Smithville Seminary
The Smithville Seminary was a Freewill Baptist institution established in 1839 on what is now Institute Lane in Smithville-North Scituate, Rhode Island. Renamed the Lapham Institute in 1863, it closed in 1876. The site was then used as the campus of the Pentecostal Collegiate Institute and later the Watchman Institute, and is now the Scituate Commons apartments. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Smithville Seminary | |
Smithville Seminary building in 2008 | |
| Location | 29 Institute Ln., Scituate, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41.8342°N 71.5830°W |
| Built | 1839 |
| Architect | Russell Warren (architect) |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| Part of | Smithville-North Scituate (ID79000003) |
| NRHP reference No. | 78003446 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 29, 1978 |
| Designated CP | August 29, 1979 |
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