Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
Pennsylvania
Tonight
🌗 46% moon
6.4 h fully dark
Crowds
low
Open today
Closed
Historic site: closed Dec 25 – Dec 25
Entrance
Free entry
Site Closure for Utilities Improvement Project
The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site is closed for a utilities improvement project.
Described as horrifying, mystifying, and brilliant, Poe’s writing has engaged readers all over the world. The six years Edgar Allan Poe lived in Philadelphia were his happiest and most productive. Yet Poe also struggled with bad luck, personal demons and his wife’s illness. In Poe’s humble home, reflect on the human spirit surmounting crushing obstacles, and celebrate Poe’s astonishing creativity.
Activities
No entrance fee.
Hours & seasons
The site is temporarily closed for a utilities improvement project.
⚠ Historic site: closed Dec 25 – Dec 25
Hours are reported by the park — verify before you go.
📞 215-965-2305
✉ indevisitorinfo@nps.govConditions
Quietest months (fewer crowds): Dec
Typical crowds: low
Weather now: ⛅ Partly cloudy, 80°F
☁️ 88°/76°
🌦️ 93°/75°
🌦️ 94°/72°
Typical monthly recreation visits · NPS avg 2023–2025 — orange months are the quietest by crowds.
Quietest months
Relative crowds by month — lighter is quieter; ringed months are the calmest by crowds.
Jan
54%
Feb
75%
Mar
92%
Apr
100%
May
87%
Jun
95%
Jul
71%
Aug
53%
Sep
53%
Oct
69%
Nov
54%
Dec
42%
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Things to do
Decipher the Code in Poe's Head
Take a Tour of the Poe House
Visit the Reading Room
Poe-se with the Raven
Stamp Your National Park Passport
Accessibility
1 audio-described place(s)
Reported by the park — verify before you go.
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
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People & stories
Figures tied to Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site — each spans a cross-park journey.
Edgar Allan Poe
— Literature, Author, PoetryElizabeth "Eliza" Poe
— Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, Poe FamilyFrances Allan
— Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, Poe FamilyJohn Allan
— Edgar Allan Poe, Poe FamilyMaria Poe Clemm
— Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, Poe FamilyVirginia Clemm Poe
— Poe Family, Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Allan Poe National Historic SitePassport stamps
Mark the stamps you've collected — they show in your memory and along your routes.
🎫 The Poe House
Places to see
The Poe House
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Learn more
In 2012, seven rangers were awarded the national and region Freeman Tilden Awards for innovative and exciting interpretive programs. Learn their stories and more about their award-winning programs.
Poe was not the first to write mysteries, but he inspired later writers by introducing aspects that are now considered classic elements of detective fiction.
Edgar Allan Poe's writing delved into themes we now associate with science fiction. Learn more about his tales of balloon voyages and mesmerism.
Edgar Allan Poe mastered the horror genre, using first-person narration and descriptive language to explore the intricacies of the human mind.
After the death of his wife, Edgar Allan Poe had a number of romances. These women all honored his memory in some way after his untimely death.
Edgar Allan Poe first gained recognition for his witty literary reviews. He constructed his own set of standards for American writers and was an early adopter of the belief that the quality of work should speak for itself without taking into account the writer's background.
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Just his name evokes visions of beating hearts under floorboards, and the prophetic croaking of “The Raven.” Within walking distance of the world-famous Liberty Bell, sits a small house where the 19th-century American author lived for a brief time.
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