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Stephen Crane Birthplace

Stephen Crane Birthplace is a New Jersey historical marker in Essex County, dedicated 1964.

14 Mulberry Street (vacant lot) · location approximate

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The author of "The Red Badge of Courage," Stephen Crane, was born at this site in 1871. House demolished in 1939.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1860 · New York City and Environs. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Morris Co., N.J. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Map of the country thirty three miles around the city of New York / drawn by G.W. Colton… (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
1881 · Guide Map To Summer Resorts Around New York (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Newark-Paterson. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Newark-Paterson, 1891, covering the location of Stephen Crane Birthplace, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Newark-Paterson, 1891, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

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