70. Free Will Baptist Church - Smithville--North Scituate - Scituate RI - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

A 1-story clapboarded church building ,sited gable end to the road, with two large 2-story gable-roofed rear additions dating from the twentieth century. It has a closed belfry and simple stained-glass windows, important original elements which have been retained. The street facade of the building was remodeled in the early twentieth century with quoins and a palladian window. The Free Will Baptists, who organized as a branch of the Smithfield Free Will Baptist Church after their split from the Congregational Church in the early 1830s, built this structure to replace their 1830s church building which burned in 1865.

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Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Smithville--North Scituate Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link] NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): [Web Link] Address: 619 W Greenville Rd, North Scituate, RI 02857 How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Narrative found on the internet (Link provided below) Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link]

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