Reifert Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Reifert Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Bon Air |
| Origin of name | Henry Reifer |
| Reifer Street (until 1909) | |
| Origin of name | Henry Reifer |
This street was laid out in 1889 in a plan of lots by Henry Reifer, Peter Schiehl, and Lambert Schuchert as Reifer Street (spelled Riefer in the plan). It was named for the first of these men, whose name was spelled both Reifer and Riefer in the plan.[1]
The name came to be written with a spurious T at the end of the name soon afterward: for example, the 1896 Hopkins atlas writes it as "Riefert St." (even though it has Reifer in the name of the plan).[2]
West Liberty Borough was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1908.[3] The spelling Reifert Street, with E before I and a final T, was officially established by a Pittsburgh city ordinance the following year.[4]
References
- ↑ "Reifer, Schiehl & Schuchart's plan of lots: West Liberty Borough." Laid out June 1889; recorded Aug. 6, 1889, Plan Book 8, p. 53. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780183. [view source] reifer-schiehl-schuchart-plan
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the Southern Vicinity of Pittsburgh, Penna., plate 9. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1896. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1896%E2%80%93plat-book-southern-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at PGH Historic Maps and Imagery (https://pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=25ed595c7bde40cdae7165261a9a3ad6). [view source] hopkins-1896
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "West Liberty Borough–Pittsburgh City 1908 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/west-liberty-borough-pittsburgh-city-1908-merger/. [view source] lgeo-west-liberty-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth wards of the City of Pittsburgh (formerly known as the Boroughs of West Liberty and Beechview)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 375. Passed Oct. 14, 1909; approved Oct. 20, 1909. Ordinance Book 20, p. 614. 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. 146–150, 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, Nov. 11, 1909, p. 8 (Newspapers.com 86421216), and Nov. 12, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 86421491). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-375
