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- Turk's_Head_Building abstract "The Turk's Head Building is a 16-story office high-rise in Providence, Rhode Island. Completed in 1913, the building is one of the oldest skyscrapers in Providence. Standing 215 ft (66 m) tall, it is currently the 11th-tallest building in Providence. When completed in the 1913, the Turk's Head Building surpassed the 1901 Union Trust building to become the tallest building in downtown (the Rhode Island State House is taller and was finished in 1904). It retained that title until 1922, when the Providence Biltmore was completed.The building is designed in a V-shape, and architectural historian McKenzie Woodword asserts that the architects of the building "clearly had in mind Daniel Burnham's Flatiron Building" (in New York City). The skyscraper's peculiar name dates back to the early nineteenth century, when shopkeeper Jacob Whitman mounted a ship's figurehead above his store. The figurehead, which came from the ship Sultan, depicted the head of an Ottoman warrior. Whitman's store was called "At the sign of the Turk's Head". The figurehead vanished in a storm and today a granite replica of the original Turk head is found on the building's 3rd floor façade.After buying the building in 1997 for $4.2 million and spending $3 million renovating it, brothers Evan and Lloyd Granoff sold the building in 2008 for $17.55 million to FB Capital Partners. The Granoffs had not been actively trying to sell the building — their attorney advisor said they accepted the deal because the sum offered was well over the worth of the building. The building was also featured in one of the scenes from the Disney movie Underdog.".
- Turk's_Head_Building architect Howells_&_Stokes.
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- Turk's_Head_Building location Providence,_Rhode_Island.
- Turk's_Head_Building location Rhode_Island.
- Turk's_Head_Building location United_States.
- Turk's_Head_Building thumbnail Providence20June07TurkBuilding.jpg?width=300.
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- Turk's_Head_Building architect Howells_&_Stokes.
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- Turk's_Head_Building location "Providence, RI 02903, United States".
- Turk's_Head_Building location "Westminster and Weybosset Streets,".
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- Turk's_Head_Building name "Turk's Head Building".
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- Turk's_Head_Building comment "The Turk's Head Building is a 16-story office high-rise in Providence, Rhode Island. Completed in 1913, the building is one of the oldest skyscrapers in Providence. Standing 215 ft (66 m) tall, it is currently the 11th-tallest building in Providence. When completed in the 1913, the Turk's Head Building surpassed the 1901 Union Trust building to become the tallest building in downtown (the Rhode Island State House is taller and was finished in 1904).".
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