The Old Congregational Church is an historic church building on Greenville Road (Rhode Island Route 116) in the Smithville-North Scituate village of Scituate, Rhode Island. The wood-frame shingled church was designed by Clark Sayles (a protege of noted church-builder Elias Carter) and complete in 1831. The church was regularly used in the 19th century, but attendance declined in the later years, and it was only occasional used until 1940, when it was given to the town.[2] In 1974, the building was listed on National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Old Congregational Church | |
 Old Congregational Church in 2008 | |
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| Location | North Scituate, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°50′3″N 71°35′14″W / 41.83417°N 71.58722°W |
| Built | 1831 |
| Architect | Clark Sayles |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| Part of | Smithville-North Scituate (ID79000003) |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000002[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 11, 1974 |
| Designated CP | August 29, 1979 |
The Scituate Art Festival has been held on the church grounds every autumn since 1967. The art festival was founded to raise funds to restore the church interior.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Old Congregational Church" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
External links
edit- National Register listing
- Scituate Art Festival
- History of the State of Rhode Island with Illustrations Albert J. Wright, Printer No. 79 Mille Street, corner of Federal, Boston. Hong, Wade & Co., Philadelphia 1878. "The History of Scituate."
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