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 Chapter A292. Ordained Streets

§ A292-1. List of ordained streets and alleys.

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  • The following streets and alleys, or portions thereof, are officially ordained as public streets and alleys in the Borough of Downingtown:
    Street/Alley
    Description
    Date
    Ordained
    Ordinance
    Number
    Acorn Lane
    From Chestnut Street east a distance of 915 feet to Whiteland Avenue; right-of-way; 20 feet: originally ordained "Woodbine Alley"
    2-15-1889
    9-10-1990
    Name changed to Acorn Lane
    10-5-1953
    Ash Alley
    From Pennsylvania Avenue south a distance of 386 feet to Highland Avenue; right-of-way: 20 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19
    Aston Avenue
    From Lancaster Avenue north a distance of 934.5 feet to William Street; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    12-5-1927
    From Pennsylvania Avenue north a distance of 599.7 feet to Mary Street; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway 33 feet
    3-7-1949
    Ax Alley
    From Manor Avenue west a distance of 536.2 feet, then north a distance of 327.6 feet to Pennsylvania Avenue; right-of-way: 20 feet
    12-7-1931
    Beech Street
    From Lancaster Avenue south to Jefferson Avenue
    9-7-1968
    Black Hawk Circle
    Private road
    Boot Road
    From Brandywine Avenue east to east Borough line (designated L.R. 15097)
    6-20-1859
    Bradford Avenue
    From railroad depot south to Borough line
    6-20-1859
    Improvements
    6-4-1968
    7-11-1990
    90-12
    Brandywine Avenue
    From Lancaster Avenue south to old Borough line
    6-20-1859
    From old Borough line south a distance of 497.5 feet to Boot Road
    5-7-1923
    Improvements
    10-2-1883
    5-13-1892
    6-5-1950
    Brown Avenue
    From Lancaster Avenue south to Sycamore Alley; originally ordained as "2nd Street"
    3-3-1873
    Name changed to Brown Avenue
    1-31-1955
    Buchanan Alley
    From James Alley west to dead end; right-of-way: 20 feet
    3-3-1873
    Carpenter Alley
    From Downing Avenue west to North Alley; right-of-way; 20 feet
    9-7-1868
    From Downing Avenue east a distance of 318.8 feet to Manor Avenue; right-of-way; 20 feet
    9-7-1925
    Center Square
    Intersection of Lancaster Avenue, Brandywine Avenue and Wallace Avenue
    6-20-1859
    Chester Alley
    From Brandywine Avenue west a distance of 210 feet then south a distance of 455 feet, then east a distance of 212 feet back to Brandywine Avenue; right-of-way: 20 feet
    6-23-1900
    Chesterfield Drive
    From North Lake Drive east and south a distance of 2,028.48 feet to Sunset Drive; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 28 feet
    9-12-1966
    639
    Chestnut Street
    From Lancaster Avenue south to old Borough line
    3-3-1873
    From old Borough line south a distance of 705 feet to Boot Road (annexed from East Caln Township 1-9-1961); right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19
    Improvements
    6-5-1893
    Church Street
    From Bradford Avenue west to old Borough line; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 34 feet
    3-3-1873
    10-6-1890
    From old Borough line west, then south to Prospect Avenue; right-of-way: 54 feet/cartway: 34 feet
    3-8-1965
    601
    Church Street, East
    From St. Joseph Lane east a distance of 217.5 feet to dead end; right-of-way: 40 feet/cartway: 28 feet
    6-18-1904
    Coal Alley
    From Hunt Avenue west a distance of 1,283 feet to Rock Raymond Road (originally ordained as unnamed alley 3-3-1873); right-of-way: 20 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19
    Court Drive
    From King Street southeast a distance of 210 feet, then south a distance of 265 feet, then west a distance of 310 feet back to King Street
    4-12-1954
    Cox Alley
    From Washington Avenue south, then east to Pennsylvania Railroad property line; right-of-way: 20 feet
    3-3-1873
    From Green Street east to Chestnut Street
    1-23-1900
    David Circle
    From Farmhouse Road north a distance of 226.14 feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    9-8-1976
    76-14
    Devon Circle
    From Farmhouse Road north a distance of 293 feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    9-8-1976
    76-14
    Donofrio Drive
