Phillips Avenue

From Pittsburgh Streets
Phillips Avenue
Neighborhood Squirrel Hill South
Origin of name Robert B. Phillips
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Phillips Street (until 1910)
Origin of name Robert B. Phillips

Phillips Avenue is named for Robert B. Phillips, who in the nineteenth century owned 93 acres in what is now Frick Park.[1][2][3][4][5][6] His estate was called Linwood.[2]

An unlabeled road appears in the 1872 Hopkins atlas, starting at what is today the bend in Shady Avenue just south of Phillips Avenue and leading eastwardly to the Colfax schoolhouse.[3] It was officially named Phillips Street in 1881; its eastern end was Phillips' property.[7] The name was changed to Phillips Avenue in 1910.[8]

Phillips Avenue was extended (on paper) on a winding course through the Phillips estate, all the way to Nine Mile Run, in a plan recorded in 1896.[9][10] However, the streets in this plan were never built or opened, and they were all vacated by a city ordinance in 1926.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sidney & Neff and S. McRea. Map of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, with the Names of Property-Holders. Philadelphia, 1851. LCCN 2012592150. [view source] sidney-neff
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 S. N. & F. W. Beers. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Smith, Gallup & Hewitt, Philadelphia, 1862. LCCN 2012592151; https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/31783; 1862 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] beers
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 67. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1872. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1872-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1872
  4. ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 17. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1882
  5. ↑ Alex. Y. Lee. Map of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Otto Krebs, Pittsburgh, 1883. LCCN 2012592152. [view source] lee
  6. ↑ Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 4, plates 14, 22. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-4-atlas-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1890-4
  7. ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1880–1881, no. 33. Passed Feb. 28, 1881; approved Mar. 4, 1881. Ordinance Book 5, p. 212. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1880, pp. 213–234, Herald Printing Company, Pittsburgh, 1881 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b24d64b7-2eda-488e-a00b-cddc143becfd/). [view source] ordinance-1880-1881-33
  8. ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of the avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 716. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 359. 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. 328–381, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_0e903fff-f7d8-4eb5-9d15-f91b56e69396/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_ef39b3f8-fdd8-4ad7-a239-10b67a3c2bff/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b7df2ed5-228d-4c8e-8d80-77fa7b457528/). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 29, 1910, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616256, 86616285, 86616314, 86616333, 86616343), and Apr. 30, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616643, 86616672, 86616694, 86616726, 86616748). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-716
  9. ↑ "Plan of the subdivision of the estate of Phebe A. Phillips: Situate in the 22nd Ward, Pittsburg, Penna." Recorded Mar. 3, 1896, Plan Book 15, pp. 182–183. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781188. [view source] phebe-a-phillips-est-plan-north
  10. ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 1, plate 34. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1904. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1904-volume-1-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1903–1906 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1904-1
  11. ↑ "An ordinance vacating Aaron way, Biddle street, Buckeous way, Buscola way, Curran street, Dousman street, Eliza avenue, Euphrasia avenue, Kibbie way, Lilly way, Lynwood avenue, Mabelle avenue, Phillips avenue, Raphael terrace, Rustic way, Sylva way, Speer avenue, Tareld way, Tremont way, Unnamed street, as laid out and dedicated in the Plan of the Subdivision of the Estate of Phebe A. Phillips, recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, etc., of Allegheny County on March 3, 1896, in Vol. 15, page 182." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1926, no. 600. Passed Nov. 22, 1926; approved Nov. 23, 1926. Ordinance Book 38, p. 51. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1926, appendix, pp. 426–427, Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books A5zkbeRRvzUC; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819794; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1926). [view source] ordinance-1926-600
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