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The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage (or Poe Cottage) is the former home of American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It is located on Kingsbridge Road and the Grand Concourse in the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx, New York, a short distance from its original location, and is now in the northern part of Poe Park.
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, built c. 1812, is a New York City and State landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The historic house museum is famous as the final home of the writer.
- 3309 Bainbridge Avenue The Bronx, NY, 10467 United States
- (718) 881-8900
Edgar Allan Poe, one of America’s greatest writers, spent the last years of his life in this modest cottage in The Bronx. Built in 1812, this cottage was typical of the working-class houses that filled the old village of Fordham.
Jun 7, 2024 · When Poe moved to a small cottage in what is now The Bronx, he did so in the hopes of helping cure his wife Virginia of tuberculosis. Today the cottage has been preserved as a museum with a small front yard but the city has grown all around it with bodegas and high-rise buildings.
- Tove Danovich
Feb 25, 2019 · The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage is the humble abode in which the world-famous American writer Edgar Allan Poe spent the last years of his life. It’s a must-see on literature lovers’...
Built in 1812, and rented by Edgar Allan Poe from 1846 until his death in 1849, this cottage in the Bronx was successfully preserved despite several threats. Location: 2640 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY | Google Maps. People: Maria Clemm, William Fearing Gill, Edgar Allan Poe.
Edgar Allan Poe, the famous American author and poet, lived in this cottage from 1846-1849 in what is now the Bronx. It was here that Poe cared for his ailing wife Virginia who was suffering from tuberculosis and it is where he wrote “Annabel Lee,” “The Bells,” and “The Cask of Amontillado.”
