Providence H.P. Lovecraft Self-Guided Walking Tour

Walk through Providence’s shadowed streets and discover the real places that shaped H.P. Lovecraft’s unsettling fiction. This self-guided Providence H.P. Lovecraft walking tour connects the author’s life with the houses, churchyards, and landmarks woven into his stories.

Begin at Roger Williams Memorial Centre, then follow the route through College Hill. At 135 Benefit Street, hear the story behind The Shunned House and its buried secret. Continue to St. John’s churchyard, where Lovecraft once brought friends at midnight, and the Fleur-de-Lys building, linked to Henry Wilcox in The Call of Cthulhu. Along the way, explore the invented history of the Necronomicon and why readers have wondered whether the mysterious book could be real. The walk ends at Prospect Terrace, overlooking the city Lovecraft loved and feared until his death in 1937.

With audio, maps, and geodata available offline, you can explore at your own pace using the VoiceMap app. Download the tour before you arrive, then follow Providence H.P. Lovecraft’s literary trail whenever you’re ready to begin.