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305: 398:, who had come from the Maine academy to serve at Smithville. Quimby worked for the school, even buying the property when financial trouble struck, until in closed temporarily in 1854 with only 20 students (in 1845, it had an enrollment of over 300 representing 7 U.S. states). It was revived the next year when Quimby rented the property to a Samuel P. Coburn, who became principal, and enrollment again reached over 100 that year. The property was sold to Reverend W. Colgrove in 1857, who operated it for another two years before it closed again, this time for three years. 94: 1286: 364: 119: 1297: 77: 126: 101: 712:
of Greenville, R.I., who stands instead of an endowment. Its facilities for thorough work, and for doing good, were never better than now. It has a full corps of teachers, a good library, chemical and physical apparatus, &c. The buildings are in excellent repair and its location is as healthy as
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were built in 1839 and comprised a large three-story central building with columns and two wings. The wings, with 33 rooms each, were separated by 20 feet from the main building and connected to it via two-story covered passageways. The central building housed classrooms, offices, staff apartments,
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In 1863 the school changed hands and changed its name after a minister and former professor at the school, returned in 1861 to find much of the campus dilapidated and in disrepair. With the Free Baptist Association unwilling or unable to help,
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in 1874. His successor was Arthur G. Moulton, a trustee of Bates, who died just over a year after taking the position. He was followed as principal by W.S. Stockbridge, under whom the school finally closed in 1876.
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was the last benefactor of the institute, and when no one replaced him, the school went bankrupt without an endowment to support it. In 1883 Winsor donated the library of the
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Smithville Seminary was founded in 1839 by the Rhode Island Association of Free Baptists. At the time, the Free Baptists already had two academies, one in
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and dining facilities, a library and reading room on the second floor, and a large room on the third floor which might serve as a
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fund may have caused financial difficulties for the institution, as it was unable to support itself through tuition revenue.
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published in 1968, says on page 34 that "The school finally failed for lack of a benefactor to succeed Mr. Winsor."
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in 1978. The buildings were also renovated in the 1970s and converted into apartments known as Scituate Commons.
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Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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After the close of the renamed Lapham Institute, the campus became the site of the
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island
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institution established in 1839 at the location of the modern Institute Lane in
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in 1863, it closed in 1876. The site was then used as the campus of the
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A History of Public Education in Rhode Island, from 1636 to 1876
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A History of Public Education in Rhode Island, from 1636 to 1876
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The Pentecostal Collegiate Institute in North Scituate, 1905.
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In addition to its connections to what would later become
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Lapham Institute
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property

Smithville Seminary is located in Rhode Island
Smithville Seminary is located in the United States
Scituate, Rhode Island
41°50′03″N 71°34′59″W / 41.8342°N 71.5830°W / 41.8342; -71.5830
Russell Warren (architect)
Smithville-North Scituate
ID79000003
78003446
Freewill Baptist
Smithville-North Scituate, Rhode Island
Pentecostal Collegiate Institute
Watchman Institute
National Register of Historic Places

knoll
chapel
dormitories
Russell Warren
Greek Revival
New England
Pentecostal Collegiate Institute
Watchman Institute
National Register of Historic Places

New Hampshire

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