10/30/2026
Edgar Allan Poe lived steps from Rose Hill in his final years. 🐦⬛
The world-renowned writer, poet, and literary critic arrived in spring 1846. He lived in a small rural cottage just a short walk from what is now Fordham University in the New York City borough of the Bronx.
Poe found solace on campus and formed an unlikely bond with the university’s young Jesuit community. He left Fordham in June 1849, a few months before his own mysterious death in Baltimore. The cottage still stands, and the stories about what Poe did there and on campus have been circulating at Rose Hill ever since.
Some of them are backed up by Poe’s own letters. Some are the stuff of campus lore and late-night storytelling. And some, like whether the Fordham University Church bell inspired one of his most famous poems, are still up for debate among scholars.
Read about Poe’s ties to Fordham, from the well-documented to the delightfully unconfirmed: https://bit.ly/48gjrgr