Kitchen, My Old Kentucky Home, Bardstown, 'In Old Kentucky', Where Stephen Collins Foster wrote My Old Kentucky Home. (Printed verso reads: "This house, 38 miles south of Louisville and 1/4 mile east of Bardstown, has 7 rooms 22 x 22 feet, ceiling height 15 feet, a hall 15 x 50 feet running through the center. Here in August, 1852, Stephen Collins Foster, author of many negro melodies wrote My Old Kentucky Home. The house, built in 1795 by Foster's cousin, John Rowan, later Judge and U.S. Senator, is a replica of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence was signed.") 2 copies
Creator
- unknown.
Language
- English
Collection
- Postcard Collection, | collection guide | more from this collection
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Publisher
- University of Kentucky
Format
Identifier
- 2008ms016
