Poplar in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Edgar Allen Poe National Historic Site

Independence National Historical Park

— National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

Edgar Allen Poe National Historic Site Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 14, 2020

1. Edgar Allen Poe National Historic Site Marker

Inscription.
Author, critic, editor and poet Edgar Allen Poe lived here with his family in 1843-1844. This is the last and only surviving house Poe lived in during his six productive years in Philadelphia.

Interactive exhibits, a film, and ranger guided tours celebrate Poe's life and legacy. A Victorian style REading Room offers the complete works of Edgar Allen Poe.

Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1843.

Location. 39° 57.722′ N, 75° 8.988′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Poplar. It is on North 7th Street just north of Spring Garden Street (County Road 2006), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 530 North 7th Street, Philadelphia PA 19123, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the

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Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Poes in Philadelphia (a few steps from this marker); The German Society of Pennsylvania (within shouting distance of this marker); Hershey’s First Candy Store (approx. ¼ mile away); David Bustill Bowser (approx. ¼ mile away); African Zoar Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); Old York Road (approx. 0.4 miles away); Black Powder Magazine (approx. 0.4 miles away); First African Baptist Church Cemetery (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.

The Edgar Allen Poe House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 14, 2020

2. The Edgar Allen Poe House

Mural on a nearby house image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 14, 2020

3. Mural on a nearby house

Edgar Allen
Poe I never knew any one so keenly alive to a joke as the king was. He seemed to live only for joking. To tell a good story of the joke kind, and to tell it well, was the surest road to his favor.
"Hop-Frog"

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 14, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 492 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 14, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.