Edgar Allan Poe Cottage

The Bronx


The renovated Poe Cottage is where author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–49) lived for three years at the end of his life. It’s here that he penned his famous poems ‘Annabel Lee’ and ‘The Bells.’


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