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MILL STREET
NORTH ROAD
early 20th-century outbuildings. The lot, well landscaped,
with flower beds, shrubs and large trees, is set behind a
stone wall. Alice Howland, a former owner, who was a town
benefactor, had the landscaping work done. 1870- A. W.
Fisk.
J. Former Hotel, Store and Post Office 1845; Main Street and
North Road: A large, 2½-story, Greek Revival structure, with
several entries, store windows, and three medium-sized, brick chim
neys, at the corner of Main Street and North Road. In 1835, a
boarding house was started on this site, and ran until 1845,
when it was replaced by a hotel built by Welcome Matteson and
known as Hope House. In 1873 it was purchased by the Hope
Manufacturing Company who ran it as a store. Later, it re
verted back to private ownership and was used for a store and
post office. 1851- Hotel.
K. Mill.Houses 1872: A row of thirteen mill houses, built in a
simple Second Empire style, with mansard roofs; two, interior,
brick chimneys; simple doorways at each side of the front; and
varied siding and windows reflecting later changes. These
double houses were built for mill workers in connection with the
construction of an addition to the Hope Mill, which is just
south of Mill Street, in 1869-1870. 1895- Hope Nfg. Co.
L. Hope School 1929; 1972: A 2-story, Neoclassical school,
with a slightly projecting, central, pedimented pavilion, with
a double-door entry in a Neoclassical frame, and a clock at the
gable. There are separate entries for pupils at either side,
recessed behind the front facade; a large, octagonal, louvered
belfry surmounted by a weathervane; a small, brick chimney near
the left end, and a 6-room addition at the rear, built in 1972.
The school, set behind a cemented stone wall atop a hill, is a
local landmark. Hope School, and the brick schools at Clayville
and North Scituate, were built as consolidated schools between about
1925 and 1933; they took students from a large area and marked
the end of the former one-room schoolhouse era in Scituate.
** 3. North Scituate Historic DistrIct’:* * The Village of North Scituate,
in the northeast corner of the town of Scituate, at the inter
section of Danielson Pike and the West Greenville Road R.I.
*For a more detailed account of North Scituate village, please consult
the National Register nomination at the R.I.H.P.C. office.
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