45. ARCHITECTURE: Turk’s Head Building

<p>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." </p><p>To visit: 1 Turk’s Head Place, Providence, RI 02903</p><p><i>Episode Source Material:</i></p><ul><li><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=F-McAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA298-IA14&lpg=PA298-IA14&dq=ship+%22sultan%22+jacob+whitman&source=bl&ots=lCUNILGSlU&sig=ACfU3U0eSyaOgFTTk1WB3HWFkC6lvyBIuA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwju7-rz8Nb1AhXFjIkEHXI9BJMQ6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=ship%20%22sultan%22%20jacob%20whitman&f=false">Providence in Colonial Times | Gertrude Selwyn Kimball</a></li><li><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9F0BAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=Merchants%E2%80%99+National+Bank+of+Providence+%22turk%22+head&source=bl&ots=RRhLgb_9gZ&sig=ACfU3U09oU1O3bpfsyqQPBQYZSgoPt4sfw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJg7O1rNf1AhWjZd8KHZNaASMQ6AF6BAgCEAM#v=onepage&q=Merchants%E2%80%99%20National%20Bank%20of%20Providence%20%22turk%22%20head&f=false">Old Providence: A Collection of Facts and Traditions Relating to Various Buildings and Sites of Historic Interest in Providence | The Merchants National Bank of Providence 1918</a></li><li><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4J06AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA217&lpg=PA217&dq=%22samuel+currie%22+providence+captain&source=bl&ots=lJPVMa6_WC&sig=ACfU3U1Kfab7hopQb0vB7Yidc3KNugdlfA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjX9o3Tsdn1AhVRjYkEHRqvCSwQ6AF6BAgXEAM#v=onepage&q=%22samuel%20currie%22%20providence%20captain&f=false">Publications of the Rhode Island Historical Society | Volume V 1897</a></li><li><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7vcnAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA218&lpg=PA218&dq=%22sabin%22+%22Smith%22+%22Sultan%22+providence&source=bl&ots=aYDy30YXZ_&sig=ACfU3U0OkuWXpnU0-UWc9OYM3qK1ZWLApw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNmrfowtn1AhXfjIkEHQsBAzgQ6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q=%22sabin%22%20%22Smith%22%20%22Sultan%22%20providence&f=false">Providence Magazine | January 1917</a></li><li><a h