Editing Ben Avon Heights, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
Prior to 1906, the land that became Ben Avon Heights was farmland belonging to Samuel Taylor and John Wilson. In 1910, Walter Pringle Fraser of [[Ben Avon, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Ben Avon]] bought {{convert|84|acre|m2}} on the former Taylor farm, using forty of the acres to build the Ben Avon Country Club and golf course. The remaining {{convert|44|acre|m2}} were opened for a residential development, which he named Ben Avon Heights. Like neighboring Ben Avon, Ben Avon Heights appealed to Pittsburghers looking for rural summer homes away from the city. The borough was incorporated in 1913.

When the Ben Avon Country Club closed in 1917, it was divided into lots for additional housing. The Shannopin Country Club, the only commercial property in Ben Avon Heights, opened in 1920 with its clubhouse in Ben Avon Heights and golf course in neighboring [[Kilbuck Township, Pennsylvania|Kilbuck Township]]. In the early 1930s, John I. Thompson purchased a portion of the original John Wilson Farm in Kilbuck Township and transformed the farmland into another residential area known as the Thompson Plan. The borough annexed the Thompson Plan in 1936, setting the boundaries of Ben Avon Heights to those of the present day.

The borough now contains 148 homes, a community park, and the club house of the Shannopin Country Club.<ref name = "official site">{{cite web | title = The History of The Borough of Ben Avon Heights | work = Official Ben Avon Heights Web Site | url =http://www.benavonheightsborough.com/ | access-date = 2007-07-28| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070929034403/http://www.benavonheightsborough.com/| archive-date=September 29, 2007| url-status= live}}</ref>