Militia Common

Historical marker location:

Newport, Rhode Island

( Marker is at the intersection of Marlborough Street and Meeting Street, on the right when traveling east on Marlborough Street.)

Marker installed: 1991

c. 1700.

The famous horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, who wrote such classic tales as "The Call of Cthulhu" and "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," was born in Providence, Rhode Island.