CARNEGIE — An entrepreneur wants to turn the former home of baseball great Honus Wagner into a bed-and-breakfast and museum.

Stanley Klos plans to restore the home several miles outside Pittsburgh in time for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which will be played July 11 at PNC Park.

"It's not often you get an opportunity to stay in the home of a baseball great like Honus Wagner," said Klos, 52, a partner in Wagner Carnegie Inc.

"One of the biggest attractions in Baltimore is Babe Ruth's home. Experts in the field believe (Wagner) was a much better player than Babe Ruth," Klos said.

The Pirates shortstop was one of the five original inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame, along with Ruth.

Wagner moved into the three-story, yellow brick home in 1918, a year after playing his last game for the Pirates. Wagner Carnegie Inc. paid $130,000 for it. Though it has been split into two apartments, many original features remain, including stained-glass windows, chandeliers and hardwood floors.

Restoration will be guided by more than 50 builders' records, which Klos bought at a New York City auction for $15,000.

"We know what's original and what isn't. We have the documentation for everything. It's very rare to have the actual documents pertaining to a house that early," he said.

The plan needs a zoning variance, and a hearing before Carnegie's zoning hearing board was scheduled for Wednesday night.