{"id":29,"date":"2016-04-20T00:01:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T04:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/usparks\/?p=29"},"modified":"2016-06-22T11:13:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T15:13:59","slug":"edgar-allan-poe-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/usparks\/edgar-allan-poe-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site: Leaving much to the imagination"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHILADELPHIA<\/span><\/p>\n

P<\/span>eer into the nearly\u00a0empty rooms of the last Philadelphia home of Edgar Allan Poe, and it\u2019s not hard to imagine something dark. Something strange.<\/p>\n

The eerie effect is not the objective of the National Park Service, which stripped the rooms of their furnishings because it did not have items that belonged to Poe and his wife (also his cousin) and mother-in-law (also his aunt) during their year there, from 1843 to 1844. But visitors may bring their own ideas about the man who penned \u201cThe Raven\u201d and \u201cThe Cask of Amontillado.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWith us doing the house as it is here, and leaving it as such, it kind of plays into the fantasies of Poe, that this is a ruin,\u201d park ranger Steve Medeiros said on a recent tour of the house. \u201cIt looks like one of his short stories. Especially when we\u2019re not here bathed in light. If this is a nice dark day, especially in October or November, it\u2019s very spooky.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Edgar Allen Poe National Historic Site<\/h2>\n

532 N. Seventh St., Philadelphia, PA 19123<\/p>\n

1-215-597-8780<\/p>\n

Official Website<\/a><\/p>\n