Crescent Park Looff Carousel

Historical marker location:

700 Bullocks Point Ave., Riverside, Rhode Island

( Marker is on Bullocks Point Ave., on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1987

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.