Grover's Corners
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Grover's Corners is a fictional small New England town that serves as the quintessential American community in Thornton Wilder's play "Our Town."
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
fictional town ⓘ setting of a play ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Our Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Thornton Wilder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
quintessential American community
ⓘ
small town ⓘ |
| fictionalCounty | Sutton County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Our Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Board of Selectmen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCemeteryName | Gibbs Memorial Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacterLivingIn |
Dr. Gibbs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Emily Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ George Gibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr. Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Gibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Main Street
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ farms ⓘ hills ⓘ |
| hasInstitution |
First Congregational Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grover's Corners High School NERFINISHED ⓘ Methodist Church NERFINISHED ⓘ railroad station ⓘ town hall ⓘ |
| hasMinorityGroup | Polish Catholics ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeRole |
illustrates death
ⓘ
illustrates everyday life ⓘ illustrates marriage ⓘ |
| hasNewspaper | Grover's Corners Sentinel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligion |
Catholicism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Protestantism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSchool | Grover's Corners High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStageManagerDescription | ordinary town in northern New Hampshire ⓘ |
| hasStateExaminerVisit | Professor Willard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfDepiction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New England
ⓘ
New Hampshire ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| nearRiver | Pocumtuck River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| population | about 2642 ⓘ |
| populationCensusYear | 1901 ⓘ |
| timeSettingEnd | 1913 ⓘ |
| timeSettingStart | 1901 ⓘ |
| usedAs | symbol of typical American town ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1938 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.