| Monument Name: | The Gaston Tomb |
| Location: | Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Dedicated To: | William Gaston |
| Coordinates: | 32.0451°N -81.05°W |
The Gaston Tomb (also known as the Stranger's Tomb) is a tomb in Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia. It was built in memory of William Gaston, a prominent merchant in Savannah who died in 1837. The tomb was built seven years later, initially in Savannah's Colonial Park Cemetery. It was moved to Bonaventure in 1873.[1] [2]
The tomb, which stands immediately inside the cemetery's gates, was used as a temporary resting place for visitors to Savannah who died while in the city. It allowed time for the relatives of the deceased to make arrangements for their burial.[3]
Gaston, nicknamed The Perfect Host, was initially interred in New York Marble Cemetery in Manhattan, but was later removed to the tomb at the request of William Ker, Gaston's nephew.