Edgar Allan Poe Cottage (Bronx, N.Y.)

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The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, owned by the City of New York, has been open as a museum since 1917. Poe lived in the cottage, located in the Bronx, N., Y., from 1846 until his death in 1849. It was declared an official city landmark in 1966 and has been under the administration of the Bronx County Historical Society since 1975.

From the description of Edgar Allan Poe Cottage records, ca. 1905-1974. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652349

The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, owned by the City of New York, has been open as a museum since 1917. Poe lived in the cottage, located in the Bronx, N.Y., from 1846 until his death in 1849. It was declared an official city landmark in 1966 and has been under the administration of the Bronx County Historical Society since 1975.

From the guide to the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage records, ca. 1905-1974, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn [Collection of material relating to Bronx history and Bronx historical sites]. New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Bronx Society of Science and Letters. Bronx Society of Science and Letters and the William C. Woolfson collection, 1917-1982. Lehman College Library, Leonard Lief Library
referencedIn Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Manuscript notes for Pinkadia [manuscript] : Review for Godey's Dec. 1845, of Poetical works of Elizabeth Oakes Smith ; Letter to Poe from Charles Dickens, 1846 ; Letters concerning him between Rufus W. Griswold, James K. Paulding, John R. Thompson, Sarah Helen Whitman, Julian Hawthorne, Robert Underwood Johnson, Richard Henry Savage, 1843-1896, 1836-1896. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Edgar Allan Poe Cottage records, ca. 1905-1974 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Smith, Emma A., 1850-1946. Emma A. Smith papers, 1902-1927. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Papers, 1950-1984. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Edgar Allan Poe Cottage (Bronx, New York, N.Y.). Edgar Allan Poe Cottage records, ca. 1905-1974. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Records, 1915-1919. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Poe Cottage, New York. Autograph letter signed : Mary Wray, secretary, to Belle Greene, 1924 Mar. 26. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Emma A. Smith papers, 1902-1927 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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associatedWith Bronx County Historical Society corporateBody
associatedWith Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences. corporateBody
associatedWith Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences. Poe Cottage Committee corporateBody
associatedWith Bronx Society of Science and Letters. corporateBody
associatedWith Casher, Fanny K., 1910- person
associatedWith Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933. person
associatedWith Gillen family family
associatedWith Gillen family. family
associatedWith Greene, Belle da Costa, person
associatedWith Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940. person
associatedWith Noyes, Alfred, 1880-1958. person
associatedWith Poe Cottage Committee. corporateBody
associatedWith Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. person
associatedWith Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. person
associatedWith Smith, Emma A., 1850-1946. person
associatedWith Waite family family
associatedWith Wait family. family
Place Name Admin Code Country
New York (State)--New York
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American literature
American poetry
Historic buildings
Historic buildings
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Active 1974

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