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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...

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 Church Home and Infirmary, which was renamed Church Home and Hospital in 1943.

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