This monument sits atop his body and the body of his wife and mother (whose names are visible on the other sides of the piece).
People always drop off roses and flowers. On the eve of his birthday, a stranger always drops off a bottle of Cognac and a bouquet of roses. Cognac would not have been a popular drink with Poe, so that pick is an interesting one. Nonetheless, it's pretty dope.
The bust on the monument atop his burial plot.
They look like Halloween props. But they are not. Most of the headstones in the cemetery were entirely indecipherable- with dates from the mid 1700's and 1800's, I shouldn't have been surprised.
More graves/ headstones are visible underneath the church. Portions of the church were rebuilt on top of the cemetery, as a means of "protecting the cemetery from further development" as the city continued to grow.
Another view from underneath the church. The floor of the church foundation (ceiling of the crypt?) was perilously close that center monument.
The lamb lets you know this is the grave of a child.
Again, leading right under the floor of the church. The body rests below the rounded brickwork behind the tombstone.
"William Mutton". Dug the color contrast on the headstone.
Walkway, with an old-school water runoff.
Kind of marriage scene in Beetlejuice -ish. Which I dug.
Apparently this is the most popular stone slabbing in the cemetery because of its time on the Ripley's Believe It or Not show. "Tests" have been run to try and figure out why this thing hasn't fallen over yet, and people are baffled. I am not, but whatever. Still made for a cool picture.
One of the more legible pieces. "Esther".
MAUSOLEUM.
Wish I could get my hands on the skeleton key that would open this bad boy up.
Original resting place of Poe. Later he was relocated to another plot.
Poe's grandfather. He fought in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
Dug the color.
Best alleyway shot evaaaar. Between two mausoleums.
The tomb of an illustrious dude. Played a real role in the expansion of Baltimore, in sea trade, and some other stuff. Wish I could remember all of it, because it was well written and interesting.
Pyramidal top of a tomb. The original architects of much of the cemetery were working towards an Egyptian-inspired look (or so the educational pieces said).
Old meets new.
Under the church again.
There's a body in that thing. Cool.
