Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site ★5.0

How to Get There

Drive along S Penn Square and N Broad St. Take Spring Garden St to N 7th St.

Overview

The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site in Philadelphia's Spring Garden neighborhood is the only surviving home of the several Poe rented here from 1838 to 1844, a period in which he published "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Gold-Bug." It is a National Historic Landmark (1962) run by the National Park Service.

Poe lived here for a year or less with his wife Virginia, who was ill with tuberculosis, and her mother, Maria Clemm. The rooms are left unfurnished in a state of "arrested decay," and two adjoining houses hold a welcome area, a film, exhibits, and a gift shop.

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