The street was named after Jeremiah W. Selby, who owned a farm on St. Anthony Hill, the present location of the Cathedral of Saint Paul.
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The site was formerly occupied by the deteriorating mansion of entrepreneur Norman Kittson.
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He had a budget of $1 million, and he based the cathedral on the designs of French churches at Périgueux and Paris, as well as French Renaissance and Classical themes.
In order to accommodate the crowds, the ceremony was held at the Cathedral of Saint Paul of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh in the Oakland district.