Historic resource study - Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia - Edgar A. Poe the years in Philadelphia 1838–1844
Thibaut J. 1981. Historic resource study - Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia - Edgar A. Poe the years in Philadelphia 1838–1844. Historic Resource Study. National Park Service, Department of the Interior
In January of 1963 the National Park Service designated the house inhabited by Edgar Allan Poe in 1843-1844, located at 530 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, as a National Landmark. The building and its adjacent structures and lots were established as the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site by Secretary of the Interior Cecil D. Andrus on August 22, 1980. The house is one of the three extant structures where Poe is known to have lived prior to his untimely death at the age of forty in 1849. It was the last house he inhabited in Philadelphia, where he spent six of the most productive years of his career. While living at the location, there is strong evidence that he wrote “The Gold Bug,” “The Black Cat,” “The Balloon Hoax,” possibly “The Raven,” and other sketches and critical reviews. Built about 1841 in the burgeoning urban residential 4th Ward of the Spring Garden District, the house was located in a neighborhood favored by merchants and artisans. The modest six-room house was built by William Alburger, a plumber who lived nearby and who used the building as a rental property. Poe brought his ailing wife Virginia and his mother-in-law (and aunt) Mrs. Maria Clemm with him to the Seventh Street Location, probably in early 1843.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Thibaut, J.
- Date of Issue
- 1981-10
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Department of the Interior
- Units
- EDAL , HIST
- Keywords
- Cultural Resources, Edgar Allan Poe, ehistory, History, Philadelphia, Poe House, Preservation, Spring Garden District