Smithville

Smithville-North Scituate
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
North Scituate Baptist Church in 2008
Location:	Scituate, Rhode Island
Coordinates:	41°50′01″N 71°35′11″W / 41.833702°N 71.586270°W / 41.833702; -71.586270Coordinates: 41°50′01″N 71°35′11″W / 41.833702°N 71.586270°W / 41.833702; -71.586270
Architectural style:	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Governing body:	Local
NRHP Reference#:	79000003
Added to NRHP:	August 29, 1979

Smithville-North Scituate (alternatively, either Smithville or North Scituate) is a village in the town of Scituate, Rhode Island. Since 1967, the village has been home to the Scituate Art Festival.^[1]

Much of the community is included in a historic district on the Danielson Pike and West Greenville Road. The district contains many nineteenth-century buildings, including the Old Congregational Church (1834) and Smithville Seminary (1839). The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[2]

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  Old Congregational Church, built in 1834

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  Pentecostal Collegiate Institute on the site of the former Smithville Seminary built in 1839

References

Rhode Island portal

1. ^ Scituate Art Festival Features
2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.