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Re: OK, let's open discussion on the Poe House...
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Met History <[log in to unmask]>
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BP - "Preservationists shouldn't be neat freaks." -- Mary D
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In a message dated 08/04/2000 6:24:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< It is my understanding that the Poe cottage in the Bronx has been moved
from
 its original location. Anyone who can confirm?  >>


Yes, it's a NYC Landmark, designated in 1966 - quite early.  It's  been moved
twice, notwithstanding the following passage from the AIA Guide:

Poe Cottage, Poe Park, Grand Concourse SE cor. E. Kingsbridge Rd. ca. 1812. _
 Open to the public.

The cottage was moved to the park from its original site across Kingsbridge
Road in 1913. Edgar Allan Poe lived here from 1846 until a few months before
his death in 1849. He came here in the hope that the clear country air would
aid his ailing young wife. (She died during their first winter in the small
house.)

Sign me,  What about Bob Dylan's house?

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