Yew Street

From Pittsburgh Streets
Yew Street
Neighborhood Bloomfield
Third Street (1870s)
Portion Between Edmond Street and Mathilda Street
Origin of name Sequential numbering from Liberty Avenue

This street was laid out in 1864 in a plan of lots for Robert Wray and Augustus Hoeveler, though that plan did not give it a name.[1] The portion of the street in that plan, between Edmond Street and Mathilda Street, was named Third Street by 1872, because it was the third street from Liberty Avenue.[2] Rebecca Baum's neighboring 1873 plan of lots named it Yew Street.[3]

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References

  1. "Plan of building lots situate in Peebles Township: Laid out for Messrs. Wray and Hoevelar [sic]." Laid out May 1864; recorded Oct. 6, 1865, Plan Book 3, pp. 78–79. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778516. [view source]wray-hoeveler-plan
  2. Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 54–55. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1872. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1872-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source]hopkins-1872
  3. "Plan of building lots, situated in the 20th Ward, City of Pittsburgh, laid out for Rebecca Baum." Laid out May 1873; recorded July 29, 1873, Plan Book 5, p. 148. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779163. [view source]rebecca-baum-plan