Lettie Hill Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Lettie Hill Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Beechview |
| 16th Avenue (until 1907) | |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering of avenues in West Liberty plans |
| Renton Avenue (1907–1909) | |
| Recinto Street (1909–1911) | |
This street was originally laid out as 16th Avenue in 1903 as part of the West Liberty Plan No. 4 by the Beechwood Improvement Company.[1] The avenues in this plan continued the numbering from the West Liberty Plans No. 2 and 3.[2][3]
In 1907, a West Liberty borough ordinance changed 16th Avenue to Renton Avenue.[4]
The Borough of West Liberty was annexed by the City of Pittsburgh in 1908.[5] The next year, a Pittsburgh city ordinance changed Renton Avenue to Recinto Street.[6] It was changed again to Lettie Hill Street in 1911.[7] (The ordinance actually spelled it "Lettie-Hill," with a hyphen, but the current street sign has a space.)
See also
- 16th Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have been numbered 16th
References
- ↑ "West Liberty plan of lots № 4: Located in West Liberty Borough as laid out by the Beechwood Improvement Co. L't'd. Pittsburgh, Pa." Laid out 1903; recorded June 30, 1903, Plan Book 20, pp. 126–127. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782039. [view source] west-liberty-plan-4
- ↑ "West Liberty plan of lots № 2: Located in Union T'w'p and West Liberty Borough, Allegheny Co. Pa. as laid out by the Beechwood Improvement Co. L'td, Pittsburg, Pa." Laid out 1903; recorded June 30, 1903, Plan Book 20, pp. 116–117. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 6096846. [view source] west-liberty-plan-2
- ↑ "West Liberty plan of lots № 3: Located in Union Twp. and West Liberty Borough, Allegheny Co, Pa.: As laid out by the Beechwood Improvement Co. Lt'd." Laid out 1903; recorded June 30, 1903, Plan Book 20, pp. 118–119. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782038. [view source] west-liberty-plan-3
- ↑ "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, 1907, 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, 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). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Nov. 11, 1909, p. 8 (Newspapers.com 86421216), and Nov. 12, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 86421491). [view source] ordinance-1909-375
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain streets, avenues and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1911, no. 558. Passed Feb. 14, 1911; approved Feb. 16, 1911. Ordinance Book 22, p. 498. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1910–1911, appendix, pp. 322–323, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1911 (Google Books 0X0zAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223840; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1910). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Mar. 10, 1911, p. 13 (Newspapers.com 86499788), and Mar. 11, p. 13 (Newspapers.com 86499822). [view source] ordinance-1911-558
