North Scituate is a village in the

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

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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 district was added to the

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in 1979. The zip code for the village is 02857. The zip code is assigned to the name "North Scituate". The zip code also extends into

Glocester Glocester, otherwise officially called the Town of Glocester, Rhode Island, is a New England town, town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 9,974 as of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census. The villages o ...

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 Smithville Seminary built in 1839

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Historic districts in Providence County, Rhode Island 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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