Notes:Millvale Avenue

From Pittsburgh Streets

1856-05-28

  • Source:District-court-1856-05-28-gazette: "Mrs. Ann Prenter, widow of William Prenter, vs. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Action to recover for the death of her husband, caused by falling into an uncovered culvert at Denny's Station, in March, 1855."
  • Source:District-court-1856-05-28-post: "Mrs. Ann Prenter, widow of William Prenter, deceased, brings action against the Pennsylvania Railroad company to recover damages for his death on the road in March, 1855. He was employed on the road as a brakesman on a freight train, and when going eastward, stopped at Denny's station, on a sideing [sic], to let the passenger train, coming west, pass by. While at this point he attempted to walk over an uncovered culvert, and, in doing so, fell a distance of ten or twelve feet and was injured to such an extent, that he died a short time afterwards in the city of Pittsburgh."

1859: Source:Thurston-1859

  • p. 82: "Fogerty Thomas, lab, n Millvale station, Peebles tp"
  • p. 89: "Gartside James, woolen mannfac. [sic], Millvale Station, Peebles tp"
  • p. 322: "WOOLEN FACTORIES. ¶ . . . ¶ Garside [sic] James, Millvale Station, Peebles tp"

1862: Source:Beers: Denny Station at the site of later Millvale Station; house of Dr. W. H. Denny on the other side of the tracks; "J. Garsight Woolen Fact." to the west.

1864-11-26: Source:Gross-for-sale-1864-11-26: "About eleven acres, with a small grove of forrest trees, surrounded by broad avenues, situated between the Greensburg turnpike and the Pennsylvania Railroad, within A FEW MINUTES WALK of Millvale Station, on the farm of Mrs. Harriet Winebiddle, near East Liberty."

1865-10-18: "Court of Quarter Sessions," Pittsburgh Gazette, [p. 4] (Newspapers.com 86354460): "Hugh Friel, was arraigned for the larceny of a black frock coat, valued at thirty-five dollars, from John Beltzhoover, in Pitt township, on the 2d inst. Prosecutor, with a friend, went to Millvale station, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, on a Sunday, and the former, taking off his coat and laying it upon the grass, proceeded to enjoy a skiff ride on a pond. While thus engaged his coat was taken, and found in the possession of the prisoner. No defense was offered, other than the statement of Friel that he had 'found the coat.' Verdict guilty, with a recommendation to the mercy of the court. Sentence deferred."

1866-05-26: Source:Graduated-at-duffs: "John M. Gartside, Millvale, Pa."

1866-11-16: Source:Sophia-grant-plan shows the eastern property line dividing the plan from the property of (Alexander) Bradley, from Centre Avenue 531 feet 11¾ inches northward. No indication of a street here in this plan.

1867-01-17: Source:Pittsburgh-past-present-future: "In 1860 there were some three houses at Shady Side, located some three miles East of the city, on the P. R. R., and Fourth Street Road. There was then but one regular daily passenger on the P. R. R., to and from Pittsburgh, and for a long time, he had to get on and off at Millvale Station. He finally persuaded the Superintendent of the road to have one train a day stop at that place. Almost immediately after this was done, travel increased, and buildings of the most tasteful and substantial character began to be erected, until they now number more than one hundred, and the daily travel averages the same number."

1868-02-04: "Harrisburg," Pittsburgh Commercial, p. 1 (Newspapers.com 85482568): "Harrisburg, Pa., February 3, 1868. ¶ SENATE.Petitions Presented. . . . Also, one for the creation of the borough of Millvale. . . . Bills in Place. . . . Mr. Errett, of Allegheny, one incorporating the Borough of Millvale. . . . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.Petitions. . . . Mr. Riddle, of Allegheny, presented a petition from Duquesne borough, asking that the upper part of that borough, together with the Alleghehy [sic] Poor House Farm and Wm. Semple's farm, be incorporated into a borough under the name of Millvale."

