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135 Benefit Street, Providence, Rhode Island. The Shunned House of the title is based on an actual house in Providence, Rhode Island, built around 1763 and still standing at 135 Benefit Street. Lovecraft was familiar with the house because his aunt Lillian Clark lived there in 1919/20 as a companion to Mrs. H. C. Babbit. [1]
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (US: / ˈ l ʌ v k r æ f t /, UK: / ˈ l ʌ v k r ɑː f t /; August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos. [a] Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft spent most of his life in New England.
In the dream, Lovecraft is visiting an antiquity museum in Providence, attempting to convince the aged curator there to buy an odd bas-relief Lovecraft himself had sculpted. The curator initially scoffs at him for trying to sell something that was recently made to a museum of antique objects. Lovecraft then remembers himself answering the curator:
The first NecronomiCon Providence was held in August 2013, [5] and was the successor to the earlier "NecronomiCon: The Cthulhu Mythos Convention" [6] that has been founded and organized by The Lovecraft Society of New England biannually from 1993–2001, led by Franklin Hummel (founder of the Gaylaxian Network), attorney Joan Stanley, and Necronomicon Press publisher Marc Michaud. [7]
Lovecraft and his friends Adolphe de Castro and Robert H. Barlow composed acrostics in memoriam to Poe while visiting the churchyard. The book also provides details on structures of note such as the house on Benefit St, Providence which provided the inspiration for Lovecraft's story " The Shunned House ."
George L. Clarke (1813–1890), 10th Mayor of Providence, lived at 95 Angell Street; Francis W. Carpenter (1831–1922) lived at 276 Angell St; H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) was born at 454 Angell Street lived here in his early childhood. Lovecraft later moved to 598 Angell Street, where he spent an additional two decades. [2]
It is organized by the Lovecraft Arts and Sciences organization and is held on the weekend of Lovecraft's birth. [13] That July, the Providence City Council designated the "H. P. Lovecraft Memorial Square" and installed a commemorative sign at the intersection of Angell and Prospect streets, near the author's former residences. [14]
Prospect Terrace Park is a park located on Congdon Street in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. The park was founded in 1869, on land that was given to the city by residents of the neighborhood. [1] [2] The park is known as "The Jewel of the City" [3] for its dramatic elevated view of Downtown Providence.