Notes:Ben Hur Street

1921-11-14: Source:Municipal-record-1921, p. 691: "Also ¶ No. 4159. Communication from N. F. Brown, Director of the Department of Public Works and the Department of City Planning relative to the dedication of Ben Hur street, in the Carnegie Manor Plan of Lots. ¶ . . . ¶ Which were severally read and referred to the Committee on Public Works."

1922-08-08: Source:Ordinance-1922-275 accepted dedication; opened and named; accepted grading, paving, and curbing.

1923: Source:Hopkins-1923-vol-2, plate 12: "Ben Hur St." in "G 'Carnegie Manor' C. J. Holleman" (no recording information given)

1939: Source:Hopkins-1939-vol-2, plate 12: "G Carnegie Manor Plan (C. J. Holleman) M. B. [Mortgage Book] 1722 – 7"

1960-05-23: Source:Residents-and-mgm: "Ben-Hur St. was named by Andrew Carnegie, in honor of his friend, Gen. Lew Wallace, author of the best-selling novel. It was originally part of the Thomas and Lucy Carnegie estate. It was developed in 1921."

1960-05-26: Source:Ben-hur-residents: "The story is, according to Mrs. David McKown, of 7426 Ben Hur Street, who has lived there the longest, that the street got its name because Andrew Carnegie, whose family owned the property, named it for Carnegie's friend, Lew Wallace, author of Ben-Hur. ¶ 'At least that's the story we were told when we moved in,' Mrs. McKown said. The street's historian, Miss McKee, said research showed the property originally belonged to Carnegie's brother, Thomas, and his wife. ¶ It is intersected by South Dunfermline Street, which seemed to bear out the research because Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, in east central Scotland."

2001-06-14: Source:Majors: "Ever since Alexander (Place), Caesar (Way), Joan of Arc (Court), and Napoleon (Street), road builders have been enamored with military leaders. That must be why we have Ben Hur Street. I mean, it's not like Ben Hur ever visited Pittsburgh."