Located in Poe Park, the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage was built in
1812. This tiny, white-clapboard anachronism in the midst of a
working-class Hispanic neighborhood was Edgar Allan Poe's rural home for
the last three years of his life, from 1846 to 1849, though it was only
moved here recently when threatened with demolition.
Poe was rarely happy in the cottage, but he did manage to write the
short, touching poem "Annabel Lee" and the better known "The Bells."
Grand
Concourse and E Kingsbridge Rd. Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 1-5pm, otherwise by
appointment only; $2; ph 718/881-8900. #D or #4 train to Kingsbridge Rd
or the Bx9 bus up Fordham Rd.
Bronx /
Central Bronx and
Belmont /
Bronx Zoo
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