When you think of Edgar Allan Poe visions of dark poetry and prose come to mind. You might even think about Baltimore as being his home, but in actuality the macabre literary genius called many a place on the East coast home. So with the new Edgar Allan Poe inspired movie, The Raven, hitting movie screens everywhere this weekend we thought we’d give you a look at some of the places Poe called home.
Boston
Edgar Allan Poe was actually born in Boston back in 1809, but didn’t stay very long in this colonial town. Poe was abandoned by his father in 1810 and then had his mother pass away a year later leaving him to become the foster son of John & Frances Allen of Richmond, VA. The home of his birth is still standing in Boston today at 62 Carver Street.
Richmond
The Allan home, where Poe lived as a boy, was on the west side of Fourteenth Street between Franklin and Main in Richmond, VA. A block away is the Southern Literary Messenger building where Poe served as an editor and directly behind it the offices of Ellis and Allan where he worked occasionally as a clerk. Today, the Poe Museum resides in Richmond at The Old Stone House which is noted to be the oldest standing structure in all of Richmond.
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