tral R. R. Visitors using either of these lines should alight at Ford- 

 ham Station. There is here a crosstown line of the Union Railway, 

 running on Pelham Avenue at Fordham, and another line on the Kings- 

 bridge Road, either of which will take the visitor to the park. It is but 

 a short walk westward on Fordham Road to the Grand Boulevard and 

 Concourse and thence one block north to the park. 



Jerome Avenue line of the Union Railway ; alight at 193d Street ; 

 walk three blocks west to park. 



Webster Avenue line of the Union Railway, transferring at Ford- 

 ham Road. 



Historical Associations. — This park was acquired in 1902 and got 

 its name from the little wooden cottage that stood on the easterly side of 

 Kingsbridge Road, about opposite the center of the park. During the 

 years 1846-49, this cottage was occupied by the poet, Edgar Allan Poe. 

 It was here that he wrote many of his poems, including "Annabel Lee," 

 and "The Raven." Here Virginia, his invalid wife, died and was buried 

 from the Fordham Manor Dutch Reform Church. To save this cottage 

 from demolition, it was moved in the year 1913 to the northerly end of 

 the park. It was formally opened to the public on November 15th, 1913. 



JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE PARK. 



Area. — This park contains 2.88 acres. 



Means of Access. — The cars of the 161st Street crosstown line of 

 the Union Railway (here running on Hunts Point Avenue) pass the 

 park. 



The cars of the 149th Street crosstown line of the Union Railway 

 (here running on Randolph Avenue), pass within one block of the park. 

 Visitors using the latter should alight at Hunts Point Avenue. 



Historical Associations. — This park was created in order to pre- 

 serve from destruction the old burial-ground of the Hunt family, con- 

 taining the grave of the poet, Joseph Rodman Drake, author of "The 

 Culprit Fay," "Bronx" and "Ode to the American Flag." The little 

 cemetery contains ancient gravestones of the earliest members of the 

 Hunt family resident in this section. 



OLD FORT NUMBER FOUR PARK. 



Area. — This park has an area of 6.2 acres. 



Means of Access. — Jerome Avenue line of the Union Railway to 

 Kingsbridge Road ; thence walk west to Sedgwick Avenue or. transfer 

 to westbound trolley. 



Historical Associations. — This park is a rocky bluff by the road- 

 side, located southwesterly from, and adjacent to, the Jerome Park 



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