Temple Chapel/North Tiverton Baptist Church
Temple Chapel was erected in 1867 by Spaulding Southworth of Fall River, financed by popular subscription. It is a one-story, frame church building, set gable end to the road, with a triple lancet window in the facade and a square tower at the right side near the front. The entry is at the front in a square, truncated tower. It was dedicated in 1868 and known as Benefit Hall. It was used as a meeting place by the Quakers and the Y.M.C.A. In 1885, this meeting place came under notice of Reverend George Giles, pastor of the Baptist Temple in Fall River. Under his influence, the building was moved to its present site on land donated by Benjamin C. Borden and rededicated as Temple Chapel. Regular Sunday services were put into practice by Rev. Giles, serving alternative Sundays with Reverend Herman Watjen. Prior to this, Reverend J.C. Wightman traveled from Stone Bridge in Tiverton to Benefit Hall to hold services on Wednesday evenings.
In 1900, a Christian Endeavor Society was formed at the Chapel, which helped the congregation both spiritually and financially. Student pastors from Brown University served the Chapel from 1891 until around 1916. The Baptist Temple of Fall River discontinued its support and guidance of the Chapel in 1916, causing it to be changed to the North Tiverton Baptist Church in May of that year. The Town also supported this Chapel, renting a portion of the building as a school room for two years beginning in September of 1916.
The congregation grew and shrank over the years, until it grew so much that more space was needed and in 2008 it moved to the church farther north on Main Road left by the First Primitive Methodist Church which had disbanded. Since then, the building has been vacant.