634. Hotel Miskatonic

201 W College Street

A large, five-story building, built in 1889 and opulently refitted and renovated just five years ago, it offers the finest and most expensive lodging in Arkham. The views from its upper floors are impressive and beautiful, with prospects across the campus and the river. Important and prestigious guests of the university stay here. The hotel is also the regular venue for the annual Arkham Bees’ sorority formal each spring.
Offering a total of 48 rooms, plus suites, with internal elevators and staircase, plus two external fire escapes. The first floor houses the reception and lobby, back offices, restaurant, conference and meeting rooms, and a coffee lounge. Rates begin at $5 per night for the cheapest rooms, rising to $10-$30 per night for the majority of rooms, with luxury suites commanding $50 per night.

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Rumor:

That fancy Hotel Miskatonic ain’t so fancy if you ask me. Better to call it the “murder hotel” what with the strange goings on there over the years.

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Stays: $5 to $30 per night; luxury suites $50 per night.

Type

Hospitality, Hotel

Owner

Robert Beckworth

Characters in Location

• Edwin White Perkins III
• Sexton Parkin

Notable Folk

Robert Beckworth, 59, is a financier/developer and owner of Hotel Miskatonic as well as the Tower Professional Building {119}. He frequently makes use of the hotel’s conference room or else hosting parties here.

Sexton Parkin, 45, is the hotel’s aloof general manager who dislikes poor people.

Thom “Mackey” MacKinnery, 33, is a helpful and very discreet concierge who likes nothing more than making a buck on the side.

Danny O'Bannion, 33, of the Lucky Clover Cartage Co. {412}, lives in a palatial suite at the top of the hotel. Getting to his rooms isn’t easy due to the two guards that keep watch over the suite when O’Bannion is in residence.

Edwin White Perkins III, 32, is a wealthy dilettante who is secretly a member of the Arkham Coven.