Exploring Everyday Philadelphia

Inside the house on Seventh Street in Philadelphia, Poe wrote some of the most quintessential prose and poetry that permanently influenced all American literature thereafter, including such works as “The Black Cat.” He lived from 1843-1844 in the house on Seventh Street with his wife, Virginia. He had rented several houses in the six years he lived in Philadelphia, the most productive years of his life, but the Seventh Street house is the only one that still stands. It acts as the bridge between the ages, taking visitors back two hundred years ago to the place that housed an American legend. On Halloween, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, will host a reading of the famous poem The Raven.

As a sidenote, January 2009 marks Edgar Allen Poe’s bicentennial. The Edgar Allen Poe House intends to celebrate the occasion with a new exhibit installation that honors the impact Poe had on Philadelphia, America, and the world. The museum will be open through November with limited access to the public Wednesday-Saturday, 12-3:45 p.m. It will be temporarily closed in the month of December to prepare for the new installation.

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