Uvilla Street
| Uvilla Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Elliott |
| Union Avenue (until 1905) | |
This street was originally named Union Avenue. It appears in an 1865 plan of lots by C. Hanson Love[1] and a plan of lots by B. F. and Annie C. Fox, recorded in 1868.[2]
In 1881, a Pittsburgh city ordinance officially established the names of all streets in the city, changing many of them to fix duplicates. There was a Union Street downtown (today Graeme Street), so this ordinance renamed eight other streets and alleys named Union, including this one, to which it bestowed the name Uranus Street.[3] But this street was outside the city limits of Pittsburgh at the time! So this name change had no actual effect.
The Borough of Elliott was annexed by Pittsburgh at the beginning of 1905,[4] and four months later the naming conflict with Union Street downtown was again resolved, this time by changing the name of this street to Uvilla Street.[5]
See also
- Union Avenue, for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Draught of building lots adjoining the Bourough [sic] of Temperanceville in Allegheny County Penna. laid out at the instance and request and under the directions of the proprietor M[r.] C. Hanson Love." Laid out Aug. 1865; recorded May 13, 1868, Plan Book 3, p. 220. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778736. [view source] ch-love-temperanceville-plan
- ↑ "Plan of building lots laid out by B. F. and Annie C. Fox as an addition to Lorenzburg Chartiers Township Allegheny County, Pa. adjoining Temperanceville." Recorded Feb. 13, 1868, Plan Book 3, pp. 222–223. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778652. [view source] bf-annie-c-fox-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1880–1881, no. 33. Passed Feb. 28, 1881; approved Mar. 4, 1881. Ordinance Book 5, p. 212. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1880, pp. 213–234, Herald Printing Company, Pittsburgh, 1881 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b24d64b7-2eda-488e-a00b-cddc143becfd/). [view source] ordinance-1880-1881-33
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Elliott Borough–Pittsburgh City 1905 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/elliott-borough-pittsburgh-city-1905-merger/. [view source] lgeo-elliott-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of avenues, streets and alleys in the Thirty-ninth ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1905–1906, no. 60. Passed May 15, 1905; approved May 17, 1905. Ordinance Book 17, p. 61. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1905–1906, appendix, pp. 18–20, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1906 (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1905; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_c6b5045c-f2d3-4a7d-bb81-0b4e8492046a/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_06566d8f-f778-4229-9cf2-8b4bbd0dfafb/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_a6009a0c-9fe1-484f-ac50-5f442218277c/). [view source] ordinance-1905-1906-60
