Edgar Allan Poe House (Old Stone House)

This actually is not the house the Edgar Allan Poe grew up in, but is a house that is dedicated to his work and has some pieces including and old stair case from the house he grew up in. We couldn't take any pictures from inside the house because of copy right laws. :(
As most of you know Edgar Allan Poe had a very hard life, at the age of two his mother a young actress died of TB. Allan was actually the last name of the family that adopted Edgar.
We learned something interesting about Edgar Allan Poe, he was quiet the athlete and swam the James River often, one of the times he swam upstream six miles, a feat that has yet to be repeated.
Most of us have heard that Edgar was a drunk and addicted to drugs. These people seem to think differently, they say that because of his high intolerance to alcohol he could only have one drink of wine and it would make him sick for days, the museum also says that he was not addicted to drugs. Weather or not this is true I don't know. Near the end of Edgar's life, he disappeared for four days. When he was found he was delirious and remained so right up until moment before he died when he yelled the name of another gentlemen. (I can't remember the name.) His death to this day remains a mystery.


This is the front of the Edgar Allan Poe House, built probably in 1737 by Jacob Edge it is the oldest building still standing in Richmond.

The Courtyard was modeled after one of his Poems, sorry I can't remember which one! ;(

A Shrine of Edgar Allan Poe and the end of the Courtyard.

Outside, on our way back to the Truck.