West Point Avenue
From Pittsburgh Streets
| West Point Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Brighton Heights |
| Origin of name | United States Military Academy, West Point, New York |
West Point Avenue was laid out in 1905 in the Brighton Heights Plan. It is named for the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. All of the streets in this plan that were not extensions of existing streets were given academic names (see Harvard Circle).[1][2]
References
- ↑ "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
- ↑ 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
