Monmouth Street

From Pittsburgh Streets
Monmouth Street
Neighborhood Squirrel Hill South

Monmouth Street was located and opened by a city ordinance in 1917.[1] Most of it was vacated in 1928 to make room for the athletic field for Taylor Allderdice High School.[2][3]

References

  1. "An ordinance opening Monmouth street, in the Fourteenth ward of the City of Pittsburgh, from Nicholson street to Forward avenue, fixing the width and position of the sidewalks and roadway, establishing the grade thereof, and providing that the cost, damages and expenses occasioned thereby be assessed against and collected from properties benefited thereby." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1917, no. 265. Passed June 25, 1917; approved June 27, 1917. Ordinance Book 28, p. 571. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1917, appendix, p. 135, Eureka Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1917). [view source]ordinance-1917-265
  2. "An ordinance vacating Monmouth street in the Fourteenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, from the southerly line of property of the Board of Public Education, distant 120.0 feet north of Forward avenue to the northerly line of property of the Board of Public Education, distant 58.04 feet south of Nicholson street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1928, no. 370. Passed June 18, 1928; approved June 22, 1928. Ordinance Book 40, p. 186. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1928, appendix, pp. 253–254, Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books PwGkOIBtAccC; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819810; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1928). [view source]ordinance-1928-370
  3. Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 2, plate 24. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1939. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1939-volume-2-plat-book-pittsburgh. [view source]hopkins-1939-2