Notes:Pentland Street

1835: Source:Keyon does not show Fountain Street.

1837-06-09: Source:Sheriff-1837-06-09 mentions Fountain Street: ". . . that one story brick warehouse, situate in Denny's plan of town lots, in the city of Pittsburgh, leased to David Greer; the said warehouse being one hundred and sixty feet in front on the Pennsylvania Canal and Fountain street, and in depth one hundred and thirty feet front from the canal to Fountain street, bounded on the northeast by the lot and warehouse of the Union Transportation Line, on the northwest by the Pennsylvania Canal, on the southeast by Fountain street, and on the southwest by the other part of the same lot leased by said Taylor from David Greer, together with the lot on which said warehouse is erected: . . . ."

1839: Source:Harris-1839 mentions Fountain Street in addresses.

1845: Source:Mcgowin-1845 shows Fountain Street, unlabeled.

1852: Source:Mcgowin-1852 shows and labels Fountain St.

1879-03-01: Source:Denny-estate-plan shows Fountain St.

1900-02-28: Source:Ordinance-1899-1900-414 vacated Fountain Street between Seventh Avenue and Washington Street. This ordinance refers to "Fountain street, . . . , as laid out and opened to a width of forty (40) feet in a plan of lots known as Harmar Denny's plan of Town Lots, and recorded in the Bureau of Engineering and Surveys, in Plan Book vol. 4, page 49, . . . ."

1910-04-05: Source:Ordinance-1909-1910-715: Fountain Street → Pentland Street.

1914-07-08: Source:Ordinance-1914-246: Part of Pentland Street changed to Gazette Square.

1915-09-19: Source:Fleming-eminent: "In 1815 Ephraim Pentland was prothonotary of Allegheny County. We have Pentland Street, upon which The Gazette Times Building faces."

1916-01-16: Source:Fleming-oakland: "Steele Semple and Judge Baldwin were witnesses of the cowhiding of Ephraim Pentland by Tarleton Bates, an attorney, and, with Baldwin, Semple signed a statement of facts in the case. ¶ In this connection Semple's name is involved with the famous duel between Thomas Stewart and Bates, resulting in the death of Bates a few hours after the duel. ¶ But this, while Oakland history, can come in under the head of the history of Bates street. ¶ Note that we have Juliet street and Semple street also in the Oakland district, and Pentland street in front of The Gazette Times Building at Gazette square."

1916-05-21: Source:Fleming-tragic begins: "TERE [sic] are two streets in Pittsburgh the names of which, taken together, tell a tragic story. They commemorate pioneers of the city, both prominent in their day. One remained prominent despite the tragedy that he brought about. The names commemorated are Ephraim Pentland and Tarleton Bates, widely diverse characters. ¶ Pentland street, which the Gazette Times Building faces, is all that is left of old Fountain street, which originally extended from Washington street, now place, to Chatham street, at the head of Strawberry alley, now way. The part of Pentland street between Strawberry way and Webster avenue forms part of the boundary of Gazette Square."

1917-04-25: Source:Ordinance-1917-169, vacating a portion of Prospect Street, refers to "Harmar Denny's Plan of Town Lots, laid out April 26, 1834, and recorded in the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering, in Plan Book, Vol. 4, page 49," and "a plan laid out by Mrs. E. F. Denny, June 12, 1859, and recorded in the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering, Plan Book, Vol. 2, page 95." I can't find either of these plans on the Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds site.

1917-04-29: Source:Fleming-rare-gleanings mentions Pentland.

1923-09-23: Source:Fleming-publishers-1: "Editor Israel was the target of violent abuse by Ephraim Pentland, who, with his paper, The Commonwealth, was the third Richmond in the fighting field of Pittsburgh's journalism of those years."

1923-10-07: Source:Fleming-franklin-head: "In 1805 the first issue of Ephriam [sic] Pentland's Commonwealth appeared, a political sheet brought out to fight The Pittsburgh Gazette, and especially John Israel's Tree of Liberty. The first accessible copy of this small sheet is that of August 4, 1805, the fourth issue of the paper, and in it there appeared a single-column advertisement of Cramer's publications, principally the books he had in press."

1925-01-11: Source:Fleming-abner-lacock-2 has four paragraphs about Pentland, concluding: "The name Pentland is familiar to The Gazette Times' employes and patrons, because The Gazette Times Building faces Gazette Square, which is really a part of Pentland street, that portion of old Fountain street, which is not being utilized by the railroads, or made part of the Bigelow boulevard."

1931-12-21: Source:Lytle-bates

1966-11-22: Source:Ordinance-1966-519 vacated "Pentland Street, between Seventh Avenue and Gazette Square."

2006-10-22: Source:Frachioni