Poe Images Courtesy of Tom Lera

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Poe died in Baltimore October 7, 1849, and two days later was buried among his relatives there in a corner of Westminster Presbyterian Churchyard. A stone prepared by a cousin was accidentally destroyed before being set in place; so that for twenty-five years the poet's grave remained unmarked. In November 1875, a marble monument was placed beside the grave by admirers; thus forming the first of Poe's public shrines. Today the graveyard is in a decaying section, but within its walls dignity still reigns. - H. P. Lovecraft, 1934 in The Californian 2, No. 3, Winter, as found in Collected Essays: Travel Volume 4, 2005.