The Edgar Allan Poe Tour
Edgar Allan Poe
Jan 19 1809 -Oct. 7 1849
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this, and nothing more.”
The Complete Edgar Allan Poe Richmond Tour
For the discerning Poe connoisseur,
we’ve created the ultimate Edgar Allan Poe tour in his favorite city, Richmond.
We’ll ride to the locations connected to his
life, love, and family.
In a private vehicle, we’ll explore where the Allan home was,
the infamous ‘enchanted garden’ at Linden Row,
and his statue at the Capitol.
Two different cemeteries are on the list.
St. John’s Graveyard is his mother’s resting place, and then the Shokoe Hill cemetery is where we find 2 of his loves and the Allans’ graves.
The journey will pass by Elmira Royster Shelton’s house and the former home of Elizabeth Van Lew’s home where he recited ‘The Raven’ to an audience in the parlor.
No trip is complete without a stop at the Poe Museum and the largest collection of Poe memorabilia.
Private Tour
3+ hours -Up to 4 ppl.
Includes admission to the Poe Museum.
$450
Gravesite of Jane Stanard. Poe’s Helen.
Shokoe Hill Cemetery
St. John church where Poe’s mother is buried.
2400 Block of Broad St.
Edgar Allan Poe statue in Capitol Square.
Francis and John Allan.
Poe’s foster parents in the Shokoe Hill Cemetery.
The Edgar Allan Poe Museum
1914 E. Main St. Richmond, Va.
The residence of Poe’s Elmira
Across from the St John graveyard where his mother is buried.
2407 E. Grace St.
Plaquered on the corner of 5th and E. Main St.
Home of Francis and John Allan, Poe’s foster parents.
Edgar the Cat at the Poe Museum.
No visit to Richmond is complete without a trip to the Poe Museum.
“There is no exquisite beauty…
without some strangeness in the proportion.”
Edgar Allan Poe
jeffrey@strangerva.com
804 933 6167