Bascom Street

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Bascom Street
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Benton Avenue (until 1910)

This road appears, unlabeled, in maps of Allegheny County from the 1850s and 1860s.[1][2] It was originally considered part of Benton Avenue.[3][4][5][6]

After Allegheny City was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907,[7] it was felt to be confusing to have two disconnected segments of road both named Benton Avenue, so the eastern part was renamed Bascom Street by a city ordinance in 1910.[8]

In 1925, postal authorities put together a plan to rename some 150 city streets to fix duplication with streets in the suburbs. They proposed to change Bascom Street to Klein Street, but this change was opposed by City Council and the name Bascom was kept.[9]

The part of the road in Ross Township is named Bascom Avenue. It was renamed from Benton Avenue (or Klein Road) in 1953 to match the name in Pittsburgh.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sidney & Neff and S. McRea. Map of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, with the Names of Property-Holders. Philadelphia, 1851. LCCN 2012592150. [view source] sidney-neff
  2. ↑ S. N. & F. W. Beers. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Smith, Gallup & Hewitt, Philadelphia, 1862. LCCN 2012592151; https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/31783; 1862 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] beers
  3. ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Allegheny, vol. 2, plate 20. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-2-plat-book-allegheny; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1890-allegheny-2
  4. ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Allegheny, vol. 2, plate 29. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1902. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1902-volume-2-plat-book-allegheny; included in the 1903–1906 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1902-allegheny-2
  5. ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the Northern Vicinity of Pittsburgh, plate 34. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1906. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1906-plat-book-northern-pittsburgh. [view source] hopkins-1906
  6. ↑ Atlas of Greater Pittsburgh, plate 42. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1910. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1910-atlas-greater-pittsburgh; 1910 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1910
  7. ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Allegheny City–Pittsburgh City 1907 Consolidation." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/allegheny-city-pittsburgh-city-1907-consolidation/. [view source] lgeo-allegheny-annexation
  8. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 715. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 342. 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. 312–328, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 19, 1910, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86611990, 86612022), Apr. 20, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612278, 86612297), and Apr. 21, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612601, 86612625). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-715
  9. ↑ "Street name changes made in 150 cases by council: Members balk postal authorities in some designations: Conflict in titles cause." Pittsburgh Post, Jan. 22, 1925, pp. 1, 8. Newspapers.com 88486660, 88486701. [view source] 150-cases
  10. ↑ "County to re-name street linking City to Ross Twp.: Klein Road is really Benton Avenue, but it will be changed to 'Bascom.'" Around the Town. Pittsburgh Press, May 29, 1953, p. 5. Newspapers.com 141710738. [view source] county-to-re-name
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