  • Also "Pennsylvania Legislature," Pittsburgh Gazette, 1868-02-04, p. 1 (Newspapers.com 85575606); "Harrisburg," Daily Post, 1868-02-04, p. 1 (Newspapers.com 86521440); and "Pennsylvania Legislature," Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette, 1868-02-05, [p. 3] (Newspapers.com 85575612).

1868-02-05: "Pennsylvania Legislature," Pittsburgh Gazette, p. 1 (Newspapers.com 85575614): "Harrisburg, February 4, 1868. ¶ SENATE. ¶ Bills in Place. . . . The act incorporating the borough of Millvale, Allegheny county, passed finally."

1868-02-13: Source:Lgeo-millvale-creation: Millvale Borough created.

1872: Source:Hopkins-1872: Millvale Station on north side of Pennsylvania Railroad at foot of Fitch Street; Millvale Woolen Factory (Jas. Gartside) just to the west, on south side of Pennsylvania Railroad.

1873-05: Source:Rebecca-baum-plan: "Fitch St." from Liberty Avenue to Cypress Street; Millvale Station at the foot of Mathilda Street.

1873-08-23: "A smart dog," Daily Post, [p. 4] (Newspapers.com 86533343): "Mr. Gartside, out at Millvale Station, has a remarkably intelligent dog. The employees of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in widening the roadway for the two additional tracks, are obliged to use a good deal of blasting powder, and their custom is to cry 'fire!' when they start the fuse. The moment the dog hears this signal given he at once commences barking to the utmost power of his lungs, and keeps up his racket, running and jumping in great excitement until the blast explodes, after which he quiets down like a sensible canine until the signal is given again."

1873-10-27: Common Council (Source:Municipal-record-1873, p. 98): "Ordinance for location of Millvale avenue in Twenty fourth ward, from Centre avenue to the Pennsylvania railroad. Finally passed."

1873-12-15

  • Select Council (Source:Municipal-record-1873, p. 114): "The following ordinances, &c., passed in C. C., were then taken up and concurred in, except where otherwise noted: ¶ Ordinance locating Millvale avenue; . . . ."
  • Source:Ordinance-1873-305 located Millvale Avenue from Centre Avenue to the Pennsylvania Railroad, "taking the division line between the property of Robert Hill, M. Denny, A. Bradley and S. D. Hill, as the centre line of the street."

1875: Source:Sipes, p. 163: "Millvale, three hundred and fifty-one miles."

1881-03-04: Source:Ordinance-1880-1881-33: "Fitch street, from Cypress street to Kincaid street, Nineteenth and Twentieth wards. ¶ . . . ¶ Millvalle [sic] street, from Centre avenue to P. R. R., Twentieth ward."

1882: Source:Hopkins-1882: Millvale Street from Centre Avenue to Pennsylvania Railroad; Fitch Street from Cypress Street to Kincaid Street; Millvale Woolen Factory (Jas. O. Gartside) to the west.

1886-05-20 (recorded): Source:Ben-venue-place-plan-1886: "Plan of Ben-Venue Place at Millvale Station, P. R. R."

1887-02-12 (recorded): Source:Friendship-park-plan: Fitch Street from Penn Avenue to Liberty Avenue, continuing past Liberty.

1888-03-09: Source:For-sale-1888-03-09: "FOR SALE—Cheap, four acres, immediately, at Millvale or Ben Venue station, P. R. R. American Trust Company, 504 and 506 Smithfield st."

1890: Source:Hopkins-1890-3, plate 14: Fitch Street from Penn Avenue to Breeds Hill Street.

1890: Source:Hopkins-1890-4

  • Plate 4: Fitch Street from Cypress Street to Liberty Avenue; Ben-Venue Station at the foot of Mathilda Street.
  • Plate 5: Fitch Street from Liberty Avenue to Penn Avenue.
  • Plate 7: Millvale Street from Centre Avenue to Pennsylvania Railroad; Ben Venue Station on the north side of Pennsylvania Railroad; James Gartside property to the west; Ben Venue Avenue in "'Ben Venue,' Mellon's Plan."

