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Title
Turk’s Head Building (detail)
Description
The Turks Head building was designed in 1913 by New York architects Howells & Strokes. The building was erected by the Brown Land Co. as an investment for members of the Brown family, and was part of a highway improvement plan that would encourage more useful road relocation movements in the future. A portion of the original lot was taken by the city for widening the highway at the street intersection. The Turk's Head which has been familiar to nearly every resident of the state for more than three generations graces its origin back to the days when signs, instead of numbers, were used by business houses to guide and attract customers.
Creator
Chester Smolski
Rights
Rhode Island College
Format
Photograph
Photograph
Identifier
5385
Smolski Image Item Type Metadata
Building Type
Skyscraper
City
Providence
Country
United States of America
Creator 1
Howells & Stokes
Creator 1 Role
Architects
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Historic buildings -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Architecture -- Rhode Island -- Providence;
Region
Rhode Island
Street Address
Weybosset and Westminster Sts.
Subject Creation Date
1913