    From Prospect Avenue north, then curving in a northeasterly direction approximately 900 feet to a point parallel with the eastern boundary lines of Tax Parcel Nos. 11-56-12 and 11-56-13; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    11-13-1991
    91-22
    Downing Avenue
    From Lancaster Avenue north to Manor Avenue
    9-7-1868
    Relocated to intersect with Viaduct Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet
    4-8-1889
    Duff Alley
    From Viaduct Avenue south a distance of 206 feet, then west a distance of 400 feet to St. Joseph Lane; right-of-way: 20 feet
    1-7-1901
    Dustin Drive
    From Pennsylvania Avenue a distance of 25,706 feet to the place of beginning
    4-3-1996
    96-2
    Edgerton Alley
    From Moore Alley east a distance of 355 feet to Reed Street; right-of-way: 17.3 feet
    5-7-1923
    Vacated
    7-5-2017
    2017-06
    Farmhouse Road
    From North Lake Drive east and south a distance of 1,358 feet to Uwchlan Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    9-8-1976
    76-14
    Forrest Avenue
    From Pennsylvania Avenue south a distance of 486 feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 43 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    8-9-1954
    Gabel Avenue
    From Pennsylvania Avenue south to Lancaster Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    9-12-1966
    639
    Garfield Avenue
    From Chestnut Street east a distance of 766 feet to Whiteland Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    2-15-1889
    9-10-1900
    Glenside Avenue
    From Bradford Avenue a distance of 582 feet in a southwesterly direction to Borough line; originally ordained as unnamed street 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19
    Grant Avenue
    From Chestnut Street east a distance of 924 feet to Whiteland Avenue
    2-15-1889
    From Whiteland Avenue east to cul-de-sac
    1-12-1977
    77-2
    Green Street
    From Lancaster Avenue south to Jackson Avenue
    3-3-1873
    From Lancaster Avenue north a distance of 894 feet to Pennsylvania Avenue (accepted from PennDOT by resolution 2-12-1985); right-of-way: 60 feet/cartway: 48 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19
    Harvey Circle
    From Highland Avenue south a distance of 230 feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    9-12-1966
    639
    Highland Avenue
    From Stuart Avenue west a distance of 2,431 feet to Rock Raymond Road (originally ordained as "Western Avenue" 11-3-1984); right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19
    From Rock Raymond Road west to Gabel Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    9-12-1966
    639
    Highland Avenue, West
    From Forrest Avenue west to Lloyd Avenue; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    8-9-1954
    Highland Circle
    From Highland Avenue south 230 feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    9-12-1966
    639
    Hunt Avenue
    From Lancaster Avenue north a distance of 976 feet to William Street; ordained as unnamed street 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19
    From William Street north a distance of 324 feet to Mary Street; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    2-7-1949
    Jackson Avenue
    From Green Street east to Chestnut Avenue
    3-3-1873
    Jacqueline Drive
    From Prospect Avenue south to cul-de-sac
    7-11-1990
    90-11
    James Alley
    From Prospect Avenue north to Viaduct Avenue
    3-3-1873
    Jefferson Avenue
    From Green Street east to Whiteland Avenue
    3-3-1873
    Jefferson Avenue (Little)
    From Brandywine Avenue east to Pennsylvania Railroad property line
    3-3-1873
    Johnson Alley
    From James Alley west to old Borough line
    3-3-1873
    Karen Drive
    From Mark Lane north to cul-de-sac
    7-8-1981
    81-4
    Kennedy Drive
    From Chestnut Street west to cul-de-sac
    4-3-1996
    96-3
    Kent Circle
    From Farmhouse Road north 208 feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    9-8-1976
    76-14
    King Street
    From Pennsylvania Avenue south 810 feet to Lancaster Avenue
    4-12-1954
    Lake Drive
    From Pennsylvania Avenue north, then east, then southwest a distance of 900 feet back to Lake Drive; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 26 feet
    4-21-1956
    463
    Lake Drive, North
    From Sunset Drive north 1,058 feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 28 feet
    9-12-1966
    639
    Lancaster Avenue
