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Suckling, Thomas, 5, II Sullivan, Gen. John, 53 Sullivan, Matthew, 225
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Sumner, Charles, 121 Sunday, Billy, 231
Sunday Tabernacle, 231 Superior Court House (1877), 150, 151, 239 Sussex, England, 16
Swan Point, 1 5
Swan Point Cemetery, 60, 119, 148, 149, 162, 177, 259 Swarts Hall, (1858), 121 Swimming pools, 260; Knight St. and Prairie Ave. pools (1948), 278
Taft, Royal C., 174 Taft, President William Howard, 155
Tallman & Bucklin, 102, 109, 117 Tallman, Benjamin, shipyard, 62 Tallman, William, 118
Talma Club, III, 247
Tannery (1655), 7, 12, 13
Tanyard, 61
Tarbell, Horace S., supt. of schools (1884-1902), 191 Taunton, Mass., 8 5
Taverns, 15, 16, 23, 55
Tax rate, 1650, 9 Taylor, Bayard, 121
Taylor & Symonds Bldg., 247
Taylor, George, schoolmaster (1735), 28 Tefft, Thomas A., 39, 117, 119, 124, 126, 127, 129, 140, 194
Telegraph (1848), 1 59
Telephone (1876), 159, 233
Telephone Bldg. (1893), 186, 187; (1917), 229
Ten Mile river, 3, 4, 131, 135
Tercentenary, 266-267 Tercentenary half-dollar, 268
Tercentenary postage stamp, 267
Terminal development plan (1889), 165, 179
Tetrazzini, Luisa, 155 Teutonia House, 79, 102
Textile Finishing Machinery Co., 237 Thayer, Samuel J. F., 1 50 Theatres:
Academy of Music (1860), 121
Albee Theatre (1919), 227, 265
Amateur Dramatic Hall (Talma Theatre), 111, 160 Barker Playhouse, III, 247 Bijou Theatre (1908), 204; (orig. Westminster), 203
Bullock's Temple (orig. Richmond St. Congrega- tional Church), 204 Capitol Theatre (orig. Imperial), 203 Carleton Theatre (orig. Emery), 227 Casino Theatre, 204 City Hall Theatre (1864), 137 Colonial Theatre (orig. Imperial), 203 Dime Museum (Nickel Theatre), 161 Emery Theatre (1914), 227
Theatres (continued)
Empire Theatre (1898), 203, 215; (orig. West- minster), 203 Faunce House Theatre (1928), 247
Fay's Theatre (orig. Union), 227
Forbes Theatre (1854), 121 Harrington's Opera House (1871), 137, 149 Imperial Theatre (1902), 203
Keith's Gaiety Opera House (orig. Low's), 160, 203, 204, 227; (Empire, 1935), 203
Loew's State Theatre (1930), 247, 265
Low's Opera House (1877), 160, 285
Majestic Theatre (orig. Shubert Majestic), 227, 228
Metropolitan Theatre (1932), 265, 279
Modern Theatre (1917), 227
Nickel Theatre (orig. Dime Museum), 227, 231
Pine St. Theatre, 121
Playhouse, Gaol Lane (1762), 41
Playhouse (orig. Modern), 227
Providence Opera House (1871), 135, 153, 159, 203, 247 Providence Theatre (1795), 60, 97, III, 126; cur- tain (1812), 72
R. I. School of Design Auditorium (1940), 254, 265 Scenic Theatre (orig. Westminster Unitarian Church), 204 Shubert Majestic Theatre (1916), 227, 228 Strand Theatre (1916), 227
