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Unity is a small university town in LincolnDistrict, R.I. to the north of Providence, dating back to 1637 (see UnityHistory). Unity is the third largest town in Rhode Island, with a population just over 50,000.
For more detail on specific areas on Unity see:
The Chemical Works District
The Villers Hill District
For a town map see UnityTownMap or the LargerMap
Unity lies at 41°45'N 71°26'W. For a map of the surrounding area, see EditedMap
There is also an historical map of Providence at ProvidenceMap
Of note in Unity:
Administration/Justice
(those items marked with a star are not on the map, but probably should be)
Administration/Justice
The Courthouse
LockeAndCaius Solicitors
OldUnity Police Station
RiversideDistrict Police Station
VillersHill Police Station
The TownHall
Commerce
- Banking
The FirstNationalBankOfUnity *
The Unity CornExchangeBank
GoldExchange pawn broker
- Industry
The abandoned MolassesDistillery
The FertiliserPlant
The GasWorks
The Gorham SilverFactory
The TextileMill
The LovettLoaves bakery
- Banking
Eating
Aristotle's CoffeeHouse
ChezHenri - expensive French Restaurant
Knife and Bork - Swedish restaurant
Entertainment
LincolnTheatre - newly-built movie theatre *
Healing
And, if none of those help, IngrahamUndertakers *
Media
People
Shopping
Gitter's AuctionHouse
Larry's HatShop
Langley's DepartmentStore
Speakeasies
The PittClub
The RochesterClub * (NW corner of 3rd Avenue and 1st Street)
Sport
The RifleClub
Study
- Main Campus
- Isaiah's Tower
- JU Library
- Senate House
- School of Antiquities
- School of Humanities
- Jenkin Auditorium, The ruins thereof
- School of Sciences
- New Campus
- North Campus
- Greens' Boathouse
JenkinDragons' Stadium
- Main Campus
Tourism
- Hotels
Transport
OldUnity Railroad Station
- Unity Central Railroad Station
- Unity Hills Railroad Station
Tradesmen
JebRobinson's glaziers *
AaronCohen and Sons, builder *
Goldstein And Sons, Monumental Masons *
Worship
- Catholic
- other catholic churches *
- Calvinist
The Calvinist Churches of Unity *
- Episcopalian
The JenkinMausoleum <<< Again, if this is wrong, move it. Perhaps this should be under "Ancestor"
-- SimonBooth >>> - other episcopalian churches *
- Judaic
- Catholic
<<< Note for the geographically challenged, like me: Rhode Island is the little state just south of Massachusetts, on the East Coast of the continental US. Some (modern day) info is available at http://www.50states.com/rdisland.htm -- RobHague >>>
<<< Some more historical information on Rhode Island in the appropriate period http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/studteaguide/RhodeIslandHistory/chapt7.html -- BenChalmers >>>
<<< For the really geographically challenged try http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/ri.htm It has a "you are here" and everything.
MikePitt >>> <<< Useful for comparisons with other towns on the map http://www.planning.state.ri.us/census/pdf%20files/pdf/City1790-2000.PDF , at 50k people this makes it the third largest city/most populated district after Providence itself. Nearly twice the size of Newport, but just overtaken by Pawtucket. -- MikePitt >>>
