Title: The Monongahela House 1900
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The Monongahela House / The Digs
The original Monongahela House opened in 1839 and burned in the great Pittsburgh fire of 1845. This structure was built in its place two years later and became a favorite of travelers from around the world. Among its famous guests were Stephen Foster, Charles Dickens, the Prince of Wales (later to become Kin Edward the Seventh) and, on February 14, 1861, Abraham Lincoln. . It was a five-story structure of magnificent grandeur for those days, unequaled by any other hotel west of New York.
Place: Downtown Pittsburgh
Date: Circa 1900
Creator: Picture credited to Trinity Court Studios, 313 Sixth Ave. Pittsburgh, PA
Source: This is one of approximately 20 photographs and one extensive news article in the folder, “Monongahela House”