Star Theatre (orig. High St. Congregational Church), 1 52
Talma Theatre, III, 160, 247
Theatre Comique (1874), 154, 160
Union Theatre (1916), 227
Victory Theatre (orig. Low's), 160; (orig. Modern), 227
Westminster Musee (c. 1895), 161
Westminster Theatre, "the Sink," (orig. West- minster Musee), 203; (orig. Modern), 227
Theodore Francis Green Airport, 256 Thomas, Ernest K., supt. of parks (1929-35), 242
Thompson, Launt, 175
Thornton, 162
Thornton & Thornton, 251
Thoroughfares, master plan, (1946), 281, 282
Three-deckers, 230 Throckmorton, John, 5, 6
Thumb, Tom, 121
Thurber, Samuel, 43
Thurber's Paper Mill, 26, 61
Thurber's steps, 166 Thurston, R. L., 174
Tibbetts, Charles N., 109
Tilden-Thurber Bldg. (1895), 188
Tillinghast burial lot, 36 Tillinghast, Charles, 29 Tillinghast, Charles F., 109
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Tillinghast, Elisha, 33 Tillinghast, Mercy (Mrs. Nicholas Power, 3rd), 29 Tillinghast, Pardon, 11, 13, 15, 16 Tillinghast wharf, 13 Tilton, Edward S., 251
Tiverton (inc. 1746), 33; 131
Tockwotton, 61 Tockwotton Hall, 105, 106, 121, 123, 165 Tockwotton Hill, 57
Town constable, 8, 54
Town House (1644), 11; (1795), 67, 68, 85, 123, 1 50
Town mill (1646), 7, 12, 13
Town pound (1717), 24, 36
Town pump, 47 Town rate (1850), 9
Town sergeant, 9
Trackless trolleys, 260, 277
Traction lines (see also Bus lines) :
Pawtucket Street Ry. Co., 199
Providence & Danielson R. R., 199
Providence & Fall River R. R., 199
Providence & Taunton R. R., 199
Providence Cable Tramway Co., 162
Providence, Pawtucket & Central Falls R. R., 132
Rhode Island Co., 199, 214, 217
Rhode Island Suburban Ry. Co., 199
Sea View R. R., 199
Union R. R. Co., 133, 134, 162, 179, 199
United Electric Rys. Co., 217, 260, 276
United Traction & Elec. Co., 199 United Transit Co., 276
Warwick & Oakland Beach R. R., 199
Trading post, Cocumscussuc, 5 Traffic and thoroughfare plan (1926), 242, 281 Traffic islands, 282
Traffic regulations (1681), 15; (1904), 199; (1911), 217; (1936), 262 Transit of Venus (1769), 47 Tremont mail coach (1837), 105
Triggs, Jeremiah J., supt. of parks (1921-29), 240, 242 Trinity Church, New York, 75 Trocadero, 204
Trolley cars, 179, 199, 200, 240, 277
Trolley shelters, 203, 217 Tuller, Abbie Loveland School, 140 Tunnel portal, 215 Tunnels: railroad (1908), 201; street railway (1914), 214, 277
Turk's head, 40, 227 Turks Head Bldg. (1913), 227, 248 Turnpikes, 84-85, (see also Highways) Turpin Tavern (1685), 16, 23 Turpin, William, 16, 23 Twenty-five acre grant (1648), 5 Tyler, Bishop, 110 Tyler, Joan, 5
Underhill, Captain John, I
Unemployment Relief Comm., 255
Union Bank (inc. 1814), 72 .
