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Providence firm of Brown and Ives, which had purchased the mill property in 1844. Around 1900, a 40,000 square foot one story brick mill building was added to the south of the stone mill buildings. The gabled roof of the stone mill building was replaced by a flat roof and a fifth floor was added to the original stone mill.
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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
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Between 2016 and 2019 the roofs and walls of the brick building and roofs of several stone mill buildings collapsed. The Hope mill property has been in receivership since 2008 (except for the period of
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The Hope Mill buildings were used to weave textile until 2007. The last textile manufacturing occupant of the mill was Just-A-Stretch, a weaver of elastic fabrics.
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