Saginaw Street

From Pittsburgh Streets
Saginaw Street
Neighborhood Esplen
Shade Avenue (until 1893)
Sixth Street (1893–1906)
Origin of name Sequential numbering from Chartiers Creek

This street was laid out as Shade Avenue in 1888 in a plan of lots by John A. and Samuel L. Wood.[1] In 1893, the streets in Esplen were numbered, and Shade Avenue became Sixth Street.[2][3]

Esplen Borough was annexed by Pittsburgh in January 1906.[4] That September, a Pittsburgh city ordinance renamed many streets in the old borough, and Sixth Street became Saginaw Street.[5]

The formerly numbered streets in Esplen form one of Pittsburgh's F–S–T sequences.

See also

References

  1. "Part 'A', plan of lots, near Chartiers Boro., laid out for John A. Wood & Son." Laid out Mar. 1888; recorded Mar. 10, 1888, Plan Book 8, pp. 130–131. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779958. [view source]john-a-wood-son-plan-a
  2. "An ordinance adopting Names for the Streets within the Borough." Esplen borough ordinance, no. 15. Enacted May 8, 1893. In Ordinance book of the Borough of Esplen, pp. 30–31, 1891–1905 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_abec1b3d-7e8a-4464-8f22-37aead21d638/). [view source]ordinance-1893-15
  3. Real Estate Plat-Book of the Southern Vicinity of Pittsburgh, Penna., plate 15. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1896. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1896%E2%80%93plat-book-southern-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source]hopkins-1896
  4. 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
  5. "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