1890-05-10: "A way to the park," Pittsburg Dispatch, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 76221892): "Residents of Bloomfield and Lawrenceville want to get to the Schenley Park, and propose to have the Pennsylvania Railroad construct a bridge across their tracks at Ben Venue station. . . . The proposed bridge to connect Bellefield avenue with Bloomfield will be about 200 feet long, and will be close to Ben Venue station. Bellefield avenue extends across Fifth avenue, from the entrance to Schenley Park, and runs up past the Herron Hill reservoir to Ridge street. It is paved nearly the whole distance. At a point near the intersection of Bellefield avenue, Craig and Ridge streets the bridge will be thrown across the valley through which the Pennsylvania tracks are laid. It would about strike the mouth of Pearl street or Cedar street."

1890-08-22: Source:Ben-venue-place-plan-1890: "Ben Venue Station"

1893-10-12: Source:Ordinance-1893-1894-286 approved, confirmed and located "Fitch street, from Liberty avenue to Penn avenue," from "Dr. A. H. Gross' plan of lots, Twentieth ward, approved by Councils May 31, 1869, and recorded in Street Plan Book, pages 5 and 6, Bureau of Engineering and Surveys, City of Pittsburgh."

1894-04: Source:Friendship-park-rev-plan: Fitch Street from Penn Avenue to Liberty Avenue, continuing on both ends, interrupted by Friendship Place.

1894-10-15: Source:Ordinance-1894-1895-158 changed Fitch Street to Millvale Avenue.

1899: Source:Hopkins-1899-2

  • Plate 6: Millvale Avenue Bridge shown; "(Fitch) Millvale Ave." from Centre Avenue to Liberty Avenue; "BenVenue Sta."
  • Plate 7: "Millvale St." from Liberty Avenue to Penn Avenue.
  • Plate 8: Millvale Avenue from Penn Avenue to Breedshill Street.

1910-04-05: Source:Ordinance-1909-1910-716: "Millvale av., from Centre av. to Breedshill, 8th and 11th wds."

1915-04-29: Source:Ordinance-1915-117: "Millvale avenue, from Penn avenue to Breedshill street, Tenth ward, be changed to North Millvale avenue. ¶ Millvale avenue, from Penn avenue to Centre avenue, Eighth ward, be changed to South Millvale avenue."

1927: Source:Gray, p. 203: "The children of Caleb Mayhew Fitch and his wife Temperance Davis were: ¶ Harriet, b. 1802; d. 1869; m. 1st, Dr. Ingles; m. 2d, Coonrad [sic] Winebiddle, a wealthy landowner of Pittsburgh, Penn."

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1999: John T. Fitch, Descendants of the Reverend James Fitch, 1622–1702, vol. 2: "Generations Six and Seven," Picton Press, Rockport, Maine (ISBN 0-89725-358-2; LCCN 96-70992), has something about Conrad Winebiddle and Harriet Fitch Ingalls Winebiddle on p. 317, according to the index (Internet Archive descendantsofrev02fitc, descendantsofrev02fitc_0).

2015: Source:Wilson-wilson

  • p. 84: "In Bloomfield, Millvale Avenue originally ran north from Centre Avenue to the Pennsylvania Railroad's Millvale Station in Two Mile Run valley. In 1893–1894, a streetcar line was routed along Millvale Avenue, and a bridge was constructed over the valley. Millvale Avenue was extended along Fitch Street to connect to Liberty Avenue."
  • p. 85: "The Millvale Avenue Bridge was replaced in 1927–1928."
  • p. 85: "The new Millvale Avenue Bridge, completed in 1928, is shown here in June of that year. . . . The railings were restored in the bridge's 2007 rehabilitation."

Harriet Fitch on FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/MPMX-WTS

Dan West, Pennsylvania Railroad Stations Past & Present, https://www.west2k.com/pastations/allegheny.shtml: "BENVENUE STATION (MILLVALE): This station was at the south end of Mathilda Street (when it used to go all the way to the tracks) (GPS: 40.457291,-79.949001). The name of the station was changed from Millvale to Benvenue around 1888. This is not to be confused with the Millvale (Bennett) that is on the north bank of the Allegheny River."

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