Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)

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Edgar Allan Poe National Historical Site

“For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen,” so begins Poe’s famous short story “The Black Cat,” written while living in this house with his family. Writer, editor, popular poet and inventor of the detective story, Edgar Allan Poe still thrills readers today. Come imagine Poe’s life on Seventh Street, his only surviving residence in Philadelphia.

Site Address

PLEASE NOTE: The site address is 532 North Seventh Street (near 7th & Spring Garden Streets)

Eureka and the Big Bang - Nov. 21st, 7pm
In his nearly forgotten work Eureka! (1848), E.A. Poe, made the first scientific hypothesis for the origin of the Universe. 161 years later, K. Poe explains what little Edgar got wrong and astoundingly how much Edgar got RIGHT!

The Edgar Allan Poe NHS will be CLOSED Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26th.

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INHP, 143 S. Third Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106

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Phone

Edgar Allan Poe House
(215) 597-8780

Fax

(215) 861-4950

Climate

Four distinct seasons with moderately cold winter and hot, humid summer. January average temperature, 33 degrees Fahrenheit; July average temperature, 75 degrees; average yearly rainfall, 41 inches; normal seasonal snowfall, 21 inches.