Baltimore Poe House and Museum — Original Appearance

This pen and ink drawing, made about 1940, is a reconstruction of the Baltimore Poe House from several old photographs. The drawing shows the building as it probably appeared around 1833. The building was still a duplex when May Garrettson Evans, president of the Poe Society at the time, identified the building as the No. 3 Amity Street home of Mrs. Clemm in 1833. Although much of the original structure remained, a number alterations had been made over the years. The top of the left half, for example, was raised at some point to provide a full room on the third floor, with a flat roof. The left half of the building was removed entirely in 1938. Poe lived with Maria Clemm and her family in the right side of the house.