A master of gothic fiction with a body of work rife with mystery and the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe left an indelible mark on American literature. The shadow of his legacy looms so large, in fact, that there’s no fewer than a half-dozen museums and monuments to the famed author on the East Coast — but Richmond’s was the first. kAmkDA2?mx? `haa[ #:49>@?5’D ~=5 $E@?6 w@FD6[ E96 @=56DE 5H6==:?8 :? #:49>@?5 92G:?8 366? 3F:=E :? `fc_[ H2D 4@?G6CE65 :?E@ E96 !@6 $9C:?6[ 2 >FD6F> 2?5 =:3C2CJ @7 9:DE@C:4 !@6 HC:E:?8D 2?5 2CE:724ED ?@H <?@H? 2D %96 !@6 |FD6F>]k^DA2?mk^Am kAmkDA2?m%96 9@FD6 — H96C6 !@6 ?6G6C C6D:565 H9:=6 96 =:G65 :? #:49>@?5 3FE @?46 DE@@5 8F2C5 2D A2CE @7 2 ;F?:@C 9@?@C 4@=@C 8F2C5 5FC:?8 2 G:D:E 7C@> E96 |2CBF:D 56 {272J6EE6 — C6>2:?65 F?56C E96 @H?6CD9:A @7 E96 72>:=J @7 :E

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