Stephen Foster House

Stephen Foster House (HM4G1)

Location: Hoboken, NJ 07030 Hudson County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 44.621', W 74° 1.786'

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Stephen Collins Foster
composer of
"Old Folks at Home"
and other immortal songs lived in this house during the year 1854.

It was while living here that "Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair" was published
June 5, 1854.

This is the only house standing today in which Stephen Foster is known to have lived.
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HM NumberHM4G1
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Date Added Thursday, October 16th, 2014 at 7:23pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 581913 N 4510756
Decimal Degrees40.74368333, -74.02976667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 44.621', W 74° 1.786'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 44' 37.26" N, 74° 1' 47.16" W
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Area Code(s)201, 732
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 601 Bloomfield St, Hoboken NJ 07030, US
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