    From east Borough line to west Borough line (formerly called Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike)
    6-20-1859
    Improvements
    7-3-1981
    6-16-1903
    6-3-1918
    10-20-1920
    5-7-1921
    1-31-1934
    6-3-1946
    Laurel Road
    Ordained as "Bradford Avenue"
    6-20-1859
    Lime Alley
    From Whelen Avenue west 1,193 feet to Aston Avenue; ordained as unnamed alley 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 20 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19
    Lincoln Avenue
    From Green Street east a distance of 981 feet to Chestnut Street; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19
    From Whiteland Avenue east to old Borough line; right-of-way: 50 feet
    10-2-1893
    From old Borough line east 1,066 feet to Woodbine Road; annexed from East Caln Township 1-9-1961; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19
    Little Lane
    From Sunset Drive south to Lake Drive
    1-11-1965
    65-2
    Lloyd Avenue
    From Lancaster Avenue north 1,463 feet to north Borough line; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    5-11-1959
    513
    Logan Avenue
    From Brandywine Avenue east 552 feet to Reed Street; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    5-7-1923
    Vacated
    7-5-2017
    2017-06
    Manor Avenue
    From Lancaster Avenue west to Borough line
    6-20-1859
    Improvements
    8-7-1933
    3-5-1934
    3-7-1937
    10-14-1957
    Mark Lane
    From Whiteland Avenue east to dead end
    7-8-1981
    81-4
    Mary Street
    From Stuart Avenue west to Hunt Avenue
    7-6-1896
    From Whelen Avenue west 813 feet to Hunt Avenue; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    8-10-1959
    514
    From Hunt Avenue west 1,029.7 feet to Rock Raymond Road; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    3-7-1949
    Middle Alley
    From Whelen Avenue east to Oak Alley; right-of-way: 20 feet
    7-6-1896
    Mill Road
    From Wallace Avenue east 773 feet to Green Street; ordained as "Mill Alley" 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 34 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19
    Moore Alley
    From Logan Avenue south 287.3 feet to Boot Road; right-of-way: 20 feet
    5-7-1923
    Vacated
    7-5-2017
    2017-06
    North Alley
    From Pennsylvania Avenue north to Manor Avenue
    9-7-1868
    Norwood House Road
    From east Borough line west to Norwood Road
    1-12-1977
    77-2
    Norwood Road
    From north Borough line, then south 1,163 feet under Route No. 30 bypass to Borough line north of 4th Lake (annexed from East Caln Township 8-8-1955); right-of-way: 60 feet/cartway: 25 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19
    Oak Alley
    From Pine Alley north to Mary Street; right-of-way: 20 feet
    7-6-1896
    Old Lionville Road
    From Farmhouse Road north to dead end; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    9-8-1976
    76-14
    Parke Alley
    From Lancaster Avenue south to Washington Avenue
    9-7-1868
    Park Lane
    From Lancaster Avenue north and east 1,234 feet to Pennsylvania Avenue; originally ordained as "Brandywine Avenue Extension"
    8-15-1921
    Name changed to Park Lane
    6-3-1935
    Paul Circle
    From Farmhouse Road north 170 feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    9-8-1976
    76-14
    Penn Street
    From Bradford Avenue west a distance of 1,480 feet; right-of-way: 20 feet
    3-3-1873
    10-6-1890
    Pennsylvania Avenue
    From Manor Avenue west to Aston Avenue (old Borough line)
    6-20-1859
    From Aston Avenue west to Lloyd Avenue
    11-10-1958
    504
    From Lloyd Avenue west 400 feet to King Street
    4-12-1954
    From Manor Avenue east 1,675.3 feet to Wallace Avenue; right-of-way: 60 feet/cartway: 40 feet
    8-15-1921
    From east bank of Brandywine Creek east to Uwchlan Avenue
    4-8-1957
    479
    Improvements
    5-29-1882
    8-7-1876
    Pine Alley
    From Whelen Avenue east to Oak Alley; right-of-way: 20 feet
    7-6-1896
    Prospect Avenue
    From Bradford Avenue west to old Borough line; right-of-way: 32 feet/cartway: 20 feet
    3-3-1873
    10-6-1890
    From old Borough line west 615 feet to intersection with Church Street; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 34 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19
    From intersection with Church Street west to Lloyd Avenue
