Villa Street (Friendship)

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Villa Street
Neighborhood Friendship
Fate Became part of Roup Street in 1891 and part of Fairmount Street in 1896/1915

Friendship formerly had a street named Villa Street, consisting of what is today the portion of Roup Avenue from Penn Avenue to Harriet Street and the part of Fairmount Street from Harriet Street to Baum Boulevard.

Villa Street was first laid out in a "plan of streets through the Roup farm" approved by City Councils in 1869.[1] In this original plan, Villa Street ran northwest–southeast from Rebecca Street (today Aiken Avenue) to Negley Avenue, between Harriet Street and Friendship Avenue.[2][3]

The plan of streets in this district was modified in 1882 and 1886.[4][5] These modifications put Villa Street almost perpendicular to its former course, running from Baum Street (now Baum Boulevard) to Penn Avenue.[6][7]

In 1891, most of Villa Street, from Harriet Street to Penn Avenue, was made part of Roup Street, today Roup Avenue.[8]

The remaining part of Villa Street, from Baum Street to Harriet Street, was made part of Fairmount Street in 1896.[9] However, when a city ordinance officially established the names of all streets in Pittsburgh in 1910, the list included "Villa, from Baum av. to Roup av., 8th wd.,"[10] probably by mistake. This was fixed in 1915, when another ordinance again made Villa Street part of Fairmount Street.[11]

See also

  • Voskamp Street in Spring Garden, which was originally named Villa Street

References

  1. ↑ The Municipal Record: Containing the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh: 1869, p. 57. Pittsburgh Daily Commercial, Pittsburgh. Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1868_20200904_2014; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_9f5bb127-fb48-4075-ba19-5f179319ebb2/. [view source] municipal-record-1869
  2. ↑ "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
  3. ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 18. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1882
  4. ↑ "An ordinance establishing the location of Vista, Harriett, Villa, Amber, Coral, Fairmount, Negley, Beatty, Sewer, O'Hara, Whitfield and Baum streets and Centre, Friendship and Euclid avenues, in the Nineteenth and Twentieth wards." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1882–1883, no. 9. Passed June 19, 1882; approved June 29, 1882. Ordinance Book 5, p. 329. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1882, p. 179, Beymer & Gazzam, Pittsburgh, 1883 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1882; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_eaa57ff7-f44a-4bbd-b3fd-ad584217a3a4/) and Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1882, p. 148, Beymer & Gazzam, Pittsburgh, 1883 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1882; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_33551104-f419-4d44-a8aa-fe6fa7a249bb/). [view source] ordinance-1882-1883-9
  5. ↑ "An ordinance establishing the location of Vista, Harriet, Villa, Amber, St. Clair, Beatty, Baum, Onyx, Whitfield, Negley, Roup, Mignonette and Fairmount streets, and Friendship and Euclid avenues, and fixing the width thereof." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1885–1886, no. 170. Passed Mar. 1, 1886; approved Mar. 2, 1886. Ordinance Book 5, p. 419. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1885, p. 295, E. S. Giles, Pittsburgh, 1885–1886 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1885; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_68a5580f-e0af-4421-8d6e-60138edee54b/) and Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1885, p. 260, E. S. Giles, Pittsburgh, 1885–1886 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1885; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_17b5307e-8716-4aa4-b2c6-b47795d5ab41/). [view source] ordinance-1885-1886-170
  6. ↑ "An ordinance locating Villa street, from Penn avenue to Friendship avenue." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1889–1890, no. 72. Passed Aug. 30, 1889; approved Sept. 4, 1889. Ordinance Book 7, p. 136. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1889–90, p. 261, Chas. F. Peck & Son, Pittsburgh, 1889–1890 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecordselect1889) and Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1889–90, p. 291, Chas. F. Peck & Son, Pittsburgh, 1889–1890 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecordcommon1889; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_dd0b7b7e-6f99-4b1a-a0ad-c064c834e094/). [view source] ordinance-1889-1890-72
  7. ↑ Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 4, plates 6, 7, 10. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-4-atlas-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1890-4
  8. ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of Villa street between Harriet street and Penn avenue to Roup street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1890–1891, no. 247. Passed Apr. 13, 1891; approved Apr. 14, 1891. Ordinance Book 8, p. 8. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1890–1, p. 308, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1890–1891 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1890) and Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1890–1, p. 324, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1890–1891 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1890). [view source] ordinance-1890-1891-247
  9. ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of Villa street, between Baum street and the intersection of Harriet street and Roup Place, to 'Fairmount street.'" Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1895–1896, no. 697. Passed Jan. 13, 1896; approved Jan. 18, 1896. Ordinance Book 10, p. 526. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1895–6, appendix, p. 100, H. W. Juergen & Co., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1895; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_9e9f04dc-01ac-464e-8a4e-3c053c97108f/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_9774c7bf-ba35-4b0e-8cb0-cbddaed205f3/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_91f9f3e7-56b3-44d0-a0b0-e7b1e8e03332/). [view source] ordinance-1895-1896-697
  10. ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of the avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 716. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 359. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 328–381, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_0e903fff-f7d8-4eb5-9d15-f91b56e69396/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_ef39b3f8-fdd8-4ad7-a239-10b67a3c2bff/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b7df2ed5-228d-4c8e-8d80-77fa7b457528/). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 29, 1910, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616256, 86616285, 86616314, 86616333, 86616343), and Apr. 30, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616643, 86616672, 86616694, 86616726, 86616748). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-716
  11. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1915, no. 117. Passed Apr. 28, 1915; approved Apr. 29, 1915. Ordinance Book 26, p. 615. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1915, appendix, pp. 99–103, Arlington Printing Co., Pittsburgh, 1915 (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1915; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_eef15f75-c6fa-46d8-a436-a3f3d0d36e42/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_be726e6c-6ede-4db8-84a4-1354b0256af1/). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, May 7, 1915, sporting section, p. 4 (Newspapers.com 88028157), May 8, p. 15 (Newspapers.com 88028802), and May 10, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 88030672). [view source] ordinance-1915-117
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