Hope Village Historic District is a historic mill village located in Scituate, Rhode Island. Roughly bounded by the Pawtuxet River, Hope Furnace Rd., Hope Mill Pond, North Rd., White Ln., Harrington and Potter Sts.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 08, 1995.
The heart of the village is a mill that was owned by the Brown brothers and the Hopkins family.
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