Hope Village is located on a bend in the North Pawtuxet River in the southeastern corner of Scituate.

Surviving industrial and residential buildings in the Historic District date back to the early 19th century.

Hope Village radiates out from the center with houses on several smaller side streets in a compact configuration.

Currently there is little commercial or industrial activity in Hope Village and none in the Historic District.

The present stone mill building on the south side of Hope Village was built in 1844 by Brown & Ives of Providence, expanded in 1871 and modified in 1910.

Hope Furnace stopped production around 1801, and the property was sold to Silvanus Hopkins in 1806.

The Hope mill property has been in receivership since 2008 (except for the period of January to August 2010) and has been badly neglected since 2010.