Foster's Death and Memorial Home
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as it looked about the time when Stephen Foster was taken there by George Cooper, following the accident which caused his death, January 13, 1864. The section marked "X" was at that time, the charity ward No. 11, in which Foster expired from loss of blood. Mr. Cooper states that when he went back to the hospital to see him, Foster claimed nothing had been done for him and that he could not eat the food brought him. When Mr. Cooper went to the hospital to see him the second day, he was told, "Your friend is dead"; his body had been taken to the morgue, where it was identified by Mr. Cooper. Foster had been entered in the Bellevue Hospital register under the classification of "laborer." |
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| in which Stephen Foster's funeral was conducted, January 21, 1864. The insert, upper left, shows Pittsburgh's first Trinity, "Old Round Church" (1805-1825). The insert, upper right, shows the present Trinity Church, which has served since 1872. The body of Stephen Foster was brought from New York to Pittsburgh by the Pennsylvania Railroad and both it and the Adams Express Company refused any sort of remuneration for their services. (Photo: Copyright Sims Visual Music Co.)
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| situated on the spot where Stephen Foster was born, which was in those days the White Cottage, in Lawrenceville, but which is now Pittsburgh. On the ninetieth anniversary of the birth of the composer, July 4, 1916, James H. Park presented the house located at 3600 Penn Avenue to the city of Pittsburgh. It is open to the public and in it one finds what little personal interesting material there is to be found about Foster, outside of the Library of Congress in Washington and Mrs. Morneweck's collection of Foster family documents and letters. It is unfortunate that a better attempt was not made to preserve many of his personal belongings, which would have shed more informative light on a naturally retiring character. (Photo: Courtesy City of Pittsburgh.)
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of the Stephen Foster Memorial Home in Pittsburgh, looking to the rear. (Photo: Courtesy of City of Pittsburgh)
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Here may be seen interesting relics of the composer. Visitors are welcomed by Mrs. A. D. Rose, who relates, in the most charming manner, many stories of her grandfather, Stephen Foster. In the case may be viewed his guitar and flageolet. (Photo: Courtesy of City of Pittsburgh)
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on the first floor of the Foster Memorial Home in Pittsburgh. At the extreme end of the room may be seen, on the wall, photographs of Stephen Foster's father and mother. (Photo: Courtesy of City of Pittsburgh)
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which appeared in the Pittsburgh Gazette, January 22, 1864. It is interesting to note that the announcement remarks that many friends were at the funeral, though those he depended on during his years of want, were few. His old friend and teacher, H. Kleber, who had charge of the music, sang the 191st hymn and at the grave, Foster's own compositions, Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming and Old Folks at Home were sung. In the end, Stephen Foster died the death of "the great".
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