The civic and architectural development of Providence, 1636-1950, Part 33

Author: Cady, John Hutchins, 1881-1967
Publication date: 1957
Publisher: Providence, R.I. : Book Shop
Number of Pages: 346


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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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