On your left is the oldest house in Richmond, erected about 1686. On the
front wall may be seen the letters “J.R.,” supposed to signify “Jacobus
Rex,” James II, who was then King of England. The building is now a part
of the Edgar Allan Poe Foundation, which includes also the small
buildings on the left and right, in the three of which are housed much
Poe material and many articles relating to his residence in Richmond. In
the rear is an “enchanted garden” which leads to a classical loggia,
built chiefly of material from the former _Southern Literary Messenger_
building. ¶ _Turn right on Twentieth to Cary._
[Illustration: _Poe Shrine_]