Stanford Road

From Pittsburgh Streets
Stanford Road
Neighborhood Brighton Heights
Origin of name Stanford University

Stanford Road was laid out in 1906 in the Harbison Addition to the Brighton Heights plan.[1][2] It is named for Stanford University.[3] All of the streets in the two Brighton Heights plans that were not extensions of existing streets were given academic names (see Harvard Circle).[4][1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Brighton Heights Harbison Addition: Laid out by the Brighton Heights Company: Situated in the 11th Ward Allegheny, Pa." Laid out Oct. 1906; recorded Jan. 31, 1907, Plan Book 23, pp. 118–119. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782511. [view source]brighton-heights-harbison-add-plan
  2. 2.0 2.1 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
  3. Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 66. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source]regan
  4. "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