North Scituate is a village in the town of Scituate, Rhode Island. Since 1967, the village has been home to the Scituate Art Festival.Scituate Art Festival Features
Much of the community is included in a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

on the Danielson Pike and West Greenville Road. The district contains many nineteenth-century buildings, including the Old Congregational Church (1834) and

Smithville Seminary The Smithville Seminary was a Freewill Baptist institution established in 1839 on what is now Institute Lane in Smithville-North Scituate, Rhode Island. Renamed the Lapham Institute in 1863, it closed in 1876. The site was then used as the campus ...

(1839). The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The zip code for the village is 02857. The zip code is assigned to the name "North Scituate". The zip code extends not only into Scituate but also Glocester, Rhode Island to the north. Image:Old_Congregational_Church_Scituate_RI.jpg, Old Congregational Church, built in 1834 Image:Pentecostal Collegiate Institute, North Scituate, R.I. (1905).jpg, Pentecostal Collegiate Institute on the site of the former

built in 1839

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Historic districts in Providence County, Rhode Island Eastern Nazarene College locations Villages in Providence County, Rhode Island Scituate, Rhode Island Providence metropolitan area Villages in Rhode Island Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island National Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode Island {{ProvidenceCountyRI-NRHP-stub

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