    5-8-1972
    745
    Race Street
    From Manor Avenue east to dead end
    6-20-1859
    Railroad Alley
    From Viaduct Avenue east 288 feet to west property line of Tax Parcel No. 11-7-495; thence, from east property line of Messiah Lutheran Church in an easterly direction 177.25 feet to Borough lands; ordained as unnamed alley 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 20 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19
    Reed Street
    From Logan Avenue south 287.3 feet to Boot Road; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    5-7-1923
    Rock Raymond Road
    From Lancaster Avenue north 358.3 feet to Highland Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19
    From William Street north 310.4 feet to Mary Street; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    3-7-1949
    St. Joseph Lane
    From Viaduct Avenue south to dead end and west to Bradford Avenue
    8-9-1954
    Stone Alley
    From Whelen Avenue west 1,270.5 feet to Aston Avenue; ordained as unnamed alley 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 20 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19
    Strawberry Alley
    From Whelen Avenue east 339 feet to Ash Alley; right-of-way: 20 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19
    Stuart Avenue
    From Lancaster Avenue north to Manor Avenue
    6-20-1859
    Sunset Drive
    From Uwchlan Avenue west and northwest a distance of 1,598 feet to dead end; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 34 feet
    9-12-1966
    639
    From Uwchlan Avenue east a distance of 1,024.4 feet to dead end; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 34 feet
    9-12-1966
    639
    Sycamore Alley
    From Green Street east 974 feet to Chestnut Street; ordained as unnamed alley 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 20 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19
    From Whiteland Avenue east 1,592 feet to dead end; right-of-way: 20 feet
    6-6-1921
    Thomas Road
    From Whiteland Avenue east to Karen Drive
    7-8-1981
    81-4
    Tutton Alley
    From Green Street east 943 feet to Chestnut Street; right-of-way: 20 feet
    9-1-1902
    Uwchlan Avenue
    From Lancaster Avenue north to north Borough line
    6-20-1859
    5-6-1929
    Valley View Lane
    From Donofrio Drive south approximately 280 feet to the cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    11-13-1991
    91-22
    Viaduct Avenue
    From Lancaster Avenue south under the railroad, then west along said railroad to Bradford Avenue; right-of-way, 50 feet
    12-2-1872
    Wagner Avenue
    From Lancaster Avenue south 392.3 feet to Washington Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet; originally ordained as "3rd Street"
    3-3-1873
    6-6-1921
    Name changed to Wagner Avenue
    1-31-1955
    Wallace Avenue
    From Lancaster Avenue north to north Borough line; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    6-20-1859
    2-4-1924
    Washington Avenue
    From Brandywine Avenue east to Whiteland Avenue
    3-3-1873
    From Whiteland Avenue east 503 feet to Wagner Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    6-6-1921
    Webster Avenue
    From Stuart Avenue east to Downing Avenue
    9-7-1868
    Western Alley
    From Stuart Avenue east to dead end; right-of-way: 20 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-18
    Whelen Avenue
    From Highland Avenue north 834 feet to Mary Street; right-of-way; 40 feet/cartway; 30 feet
    8-1-1921
    From old Mary Street 111 feet north to new Mary Street; right-of-way: 40 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    1-11-1960
    516
    Whiteland Avenue
    From Lancaster Avenue south to Lincoln Avenue
    6-20-1859
    William Street
    From Stuart Avenue west to Hunt Avenue; right-of-way: 40 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    6-9-1881
    7-6-1896
    12-5-1927
    From Hunt Avenue west 1,108 feet to Rock Raymond Road; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 32 feet
    3-7-1949
    Willow Street
    From Church Street south to Prospect Avenue
    1-10-1966
    625
    Wood Alley
    From Beech Street east to Parke Alley; right-of-way: 20 feet
    9-7-1868
    Woodbine Road
    From Lancaster Avenue south 3,391 feet to Lincoln Avenue (annexed from East Caln Township 1-9-1961); right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
    10-10-1990
    90-19