Marlborough Road
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Marlborough Road | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Squirrel Hill North |
| Origin of name | Its location on the line of Marlborough Avenue |
| Marlborough Place (until 1926) | |
| Origin of name | Its location on the line of Marlborough Avenue |
This road was originally called Marlborough Place. It is mentioned in a 1908 newspaper article reporting a real estate transaction there.[1]
The name Marlborough Road came into use by 1919, when it appeared in a newspaper want ad.[2]
It was officially laid out in the Marlborough Place plan in March 1926. The plan and the dedication of Marlborough Road were accepted, and the road was opened and named, by a city ordinance later that year.[3]
Marlborough Road is probably named for Marlborough Avenue, as it lies on the same line.
References
- ↑ "Another lease in Wood street: Four-story building near Fifth avenue rented to B. B. & B. for five-year term: Sales in Squirrel Hill: New York Brokers seeking Pittsburgh bargains—California purchase made." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Dec. 11, 1908, p. 14. Newspapers.com 85423356. [view source] another-lease
- ↑ "Cook and chambermaid . . . ." Want ad. Pittsburgh Post, Sept. 4, 1919, p. 15. Newspapers.com 87648916. [view source] cook-and-chambermaid
- ↑ "An ordinance approving Marlborough Place Plan of Lots in the Fourteenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, laid out by Herman Kamin, Joseph Levin, Eugene C. Bastable and Marion A. Bastable, accepting the dedication of Marlborough Road as shown thereon for public use for highway purposes, opening and naming the same, fixing the width and position of the roadway and sidewalks, establishing the grade thereon and accepting the grading, paving and curbing of that portion of Marlborough Road as improved from Wightman Street eastwardly for a distance of 575.0 feet more or less." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1926, no. 228. Passed May 10, 1926; approved May 13, 1926. Ordinance Book 37, p. 265. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1926, appendix, pp. 139–140, Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books A5zkbeRRvzUC; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819794; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1926). [view source] ordinance-1926-228
