Edgar Allan Poe Archives - Literary Massachusetts https://literaryma.com/places/tags/edgar-allan-poe/ Literature Lives Here Sat, 08 Jan 2022 12:00:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://i0.wp.com/literaryma.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-Literary-MA-Logo-Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Edgar Allan Poe Archives - Literary Massachusetts https://literaryma.com/places/tags/edgar-allan-poe/ 32 32 197999973 Edgar Allan Poe Square https://literaryma.com/places/edgar-allan-poe-square/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=edgar-allan-poe-square Sat, 08 Jan 2022 12:00:44 +0000 https://literaryma.com/?post_type=gd_place&p=2923 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 ... Read more

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]]> 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.

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