Site of Poe's death. This structure, now the east building of Church Hospital, was erected in 1836 to house the Washington Medical College. Edgar Allan Poe, author and poet, was brought here, ill and semi-conscious, on October 3, 1849 and died four days later in 1857. The building was purchased by Church Home and Infirmary, which was renamed Church Home and Hospital in 1943.

Church Home and Hospital, N Broadway, Baltimore, MD, United States

Subjects

Edgar Allan Poe
(1809-1849) writer

Northampton Furnace Built in 1759 by Charles Ridgely (the Elder) of Hampton and two sons, this iron foundry operated for 70 years on spring branch of Patterson's run. It furnished cannon and shot for the revolution as well as other supplies: "300 kettles" were ordered by the Council of Safety July 15, 1976. "Premature discharge" of a cannon tested in 1780 killed Captain John Fulford and "dreadfully wounded" others. The furnace stack is now submerged near here in Loch Raven. Maryland Bicentennial Commission and Maryland Historical Society

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