On West Greenville Road (Rhode Island Route 116) north of Silk Lane, on the left when traveling north.
The Richmond Mill, built in 1812, was located in the town of Scituate, Rhode Island in the now lost village of Richmond until it was displaced by the Scituate Reservoir in the 1920s. The mill manufactured laces for corsets and shoes. The Richmond . . . — — Map (db m312679) HM
On Field Hill Road west of Knight Hill Road, on the right when traveling west.
Clayvilles original name was Comb Factory Village. The village's industrial era began around 1826, when General Josiah Whitaker, a Providence merchant and director of the Old Stone Bank, moved to the area. Whitaker opened a store and operated a . . . — — Map (db m312729) HM
On Danielson Pike at Battey Meetinghouse Road, on the right when traveling east on Danielson Pike.
Before he served as the First Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy, Esek Hopkins served as captain of the slave ship "Sally," which was operated by the Brown Brothers of Providence. The Sally embarked on an ill-fated voyage to Africa in . . . — — Map (db m312725) HM
On Plainfield Pike (Rhode Island Route 14) east of Battery Meeting House Fire Lane, on the right when traveling east.
Ashland village (above) was home to the Ashland Mill. The village once featured sawmill and gristmills before turning to textiles. The area is now submerged below the Ashland Causeway, which was constructed in the early 1920s (right, top). The . . . — — Map (db m312731) HM
On Plainfield Pike (Rhode Island Route 102) at Rockland Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling west on Plainfield Pike.
New Rockland Cemetery was established in 1918 to inter the bodies removed from smaller cemeteries in the farms and villages, including the original Rockland Village Cemetery, which was condemned for the Providence Reservoir project. Each grave . . . — — Map (db m312727) HM
On West Greenville Road (Rhode Island Route 116) north of Silk Lane, on the left when traveling north.
The Congregational Church, designed by Clark Sayles, was dedicated on July 4, 1831. Both Congregationalists and Baptists worshipped here. The cost estimate to build was $2,360, plus $75 for the parcel of land. This Federal-style building remains . . . — — Map (db m312711) HM
To the loyal men of
Scituate
1861 - 1865
Died in the service
James C. Nichols
Almond C. Richmond
David B. King
Charles H. Kimball
Albert N. Colwell
Lemuel A. Greene
Lewis A. Medbury
Elisha E. . . . — — Map (db m312718) WM
On West Greenville Road (Rhode Island Route 116) north of Silk Lane, on the left when traveling north.
In memory of
Scituates Revolutionary Patriots
1775 - 1783
This millstone from Scituates
first tannery
Erected during the Town
Bicentennial Celebration
1731 - 1931 — — Map (db m312707) HM WM
On West Greenville Road north of Silk Lane, on the left when traveling north.
This structure is a replica of the upper portion of the original Richmond Mill bell tower. The bell - donated to the town by the Joslin family - hung in the original bell tower in the Village of Richmond, Rhode Island. Between 1917 and 1921, the . . . — — Map (db m311637) HM
On West Greenville Road (Rhode Island Route 116) north of Silk lane, on the left when traveling north.
Angell, Guy B.
Anthony William H.
Austin, George L.
Barker, George
Barsto, Albert G.
Battey Walter P.
Blair, Bernal E.
Bressette, John
Briggs, Fred E.
Brocoli, Felice
Brown, Charles E. . . . — — Map (db m312708) WM
On West Greenville Road north of Silk Lane, on the left when traveling north.
Abjornson, John H.
Adams, Herbert M. Jr.
Allen, Edgar L.
Allsworth, Henry P.
Alward, Merwin E.
Andrews, Clifford F.
Andrews, Donald E.
Andrews, Walter B.
Angell, Guy B. Jr.
Angell, Harold J.
. . . — — Map (db m312706) WM
On Danielson Pike west of Silk Lane, on the right when traveling west.
Scituate, Rhode Island incoporated 1731
Home of
Stephen Hopkins (1707-1785)
a signer of the Decalration of Independence
and
Esek Hopkins (1718-1802)
First Commander of the American Navy — — Map (db m312720) HM
On West Greenville Road (Rhode Island Route 116) north of Silk Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Rhode Island passed the Free Public School Act in 1818. Before schools were built, children were taught in private homes. It wasn't until 1834 that Scituate first appropriated $300 for schools. The town was initially divided into twelve school . . . — — Map (db m312677) HM
On Danielson Pike west of Silk Lane, on the right when traveling west.
Stephen was one of Rhode Island's two signers of the Declaration of Independence. William Ellery of Newport was the other signer. Stephen is depicted in the back row in this famous John Trumbull painting as the only gentleman wearing the Quaker . . . — — Map (db m312721) HM
On West Greenville Road (Rhode Island Route 116) north of Institute Lane, on the right when traveling north.
The Village of North Scituate
The Beginning
In the early 1700s, an abundance of waterpower from the Pawtuxet, Moswaniscut, and Ponaganset rivers prompted the establishment of a gristmill, a corn mill, and a sawmill in what was to become . . . — — Map (db m312665) HM
