1907.[2]
West Liberty Borough was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1908.[3] The following year, a Pittsburgh city ordinance changed Knowlson Avenue to Kenilworth Street.[4]
See also
- Knowlson Avenue (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Plan of Fleming Place: West Liberty Boro. Allegheny Co. Pa.: Laid out by, Mrs. E. A. Fleming." Laid out 1904; recorded Mar. 22, 1905, Plan Book 22, p. 37. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782257. [view source] fleming-place-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance making and constituting a change in the name of certain streets and avenues in West Liberty Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania." West Liberty borough ordinance, no. 132. Enacted July 1, 1907; approved July 3, 1907. In ordinance book of West Liberty Borough, pp. 224–227, 1876–1907 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_c6978255-a556-45c8-b3c2-bd165fd17552/). [view source] ordinance-1907-132
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "West Liberty Borough–Pittsburgh City 1908 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/west-liberty-borough-pittsburgh-city-1908-merger/. [view source] lgeo-west-liberty-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth wards of the City of Pittsburgh (formerly known as the Boroughs of West Liberty and Beechview)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 375. Passed Oct. 14, 1909; approved Oct. 20, 1909. Ordinance Book 20, p. 614. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 146–150, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_0e903fff-f7d8-4eb5-9d15-f91b56e69396/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_ef39b3f8-fdd8-4ad7-a239-10b67a3c2bff/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b7df2ed5-228d-4c8e-8d80-77fa7b457528/). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Nov. 11, 1909, p. 8 (Newspapers.com 86421216), and Nov. 12, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 86421491). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-375
