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INTRODUCTION
The following preliminary study covers the historical and
architectural resources of Scituate. It provides basic information
needed so that cultural resources can begin to be properly considered
in making future planning decisions at all levels.
The report includes an illustrated account of Scituate’s archi
tectural and developmental history in Section I. Section II is a
comprehensive list of properties in the town already listed in the
National Register of Historic Places, followed by those approved by
the Rhode Island Review Board for the Register and those recommended
for nomination to the National Register as a result of this prelimi
nary survey. Section III is an annotated inventory of properties of
historical and architectural importance in the town. The inventory
numbers are keyed to the small-scale locational map at the rear of
this publication. For more precise information on the location of
properties, reference should be made to the large-scale, preliminary,
cultural-resource survey map prepared by the Historical Preservation
Commission and drawn at a scale of one inch to one thousand feet.
This large-scale map is on file at the Rhode Island Historical Preser
vation Commission and in the Scituate Town Hall; copies have also
been deposited with the State Department of Transportation, the Divi
sion of Statewide Planning, and the Department of Community Affairs.
The Commission would like to thank the many officials, residents,
and scholars who assisted in the conduct of the preliminary survey
and in the publication of this report. In particular, the Commission
would like to thank the Scituate Historical and Preservation Society
and the North Scituate Public Library, especially Jane Folcarelli,
former president of the Society, Barbara Stetson, and Ernest Edwards.
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