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

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St. Mary's Church and Cemetery
St. Mary's Church Roman Catholic in Crompton Rhode Island in the town of West Warwick RI.jpg
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LocationChurch Street,
West Warwick, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°41′12″N71°31′08″W / 41.68667°N 71.51889°W / 41.68667; -71.51889
Built1844
Architectural styleGothic, Celtic
Website https://stmaryswestwarwick.org
NRHP reference No. 78000065 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 21, 1978

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

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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. [2] [3] 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).

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Crompton". Archived from the original on July 11, 2008. Retrieved May 16, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Home". dioceseofprovidence.org.
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