Turk’s Head Building (detail)

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Dublin Core

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