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The
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, located at 532 N. Seventh Street just north of Spring Garden Street in
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, is a preserved home once rented by American author Edgar Allan Poe. Though Poe lived in many houses over six years in Philadelphia (1838 to
1844), it is the only which still survives.
Museum history
Poe rented the house early in 1843 and is believed to have lived there for about a year along with his wife
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe and his aunt/mother-in-law Maria Clemm. Though it is unknown which works Poe wrote while living in this home, during his time in Philadelphia he published such classics as "
The Tell-Tale Heart," "
The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "
The Gold Bug." The cellar in the house resembles the one in "
The Black Cat (short story)," also written while Poe lived in Philadelphia.
Several families lived in the home after Poe until it was purchased by Richard Gimbel, son of the founder of
Gimbels department store, in 1933. An avid fan of Poe, he refurbished the home and opened it as a museum. In his will (law), he left the property to the city of Philadelphia. The National Park Service began overseeing the property in
1978, reopening the museum in 1980. National Parks journalism project, University of Miami
Museum today
The site combines both Poe's former residence and two neighboring houses. The rooms of the house are not recreated to look like they did during Poe's time and are empty. The neighboring residences include a welcome area, gift shop, a film screening room, and some minor exhibits. The site also includes a reading room decorated based on Poe's theories in "The Philosophy of Furniture." This, the only room on the site furnished to look like the 19th century, is not part of Poe's original home and is not meant to suggest Poe had a similarly decorated room.Neimeyer, Mark. "Poe and popular culture" as collected in
The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe, Kevin J. Hayes, editor. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0521797276 pp. 211-2 The collection includes a collection of Poe's criticism, "autography" series, and audio interpretations of his work. A statue outside of the home depicts a large raven, representative of one of Poe's most famous poems, "The Raven."
The site is affiliated with the Independence National Historical Park. Paid membership in the Friends of Poe society aids in the upkeep of the home. Admission to the home is free.
Photo gallery
Image:PoeNHS.JPG|View of the Poe Historic Site from 7th Street. Visitors entrance is the door on the right.Image:RavenStatue-Philadelphia.JPG|A detail of the raven statue outside the home.Image:EdgarAllanPoe-ReadingRoom.JPG|The reading room at the Poe National Historic Site, based on Poe's essay "The Philosophy of Furniture."
See also
References
External links
- National Park Service: Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
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| nrhp_type = nhl
| image = US_Locator_Blank.svg
| caption =
| locator_x = 259
| locator_y = 73
| location = 530-532 N. 7th St., [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [United States
| nearest_city =
| lat_degrees = 39
| lat_minutes = 57
| lat_seconds = 42
| lat_direction = N
| long_degrees = 75
| long_minutes = 09
| long_seconds = 00
| long_direction = W
| area = 1 acre (4,046 m²)
| built = Early 1840s
| architect =
| architecture =
| added =
| visitation_num = 11,879
| visitation_year = 2005
| refnum = 66000689
| mpsub =
| governing_body = [National Park Service
-->
The
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, located at 532 N. Seventh Street just north of Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, is a preserved home once rented by American author
Edgar Allan Poe. Though Poe lived in many houses over six years in Philadelphia (1838 to 1844), it is the only which still survives.
Museum history
Poe rented the house early in 1843 and is believed to have lived there for about a year along with his wife
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe and his aunt/mother-in-law Maria Clemm. Though it is unknown which works Poe wrote while living in this home, during his time in Philadelphia he published such classics as "
The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Gold Bug." The cellar in the house resembles the one in "The Black Cat (short story)," also written while Poe lived in Philadelphia.
Several families lived in the home after Poe until it was purchased by Richard Gimbel, son of the founder of
Gimbels department store, in
1933. An avid fan of Poe, he refurbished the home and opened it as a museum. In his will (law), he left the property to the city of Philadelphia. The
National Park Service began overseeing the property in 1978, reopening the museum in 1980. National Parks journalism project, University of Miami
Museum today
The site combines both Poe's former residence and two neighboring houses. The rooms of the house are not recreated to look like they did during Poe's time and are empty. The neighboring residences include a welcome area, gift shop, a film screening room, and some minor exhibits. The site also includes a reading room decorated based on Poe's theories in "The Philosophy of Furniture." This, the only room on the site furnished to look like the 19th century, is not part of Poe's original home and is not meant to suggest Poe had a similarly decorated room.Neimeyer, Mark. "Poe and popular culture" as collected in
The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe, Kevin J. Hayes, editor. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0521797276 pp. 211-2 The collection includes a collection of Poe's criticism, "autography" series, and audio interpretations of his work. A statue outside of the home depicts a large raven, representative of one of Poe's most famous poems, "The Raven."
The site is affiliated with the
Independence National Historical Park. Paid membership in the Friends of Poe society aids in the upkeep of the home. Admission to the home is free.
Photo gallery
Image:PoeNHS.JPG|View of the Poe Historic Site from 7th Street. Visitors entrance is the door on the right.Image:RavenStatue-Philadelphia.JPG|A detail of the raven statue outside the home.Image:EdgarAllanPoe-ReadingRoom.JPG|The reading room at the Poe National Historic Site, based on Poe's essay "The Philosophy of Furniture."
See also
References
External links
- National Park Service: Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
