Smithfield Seminary - Scituate, RI
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nomadwillie
N 41° 50.048 W 071° 34.990
19T E 285505 N 4634587
Located at 98-2 Institute Ln in Scituate. On the National Register of Historic Places.
Waymark Code: WM12GBQ
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 05/23/2020
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In 1839, the Rhode Island Association of Free Baptists founded Smithfield Seminary, in North Scituate, for the liberal education of the youth of both sexes. The school received financial aid from the Hon. Benedict Lapham and others in 1863, and was renamed the Lapham Institute. The Smithfield Seminary should not be confused with the Smithfield Academy that operated from 1811 to 1853 in Union Village. The science courses taught at Smithfield Academy gave that institution a reputation as one of New England's foremost schools.
Rhode Island: A Guide to the Smallest State. 1937 p. 121
Book: Rhode Island
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 121
Year Originally Published: 1937
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