Edgar Allan Poe Cottage

Edgar Allan Poe spent his final years in the old village of Fordham, living in this tiny cottage which he and his wife leased for $100 per year.

A small wooden farmhouse built about 1812, the cottage once commanded unobstructed vistas over the rolling Bronx hills to the shores of Long Island. It was a bucolic setting in which the great writer penned many of his most enduring poetical works, including “Annabel Lee,” “The Bells” and “Eureka.”