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Description of Pictures: Photography was prohibited in the exhibition rooms. These had wonderful items as well as informational signs. You could photograph the courtyard (and the cat) but Poe never lived in any of the structures that the museum resides in so that's somewhat a mixed blessing.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. POE_160812_04.JPG: Poe Museum, Richmond, Virginia Opened in 1922, the museum celebrates the life and legacy of one of America's first internationally renowned authors by preserving the world's finest collection of Edgar Allan Poe's letters, first editions, memorabilia and personal belongings.
2. POE_160812_06.JPG: The Oldest House Still Standing in Richmond Probably built 1737 by Jacob Ege A gift in 1912 from Mr. and Mrs. Granville G. Valentine to the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Restored by Mr. & Mrs. Archer G. Jones. In 1924 placed in custody of the Edgar Allan Poe Shrine (now the Edgar Allan Poe Foundation, Inc.)
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Wikipedia Description: Edgar Allan Poe Museum (Richmond, Virginia)
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The Edgar Allan Poe Museum is a museum located in Richmond, Virginia, dedicated to American writer Edgar Allan Poe. Though Poe never lived in the building, it serves to commemorate his time living in Richmond. The museum holds one of the world's largest collections of original manuscripts, letters, first editions, memorabilia and personal belongings. The museum also provides an overview of early 19th century Richmond, where Poe lived and worked. The museum features the life and career of Edgar Allan Poe by documenting his accomplishments with pictures, relics, and verse, and focusing on his many years in Richmond.

Old Stone House

The Museum is housed in the "Old Stone House", built circa 1740 and cited as the oldest original building in Richmond. It was built by Jacob Ege, who immigrated from Germany to Philadelphia in 1738 and came to the James River Settlements and Col. Wm. Byrd's land grant (now known as Richmond) in the company of the family of his fianc�e, Maria Dorothea Scheerer, whom he later married; the house was a "Home for the Bride." (One of Jacob's nephews, George Ege, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Berks County, Pennsylvania.) Dendrochronology suggests that additional construction on the house occurred in 1754. Jacob Ege died in 1762. Samuel Ege, the son of Jacob and a Richmond flour inspector, owned the house in 1782 when it first appeared on a tax register.

In 1824, when the Marquis de Lafayette revisited Richmond, a volunteer company of young Richmonders, the Junior Morgan Riflemen, rode in procession along Lafayette's carriage. One of the riflemen, the then 15-year-old Edgar Allan Poe, stood as honorguard outside the Ege house as Lafayette visited its inhabitants. The house remained in possession of the Ege family until 1911.

Museum history

Amidst Poe's centennial in 1909, a group of Richmond residents campaigned for ...More...
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