Edgar Allan Poe's Ghost Legend Haunts His Last Bronx Home
Tour the 1812 farmhouse where Edgar Allan Poe wrote his late poems, and where urban legend puts his ghost on the banister.
👻 The Ghost on the Banister
Edgar Allan Poe moved into this white clapboard farmhouse in 1846, hoping country air would help his wife Virginia, who was sick with tuberculosis. She died in the back bedroom the next winter. The cottage now sits on the Grand Concourse, a small wooden survivor ringed by apartment blocks.
Urban legend says Poe never fully left. Visitors trade stories about a banister said to be haunted by his ghost, and the rooms are compact enough that every creak carries. A rocking chair and a mirror are said to date from his time here, and the exhibits trace the late work he wrote in this house, including Annabel Lee, The Bells, and Ulalume.
The house opens only on Saturdays from 10 AM to 4 PM and Sundays from 1 PM to 5 PM, with a suggested donation at the door. Reviewers give it 4.5 across 262 ratings, often noting the tight rooms and short hours. An October weekend visit pairs the ghost story with the real rooms behind it.
