119 TOWER PROFESSIONAL BUILDING
350 W Armitage Street
This seven-story office building dominates the block and is one of the tallest structures in town. It has two, six-person elevators, front and back stairways, and two external fire escapes (east and west sides). A number of different professional services rent offices here. There are four suites per floor, with six currently unoccupied.
Both staircases provide rooftop access (although the roof doors are locked), which offers splendid views of the town, especially toward the river. The basement contains a furnace and operations for the heating system, with some basement rooms rented as additional storage space by the building’s businesses.
Notable Folk
Sawyer Lyman, 67, is the night watchman. Key skills: Listen 50%, Spot Hidden 40%, Stealth 45%.
Brett Cox, 45, is the building superintendent.
Occupied Suites
Suite 1A: Dr. Ephraim Sprague, Doctor of Medicine
Arkham-born physician Ephraim Sprague, 42, owns a moderately successful practice. For the last two years he has also been Essex County’s medical examiner for Arkham, taking up such responsibilities when the County Coroner is unavailable. Dr. Sprague purchased his practice from the estate of Wilfred Richardson, an aging M.D. who died mysteriously during a late-night autopsy.
Suite 1B: Dr. Gilroy R. Feldman, Dentist
Besides performing fillings and extractions, Dr. Feldman, 41, is a competent oral surgeon who provides emergency reconstructive work (without needing to refer to a Boston specialist). He uses (controversial-to-some) gas anesthetics and keeps an ample supply of nitrous oxide in his storeroom. He is assisted by Nurse Veronica Lee, 22.
Suite 2A: Gedney & Brown, Brokers
James Gedney, 38, and Gordon Brown, 36, are scions of two longtime Arkham families, and have operated this brokerage for 12 years. Despite the market’s drop in 1920, it has begun to improve, with a massive jump of 71.95 points at the start of 1921. Forecasts predict the market looks to continue its upward path. Thus, the firm has been very successful in recent months, reinvesting most of the profits back into the market.
Suite 2C: Manton & Manton, Real Estate
Buying and selling property in rural New England can be a slow business. The university generates some activity, but much of the firm’s income derives from work as property managers and factotums. Those seeking to purchase or rent one of Arkham’s larger or more prestigious properties would be advised to seek the counsel of Cedrick Manton, 43, and August Manton, 41.
Suite 3A: Stigleitz & Son, Insurance
Elliot Stigleitz, 48, and his son Michael, 23, will be happy to advise on the importance of, and sell, life, home, auto, and commercial property insurance. They do not underwrite business ventures, freight shipments, or sea voyages.
Suite 4A: Edwin Cassidy, Attorney-at-Law
Cassidy, 28, is a bright young Harvard graduate who inherited a second-uncle’s declining practice, which he is attempting to rebuild despite the indifference and downright hostility of his straight-necked New England neighbors. He and crotchety Judge Keezar Randall of the municipal court (Courthouse & Jail, 212) do not get along—impose a penalty die to any social skill or roll to determine the outcome for any case in which Cassidy advocates and where Judge Randall is presiding.
Both young and fearless, Cassidy is eager for tough cases where he can make his mark. Thus, he could easily become a useful friend to reckless investigators who are ever in trouble with the law.
Suite 5A: Dr. Allen Turner, Doctor of Medicine
Dr. Turner, 59, is semi-retired from general practice to devote time to his new interest in psychoanalysis, the fashionable treatment for neurotic disorders. He keeps this new experimental practice “quiet” as most folk in Arkham believe that anything having to do sexual fantasy, identity, or perception can’t be much above gutter talk. Dr. Turner depends entirely upon references from a handful of Boston-area physicians for patient referrals. Investigators undergoing psychoanalysis with the doctor may rest assured of discretion; the doctor currently possesses Psychoanalysis 55%.
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