Edgar Allan Poe Square

The house where Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, no longer exists. But in 2009, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Poe’s birth, Boston renamed a nearby plaza after the author. A plaque was installed nearby decades ago and has recently been joined by a statue. It shows Poe striding down the street, jacket flapping. Unsurprisingly, he’s flanked by a corvid companion—and, of course, a heap of books.