Union Bank Bldg. (c. 1813), 72, 124
Union Cemetery, 60
Union Passenger Depot (1848), 117, 118, 159
Union Railroad (horse car) Depot (1867), 132, 134, 18I
Union Trust Bldg. (1901), 208, 209, 247
United Public Market (1949), 286
U. S. Army Air Force, 274, 277
U. S. Army Engineers, 123, 221, 256
U. S. battleship Maine, 18 5
U. S. census, 287
U. S. Coast Guard Station, 1 56
U. S. Coast Survey, 146
U. S. Constitution adopted 1787, 54
U. S. Court House, 239
U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 277
U. S. Finishing Co., 172
U. S. Marine Band, 242
U. S. Maritime Comm., 274
U. S. Navy, 274, 278
U. S. Post Office (1775), 41
U. S. Treasury Dept., 201, 261
U. S. Veterans' Adm., 279
U. S. Veterans' Hospital (1947), 278, 279
United Train of Artillery, 52
University Grammar School, 79, 152, 205
University of Pennsylvania, 45
University of Rhode Island, 244
University School, 1 52
Untersee, Maximilian, 277
Unthank, Christopher, 5 Updike, Mrs. John, 41 Upjohn, Richard, 126, 129, 137, 140 Urban Renewal Adm., 289
Valley Worsted Mills, 173 Van Wickle, Augustus S., 205 Vance, Joseph E., 281 Varnum, Gen. J. M., 37
Vaughan Bldg. (1878), 155 Vaughan, William P., 147
Verin, Joshua, 3 Verrazzano, Giovanni da, 267
Veterans' Memorial Auditorium, 279 Viall, Nelson, Chief of Police (1866-67), 132 Victory arch (1918), 231 Vitruvius, Marcus, 21 Vue de l'Eau, 123
Wagner-Steagell Act (1937), 277 Waldman, Morris S., 281 Waldo, Daniel, 37 Waldron, Wightman & Co., 155 Wales, 256
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Walker & Gillette, 247 Walker & Gould, 154, 155, 168 Walker, C. Howard, 189 Walker, Ralph W., 268 Walker, William R., 97, 140, 150, 152, 153, 170 Walker, William R. & Son, 166, 191, 194, 209, 223, 227, 244, 245
Wallace & Tucker Lumber Co., 175
Waller, Matthew, 5 Walling, Thomas, 5 Walnut Grove, 123, 241 Walsh-Kaiser Co., 274 Wanskuck Co., 172 War of 1812, 81 War Production Board, 273 War Shipping Board, 274 Ward, Artemus, 12I
Ward divisions (1832), 100; (1868), 135; (1874), 149; (1887), 1900), 185; (1930), 253
Ward, Gov. Samuel, 52 Warehouse lots, 19, 29
Warner, John, 5, 43
Warren, (inc. 1846), 33; 43, 113, 123, 199, 282
Warren & Wetmore, 252
Warren, Russell, 98, 107, III, II2 Warwick (settled 1642), 6; 7, 11, 19, 28, 33, 84, 223, 235
Warwick Neck, 123, 134
Washington Apartments (c. 1913), 230 Washington Bldgs. (1843), 110, 178, 228
Washington, D. C., 131
Washington, President George, 37, 39, 53, 54, 55, 63 Washington Hotel, 121, 188
Washington Insurance Bldg. (1802), 62, 72, 81, 97 Washington Insurance Co. (1800), 62 Water Commissioners (1873), 146 Water engine, 1756, 36
Water logs, 48 Water lots, 61 Water rights (1681), 15; (1704), 21
Water supply (see also Pawtuxet water system and Scituate Reservoir), 47, 48 Watering carts, 217
Waterman, Amaziah, 50 Waterman, Frank E., comm. of public works (1927- 33), 257
Waterman, John, 174 Waterman, Richard, 5, 7, II Waterman's marsh, 35, 71 Watson & Gladding (1805), 89 Way, George, 5 Wayland Bldg., 1 55 Wayland, Francis, 155 Wayland Manor (1922), 252 Wayland Medical Bldg., 286 Wayland Square area, 265 Webster, Mass., 221
Webster, Daniel , 121
Weeden, William B., 174 Weir, L. H., 260, 278
Weld, Mrs. William G., 191
Wells, 47
Welsbach Street Lighting Co., 201
Wendelschafer, Felix R., 1 54
