45. ARCHITECTURE: Turk’s Head Building

How did the Turk’s Head building get its name? Well, it’s actually built on the site of a colonial house and a store that had an unusual sign mounted outside--a wooden carving of an Ottoman Sultan. The store became known as "at the Sign of the Turk's Head." To visit: 1 Turk’s Head Place, Providence, RI 02903Episode Source Material:Providence in Colonial Times | Gertrude Selwyn KimballOld Providence: A Collection of Facts and Traditions Relating to Various Buildings and Sites of Historic Interest in Providence | The Merchants National Bank of Providence 1918Publications of the Rhode Island Historical Society | Volume V 1897Providence Magazine | January 1917The Narragansett Historical Register: Volume VI | 1888Turks Head Building | WikipediaTurks Head BuildingSights ~ The Turk's Head Building ~ Providence | I {heart} RhodyNational Register of Historic Places | Custom House DistrictThe Legend of "Turk's Head": In Charles Dexter WardProvidence Architecture | Locations | Turk's Head BuildingNational Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomiflation Form 1. Name ci 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5.A Walk Through Downtown ProvidenceFlatiron Building - HISTORYA History Of Metals In Colonial America [PDF] [4c30ubrbld80]Ship figureheads and decoration | Royal Museums Greenwich.Providence besieged by Great Gale in 18151815 New England hurricane - WikipediaThe Great September Gale of 1815 - New England Historical SocietySigns of the TimesJacob Whitman | Rhode Island, U.S., Historical Cemetery Commission Index, 1647-2008