Old stones from circa 1740 house the Poe Museum, the Edgar Allan Poe Museum, here in Richmond's Shockoe Bottom. This museum is dedicated to American writer Edgar Allan Poe and, though Poe never lived in this particular building, it commemorates his time living in Richmond. Inside you will find one of the world's largest collections of original manuscripts, letters, first editions, memorabilia, and personal belongings that illuminate his life and work. The museum also offers an overview of early 19th century Richmond and features Poe's life and career through pictures, relics, and verse, focusing on his many years in this city.
The museum occupies the Old Stone House, built circa 1740 and cited as the oldest original residential building in Richmond. That stone house 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 fiancée, Maria Dorothea Scheerer, whom he later married; the house was called a "Home for the Bride."
These old stones and the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood stretch out before you.