Gideon Cornell House

Historical marker location:

Newport, Rhode Island

( Marker is on Division Street just south of Touro Street when traveling south.)

c. 1765. NRF Founded by Doris Duke 1965.

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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.