Powell Avenue
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Powell Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Esplen |
| Phillips Avenue (until 1906) | |
This street was laid out as Phillips Avenue in 1873 in the Riverside plan of lots by B. C. Sawyer.[1]
Esplen Borough was annexed by Pittsburgh in January 1906.[2] That September, a Pittsburgh city ordinance renamed many streets in the old borough, and Phillips Avenue became Powell Avenue.[3]
See also
- Phillips Avenue in Squirrel Hill South
- Phillips Street, for other streets that have been named Phillips
References
- ↑ "Riverside plan of lots: Situated in Chartiers Township – Allegheny County Penna.: Laid out for B. C. Sawyer Esqr." Laid out June 1873; recorded July 30, 1873, Plan Book 5, pp. 174–175. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779165. [view source] riverside-plan
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Esplen Borough–Pittsburgh City 1906 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/esplen-borough-pittsburgh-city-1906-merger/. [view source] lgeo-esplen-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of avenues, streets and alleys in the Fortieth ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1906–1907, no. 208. Passed Sept. 10, 1906; approved Sept. 13, 1906. Ordinance Book 18, p. 25. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1906–1907, appendix, pp. 83–84, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1907 (Google Books 2rxEAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust chi.096599013; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1906; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_a9545360-5ac7-4401-90a1-b9bf8e1ee734/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_2603f6b5-cdc3-4510-ab7a-a0eb7a32167d/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_a8df5e58-679d-4a92-862d-a32de04352b9/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_4a3af76c-96fa-46b9-a8b0-8523d1248634/). [view source] ordinance-1906-1907-208
