Providence around the end of Lovecrafts life
- 🔀 This article is about the city, for the story see Providence (comic book)
Providence is Lovecraft's home town and is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, and one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the estimated third-largest city in the New England region.
The area which is now Providence was first settled in June 1636 by Roger Williams, and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies of the United States.