![]() However, it may be surmised from Lovecraft's stories that it is some distance to the north of Boston, probably in Essex County, Massachusetts. The precise location of Arkham is unspecified, although it is probably near both Innsmouth and Dunwich. The disappearance of children (presumably murdered in ritual sacrifices) at May Eve and other "bad doings" are accepted as a part of life for the poorer citizens of the city. In the 1880s, its newspaper is called the Arkham Gazette.Īrkham's most notable characteristics are its gambrel roofs and the dark legends that have surrounded the city for centuries. ![]() ![]() Lovecraft's Crowninshield House in The Thing on the Doorstep was modeled on the real Crowninshield-Bentley House in Salem, Massachusetts.Īrkham's main newspaper is the Arkham Advertiser, which has a circulation that reaches as far as Dunwich.
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