Stephen Vincent Benet

Stephen Vincent Benet is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Fountain Hill, Lehigh County, dedicated 1960.

NE corner, Ostrum & Bishopthorpe Sts., Fountain Hill

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This talented author was born here July 22, 1898; died in New York March 13, 1943. "John Brown's Body" and his other poems and stories give vivid expression to the best in American spirit and tradition.

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1871 · Plate F. East Central Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Northampton, Carbon, Monroe, Lehigh counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1876 · Outline Map of Lehigh County. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1894 · Allentown, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1903 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1894, covering the location of Stephen Vincent Benet, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1894, covering this location. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Stephen Vincent Benet

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