Edgar Allan Poe lived at 85 West Third Street in Greenwich Village from 1844 to the early months of 18461 before moving to a cottage in Fordham with his wife and mother-in-law when his wife's health began to deteriorate.Poe wrote "The Cask of Amontillado2
1. Nadine Brozan. “Furman Hall, Nine Stories on Sullivan Street; New Law Building Opens at N.Y.U.,” New York Times, Jan. 18, 2004.
2. Denny Lee. “The Poe House, and its Mask of Red Bricks,” New York Times, October 19, 2003.