Hope Village Historic District facts for kids
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Hope Village Historic District
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Hope Mill in 2008
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 Location in Rhode Island
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| Location | Roughly bounded by the Pawtuxet R., Hope Furnace Rd., Hope Mill Pond, North Rd., White Ln., Harrington and Potter Sts., Hope, Rhode Island |
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| Area | 114 acres (46 ha) |
| Built | 1765 |
| Architect | Stone & Carpenter; Monahan & Meikle; Oliver W. Fontaine |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Mid 19th Century Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000918 |
| Added to NRHP | August 08, 1995 |
The Hope Village Historic District is a historic rural mill settlement within Hope Village in Scituate, Rhode Island. Hope Village is located on a bend in the North Pawtuxet River in the southeastern corner of Scituate. Industrial activity has occurred in Hope Village since the mid-eighteenth century. Surviving industrial and residential buildings in the Historic District date back to the early 19th century. The village center sits at junction of Main Street (Rhode Island Route 115) and North Road (Rhode Island Route 116). Hope Village radiates out from the center with houses on several smaller side streets in a compact configuration. Currently there is little commercial or industrial activity in Hope Village and none in the Historic District. The present stone mill building on the south side of Hope Village was built in 1844 by Brown & Ives of Providence, expanded in 1871 and modified in 1910. Approximately one quarter of the village's current housing stock was built as mill worker housing by various owners of Hope Mill.
