St. Mary's Church and Cemetery (Crompton, Rhode Island) explained

St. Mary's Church and Cemetery
Coordinates:41.6867°N -71.5189°W
Location:Church Street,
West Warwick, Rhode Island
Built:1844
Architecture:Gothic, Celtic
Added:November 21, 1978
Refnum:78000065
Website:https://stmaryswestwarwick.org

St. Mary's Church and Cemetery is a historic Roman Catholic church building and cemetery in Crompton, a village of West Warwick, Rhode Island.

Description

The neo-Gothic building was constructed in 1844. The building is the oldest Catholic church still in use in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence.[1] [2] The church building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Notable burials include Civil War Medal of Honor recipient Charles Hawkins (1834/35–1908), Pro-football player Frank Maznicki (1920–2013), and MLB player Mike Roarke (1930–2019).

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Crompton . 2008-05-16 . 2008-07-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080711034208/http://www.ri.net/schools/West_Warwick/Pagemill_Data/crompton.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Home . dioceseofprovidence.org.