The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, yet is considered a “son of Baltimore.” He came from a Baltimore family, spent a part of his life there, and died in the city. It’s been said that his literary career was ignited when he won a contest sponsored by the Baltimore Saturday Visiter.

His last surviving residence in Baltimore was opened as a historic house in 1949 and is home to the Edgar Allan Poe Society. The brick building, located at 203 North Amity Street, was set to be demolished with other homes to make way for a housing project in the 1930s, but thanks to the Poe Society, the house was spared from the developer’s wrecking ball.

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