Sieben Way
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| Sieben Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Spring Garden |
| Origin of name | German, 'seven,' translation of original name Seventh |
| Seventh Alley (until 1924) | |
| Origin of name | Consecutive numbering in Havekotte Place plan of lots |
Sieben Way formerly ran west from the end of Emma Avenue in Reserve Township, about 75 to 250 feet north of Mauch Street, just crossing the city line into Pittsburgh. It was laid out as Seventh Alley in 1901 in the Havekotte Place plan of lots. The alleys in this plan were numbered First through Seventh, but of these only Fourth Alley (later Fuer Way) and Seventh Alley crossed into Spring Garden Borough.[1][2]
Spring Garden Borough was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1920.[3][4][5] In 1924, a city ordinance renamed several streets in the former Spring Garden Borough; Seventh Alley was renamed Sieben Way.[6] The word sieben is German for 'seven.' Many of the early settlers of Spring Garden were German speakers.[7]
Sieben Way does not exist today.
See also
- Seventh Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have been numbered Seventh
References
- ↑ "Havekotte Place: Situate in Reserve Twp. Allegheny, Co. Pa.: Adjoining the 13th Ward Allegheny and Spring Garden Boro.: Laid out for the Mount Troy Land Company." Laid out May 1901; recorded July 1, 1901, Plan Book 18, pp. 194–195. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781730. [view source] havekotte-place-plan
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the Northern Vicinity of Pittsburgh, plate 18. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1906. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1906-plat-book-northern-pittsburgh. [view source] hopkins-1906
- ↑ "Spring Garden borough votes for annexation." Pittsburg Press, Dec. 10, 1919, p. 19. Newspapers.com 141328224. [view source] spring-garden-borough-votes
- ↑ "Spring Garden votes in favor of annexation." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Dec. 10, 1919, p. 1. Newspapers.com 86454144. [view source] spring-garden-votes
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Spring Garden Borough–Pittsburgh City 1920 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/spring-garden-borough-pittsburgh-city-1920-merger/. [view source] lgeo-spring-garden-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain streets and alleys in the Twenty-sixth Ward (formerly Spring Garden Borough)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1924, no. 274. Passed June 9, 1924; approved June 14, 1924. Ordinance Book 35, p. 463. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1924, appendix, p. 192, Kaufman Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1924). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, June 20, 1924, p. 19 (Newspapers.com 88486598). [view source] ordinance-1924-274
