H.P. Lovecraft's Old Apartment Is Available For Rent
H.P. Lovecraft’s old apartment in Providence, R.I. is up for rent on Craigslist, which is [...]
H.P. Lovecraft's old apartment in Providence, R.I. is up for rent on Craigslist, which is where you'd go to purchase most things that inspire stories of nameless horrors from beyond the veil of space of time.
The apartment's address was listed as that of Dr. Marinus Bicknell Willett in Lovecraft's novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.
The listing includes a quote from Lovecraft, describing the place:
"As for the place--I have a fine large ground-floor room (a former
dining room with fireplace) and kitchenette alcove in a spacious
brown Victorian wooden house at the 1880 period--a house,
curiously enough, built by some friends of my own family, now
long dead."
(Letter to Frank Belknap Long, 1 May 1926)
Lovecraft lived in the apartment from 1926-1933, and now it can be yours. Just don't open any forbidden tomes while you're in the place.
via io9
