2640 Grand Concourse, New York, New York. County/parish: Bronx.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 19, 1980. NRIS 80002588.
2 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.
The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage (or Poe Cottage) is the former home of American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It is located on Kingsbridge Road and the Grand Concourse in the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx, New York, a short distance from its original location, and is now in the northern part of Poe Park.
The cottage is a part of the Historic House Trust, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has been administered by the Bronx County Historical Society since 1975, and is believed to have been built in 1797.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316501