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The Poe Museum is located at the "Old Stone House", built circa 1740 [3] [4] and cited as the oldest original residential building in Richmond. [5]It was built by Jacob Ege, [6] [7] who immigrated from Germany to Philadelphia in 1738 and came to the James River Settlements and Col. Wm. Byrd's land grant (now known as Richmond) in the company of the family of his fiancée, Maria Dorothea ...
The Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, located at 203 North Amity St. in Baltimore, Maryland, is the former home of American writer Edgar Allan Poe in the 1830s. The small unassuming structure, which was opened as a writer's house museum in 1949, is a typical row home. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1972. [1]
The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site is a preserved home once rented by American author Edgar Allan Poe, located at 532 N. 7th Street, in the Spring Garden neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though Poe lived in many houses over several years in Philadelphia (1838 to 1844), it is the only one which still survives. [2]
The 1841 original was notably the first modern detective story, according to the Poe museum, with leading man C. Auguste Dupin later serving as the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes.
Poe Museum: Richmond: Richmond: Central: Biographical: Life and career of author Edgar Allan Poe, and focusing on his many years in Richmond Point of Honor: Lynchburg: Lynchburg: Central: Historic house: Early 19th-century period house, exhibits about Lynchburg's history Pope-Leighey House: Alexandria: Alexandria: Northern: Historic house
Edgar Allan Poe was a writer, poet, author, editor and literary critic in the early 1800s. Born in 1809, the poet is well known for the dark themes in his works. Poe's work is known for leaving ...
Edgar Allan Poe Museum or Edgar Allan Poe House may refer to: Edgar Allan Poe House (Fayetteville, North Carolina) Edgar Allan Poe House (Lenoir, North Carolina) Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, in Baltimore, Maryland; Edgar Allan Poe Museum (Richmond, Virginia)
For 174 years, the world has wondered exactly what—or who—caused author Edgar Allan Poe’s tragic, untimely death in 1849. Is the true answer close at last? For 174 years, the world has ...