West, Dr. Benjamin (postmaster, 1802), 72
West Burial Ground, 26, 60, 165
West Greenwich, 33, 84
West Indies trade, 13, 37
West river, 172, 181, 198
West River Industrial Redevelopment, 281
West, Robert, 5
Westcott, Stukeley, 5, 7
Westerly, 19, 28, 84, 282
Westminster, England, 40
Westover, A. E., 227
Weston, Francis, 5, 7, 11, 64
Wetmore, Senator George P. (1895-97, 1908-13), 195
Wetmore, Louis B., 281
Weybosset Hill, 21, 26
Weybosset House, 121
Weybosset Mills, 174
Weybosset Point, 3, 11, 21, 26, 36, 61
Weybosset Side, 19, 24, 26, 33, 40, 47, 52, 68, 71, 89, 289 Wharves, 13, 19, 57, 61
What Cheer Block (1850), 124, 129, 133, 285
Wheaton, Comfort, 50
Wheaton, William, 38
Wheeler School, 224
Whipple, Captain Abraham, 51, 52
Whipple, Arnold, 61
Whipple Hall (1767), 43, 62, 102
Whipple, Jabez, 36
Whipple, John, Sr., 1 5
Whipple, John, Jr., 13, 43
Whipple, Col. Joseph, 21, 25, 29, 30
Whipple, Samuel, 13
Whipple Tavern (1764), 15
Whitman Block (1825), 96, 97, 227
Whitman, Jacob, 40
Whitman's corner, 40
Whittemore, D. J., 163
Whitten, Robert, 233, 242, 281
Whitten thoroughfare plan, 242
Wickenden, William, 5, II
Wickes, Francis, 3, 5
Wickford, 5, 85 Wilbur, Joshua, 195
Wiley, John, 48 Wilkins, Rev. Thomas, 75
Wilkinson, Lawrence, 5 Wilkinson, William (postmaster, 1792-1802), 72, 87 Willard Center Redevelopment, 281 William and Mary Coll., 45
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Williams, Betsey, 147 Williams burying ground, 148 Williams, James, I Williams, Joseph, 147
Williams, Mary Barnard (Mrs. Roger), I
Williams, Nathaniel, 148
Williams, Rebecca, 61, 73
Williams, Robert, 5, II
Williams, Roger, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 76, 147, 194, 267, 268, 269
Williamsburg, Va., 265
Willimantic, Conn., 172, 173 Willson, Edmund R., 139, 170
Wilmington, N. C., 198
Wilson, Ellery H., 195
Wilson, George F., 193
Wilson, Rev. James, 75
Wilson, Joseph W., 163
Wilson, President Woodrow, 230
Windmill lot, 276
Winslow & Bigelow, 188
Winslow, Edward, Gov. of Plymouth, 3
Winslow, Isaac O., supt. of schools (1913-29), 223
Winsor, Augustus, slaughter house, 62
Winsor, Edward, 281
Winsor, Frank E., 234
Winsor, Joshua, 5
Winsor, Samuel, 13
Winthrop, John, Gov. of Mass., 1, 5
Witherby, Constance, 242
Women's Coll., (see Brown Univ.)
Women's suffrage, 231 Woolen mill, 1812, 81
Woods Bldg., 239
Woods, Frank W., 230 Woolworth Bldg., (1920), 166 Woonasquatucket Print Works, 173
Woonasquatucket river, 3, 36, 42, 62, 81, 135, 136, 146, 165, 172, 179, 181, 182, 198, 235
Woonsocket, 199
Worcester, Mass., 85, 95, 96, 115, 159, 199
Work Projects Adm., 273
Workhouse (1753), 35
Workmen's Compensation Comm., 247
Works Progress Adm., 255, 256, 267, 269
World War I, 230, 231
World War II, 273
Worral, painter, 60.
Wren, Sir Christopher, 23, 51, 63
Wriston, Dr. Henry M., 264, 276
Writers' project, 255
Yale Univ., 45 Yandell, Enid, 201 York & Sawyer, 227
Yorktown, Va., 53
Young, Ammi D., 129
Young, Edward R., 89
Young Ladies School (1848), 194, 244
Young, Major Henry H., 201
Young Men's Christian Assn., 167, 229
Young Women's Christian Assn., 21 I
Ysaye, Eugene, 155
Zetterstrom, B. G. V., 270 Zoning Board of Review, 233, 237 Zoning ordinance (1923), 233, 234; (1951), 281
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