Original Brick From Edgar Allen Poe’s Last Residence In Manhattan. Brick No. 199

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Original Brick From Edgar Allen Poe’s Last Residence In Manhattan. Brick No. 199.
Original brick from Edgar Allan Poe's last residence in Manhattan. Vintage original 8.5 2.25 x 3.75 in. red clay brick. Custom laser etched gold metal plaque reading, "Salvaged from the last Manhattan Residence of Edgar Allan Poe 85 Amity Street, Greenwich Village. Poe Museum, Richmond, Virginia, and the Mystery Writers of America. Number 199".
Poe and his wife, Virginia, lived in the Amity Street house, just south of Washington Square, until late February 1846. It was here that he wrote "The Sphinx, "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, and "The Cask of Amontillado. Poe spent the rest of his life in more rural environments and died three years later during a trip to Baltimore. The house, located on modern day West 3rd Street, was torn down in 2001. Exhibiting expected age, wear, and pitting.