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Edgar Allen Poe House

The Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, located at 203 North Amity St. in Baltimore, , is the former home of American writer Edgar Allan Poe in the 1830s.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: historical house in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • Also known as: “Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum” and “Edgar Allen Poe House and Museum”
  • Address: 203 North Amity Street, Baltimore, MD 21223

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Peter the Apostle Church and Excel Academy at Francis M. Wood High School.

Church
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was a Roman Catholic church located within the Archdiocese of Baltimore in , . Constructed at the northwest corner of Hollins and South Poppleton Streets and, it was often referred to as "The Mother Church of West Baltimore."… is situated 1,200 feet south of Edgar Allen Poe House.

School building
is a public adult high school located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States and is part of the . is situated 440 feet northwest of Edgar Allen Poe House.

Stadium
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, commonly known as Camden Yards, is a ballpark in , Maryland, United States. It is the home of Major League Baseball 's Baltimore Orioles, and the first of the "retro" major league ballparks constructed during the 1990s and early 2000s. is situated 1 mile southeast of Edgar Allen Poe House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sowebo and Union Square.

Suburb
is a community-chosen name for a historic area in the southwest of the city of . encompasses the neighborhoods of Union Square and Hollins Market, Baltimore.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood located in the . It dates to the 1830s and includes a historic district of houses and commerce buildings.

Neighborhood
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is a small neighborhood in , , . It is often considered to be a part of . Most of the neighborhood's historic homes range from 1840 to 1890, with many populated by graduate students at the nearby University of Maryland's Baltimore campus.

Edgar Allen Poe House

Latitude
39.29129° or 39° 17′ 29″ north
Longitude
-76.63307° or 76° 37′ 59″ west
Elevation
95 feet (29 metres)
Open location code
87F579R8+GQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 336411769
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
4354054
Wiki­data ID
Q3066129
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Edgar Allen Poe House” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Къща и музей на Едгар Алън По”
  • Bulgarian: “Къща музей на Едгар Алън По”
  • Bulgarian: “Къща-музей на Едгар Алън По”
  • Esperanto: “Domo kaj Muzeo de Edgar Allan Poe”
  • French: “maison et musée Edgar Allan Poe”
  • French: “Maison et musée Edgar-Allan-Poe”
  • Portuguese: “Edgar Allan Poe Casa e Museu”
  • Russian: “Дом-музей Эдгара Аллана По”
  • Russian: “Дом-музей Эдгара По в Балтиморе”
  • Turkish: “Edgar Allan Poe Evi ve Müzesi”
  • Turkish: “Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Edgar Allen Poe House”. Photo: Midnightdreary, Public domain.