Riverside Cemetery (Pawtucket, Rhode Island)
Riverside Cemetery | |
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| Location | Pawtucket, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°51′33″N 71°22′56″W / 41.85917°N 71.38222°W |
| Area | 34 acres (14 ha) |
| Built | 1874 |
| Architect | Dexter,Edward & Walter; Mowry,R. Smith |
| Architectural style | No Style Listed |
| MPS | Pawtucket MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 83003853 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 18, 1983 |
Riverside Cemetery is an historic cemetery at 745 Pleasant Street in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It occupies a parcel of land about 34 acres (14 ha) in size between Pleasant Street and the Seekonk River, and just north of the much larger Swan Point Cemetery in neighoring Providence. The cemetery was established in 1874, and is Pawtucket's instance of a rural cemetery.
The cemetery's creation was championed by John W. Davis, a local politician who later served two terms as Governor of Rhode Island, and was for many years the cemetery's resident manager, living in the cemetery manager's house, which was built around the time of the cemetery's founding.[2] The Cemetery has been run by descendents of John W. Davis since it's inception in 1874.
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Historic Resources of Pawtucket (PDF pages 134-137)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
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