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| 271 N Main St, Providence, RI 02903, USA (Providence, Rhode Island)
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The Cathedral of St. John
This churchyard and cemetery was a favored wandering spot for both H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe. The cemetery is small and partly hidden by the church. The memorials are old and crumbling. Though it seems much more cheerful than the place Lovecraft described as possibly harboring a "vampiric horror burrowing down there & emitting vague miasmatic influences"... still it is a pretty cool place.
Right behind the churchyard is the former home of poet and spiritualist, Sarah Helen Whitman. Whitman was engaged to be married to Edgar Allan Poe in 1848, but the engagement was broken off before the year was out. During his time wooing Sarah, Poe would visit St. John's Churchyard and take strolls amongst the memorials.
Decades later, author H.P. Lovecraft was drawn to the location regularly during his walks and drew inspiration from it. He once admitted in a letter to having "sat down on an altar-tomb [to write] rhymed acrostics on the name of Edgar Allan Poe."
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History of the Cathedral of St. John
History of the churchyard that both H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allen Poe were known to frequent. |
Guide to Lovecraftian Sites in Rhode Island
An excellent resource for finding actual locations of significance for Lovecraft enthusiasts. |
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| Available from Amazon.com |
H.P. Lovecraft: A Life |
Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy |
Was Poe Immoral? |
Edgar Poe and His Critics |
Poe's Helen Remembers |
Poe's Helen |
Dove and raven |
The forgotten trysting place of Edgar Allan Poe: The story of a womans%u0315 devotion and her renunciation of a great love recalled |
From corner lot to city block: The story of the Cathedral of Saint John, Providence |
john holden greene carpenter architect of providence |
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