Topeka Street
| Topeka Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Arlington |
| Grape Street (until 1923) | |
This street was first laid out as Grape Street in June 1887 from Ihmsen Street (today Rothman Street) to Clover Street in Swearingen's plan of lots.[1] It was extended eastward past Flach Street (today Flack Street) the following month in a plan by the St. Clair Real Estate Company.[2]
Grape Street also included a disconnected eastern segment, laid out in 1901 in a plan of lots by Joseph Goldbach, Sr.[3]
St. Clair Borough was annexed by Pittsburgh on January 1, 1923.[4] That November, a Pittsburgh city ordinance renamed many streets in the former borough to fix duplicates. There was already a Grape Street in Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar (today Grapevine Street), so the western part of this Grape Street was changed to Topeka Street, and the eastern part was renamed Henn Street.[5]
See also
- Grape Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Swearingen's plan of lots, situated in Lower St. Clair Tp. Allegheny Co." Laid out June 1887; recorded June 1887. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G991-MN9K. Proceedings in the Estate of Christian Ihmsen, deceased, no. 362, June Term, 1887, Orphans' Court of Allegheny County, Orphans' Court Docket 67, p. 286. [view source] swearingen-plan
- ↑ "Plan of lots laid out for St. Clair Real Estate Company, Lower St. Clair Township." Laid out July 1887; recorded June 1, 1889, Plan Book 8, p. 143. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780148. [view source] st-clair-real-est-co-plan
- ↑ "Joseph Goldbach Sr. plan of lots situate in Lower St. Clair Twp. Allegheny Co." Laid out Jan. 1901; recorded Feb. 5, 1901, Plan Book 18, p. 128. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781656. [view source] joseph-goldbach-sr-plan
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Saint Clair Borough–Pittsburgh City 1923 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/saint-clair-borough-pittsburgh-city-1923-merger/. [view source] lgeo-st-clair-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of various streets, avenues, lanes, roads, alleys and ways in the Sixteenth Ward (formerly St. Clair Borough)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1923, no. 447. Passed Nov. 26, 1923; approved Nov. 30, 1923. Ordinance Book 35, p. 13. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1923, appendix, pp. 330–333, Kaufman Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Google Books XkEtAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223980; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1923). [view source] ordinance-1923-447
