Pemberton Street
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| Pemberton Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Brighton Heights |
| Princeton Road (until 1910) | |
| Origin of name | Princeton University |
This street was laid out as Princeton Road in 1905 in the Brighton Heights Plan. It was named for Princeton University. All of the streets in this plan that were not extensions of existing streets were given academic names (see Harvard Circle).[1][2]
In 1910, over 900 streets were renamed to fix duplicates. Princeton Road conflicted with Princeton Place in East Liberty, so it was changed to Pemberton Street.[3]
References
- ↑ "Brighton Heights plan of lots: Eleventh Ward, Allegheny: Laid out by Brighton Heights Company." Laid out Aug. 1905; recorded Feb. 14, 1906, Plan Book 23, pp. 48–49. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782376. [view source] brighton-heights-plan
- ↑ Atlas of Greater Pittsburgh, plate 41. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1910. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1910-atlas-greater-pittsburgh; 1910 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1910
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 715. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 342. 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. 312–328, 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. 19, 1910, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86611990, 86612022), Apr. 20, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612278, 86612297), and Apr. 21, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612601, 86612625). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-715
