Edgar Allan Poe Cottage

The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage is the preserved home where the writer Edgar Allan Poe lived from 1846 until his death in 1849 and is now operated as a historic house museum interpreting his final years. The small wooden cottage contains period furnishings and exhibits about Poe's life and works, and it has been open to the public since the early 20th century under the care of local historical organizations. The site is one of the few extant residences of a major American Romantic-era writer and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.