Event Detail

Summary

Type Method Description Successful?
Dissolution Unknown Beechview Borough-Pittsburgh City 1909 Merger yes

Dates

Event Year(s) Final Decree Date Effective Date How Effective Date Determined
1908–1909 Jan 4, 1909 Final Decree - Listed Effective Date

Map

Affected Government

From
Municipality
From
County
From
State
To
Municipality
To
County
To
State
Beechview, Borough of (defunct)
Dissolution
Allegheny County
Part
PA
Part
Pittsburgh, City of
Expansion
Allegheny County
Part
PA
Part

Adjudication

Detail Tribunal Type No. Term Relationship
View Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Miscellaneous 11 Sep 1908 direct

Law

Detail Citation Relationship
View Act of April 28, 1903 (Pa. Laws 332, No. 260), §§ 1–6 indirect
View Act of April 19, 1905 (Pa. Laws 216, No. 158), § 1 indirect
View Act of May 28, 1907 (Pa. Laws 295, No. 223), § 1 indirect
View Act of June 1, 1907 (Pa. Laws 377, No. 271), § 1 indirect

Government Action

Detail Government Action Date Approved Effective Location
View Pittsburgh, City of Ordinance 550: Giving the consent of the City of Pittsburgh to the annexation of the Borough of Beechview to said city Oct 29, 1908 Oct 30, 1908 Ordinance Book v. 19, p. 632; Municipal Record Appendix v. 41, p. 271
Allegheny, County of Election: [For or against the annexation of the Borough of Beechview to the City of Pittsburgh] Dec 15, 1908

Source

Detail Source Title Person(s) Vol. Page(s) Date 1 Date 2
View Allegheny Hist. Form. BOROUGHS 12
View Pa. Dep't Cmty. Econ. Dev. Cty. Bd'y F. Rep. City of Pittsburgh: Territorial Growth of Pittsburgh (in Allegheny County folder) 132 Dec 31, 1981
View Pitts. Press Pushing Bill to Give Work to Unemployed 7 Oct 23, 1908
View Pre-1940 Cns. Eng'r Corr. Received Sep 24, 1909
View Pre-1940 Cns. Eng'r Corr. Miller, Fred T. (Assistant Engineer, Bureau of Surveys) Dec 4, 1911 Received Dec 5, 1911