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In 1843 Amasa Sprague, a textile entrepreneur, was beaten to death near what is now St. Ann Cemetery. His alleged murderer, John Gordon, was the last person executed in Rhode Island. [1] By the turn of the 20th century, the city was home to various thriving businesses and industries, attracting large numbers of European immigrants.
Roughly bounded by Windsor Rd., Narragansett Bay, Circuit Dr., and Broad St.; E. side of Narragansett Blvd. between Windsor Rd. & Ocean Ave. 41°46′14″N 71°23′27″W / 41.770556°N 71.390833°W / 41.770556; -71.390833 ( Edgewood Historic District-Taft Estate
The Edgewood Historic District–Anstis Greene Estate Plat is a residential historic district in the Edgewood neighborhood of eastern Cranston, Rhode Island.The 34-acre (14 ha) area is bounded on the west by Broad Street, the east by Narragansett Bay, the south by Rosewood Avenue, and on the north by Marion Avenue, where it abuts the Edgewood Historic District-Shaw Plat.
This list of cemeteries in Rhode Island includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Cranston, formerly known as Pawtuxet, is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The official population of the city in the 2020 United States Census was 82,934, making it the second-largest city in the state. The center of population of Rhode Island is located in Cranston. [6] Cranston is a part of the Providence metropolitan ...
Volunteers clear debris from the State Farm Cemetery Annex grounds in Cranston on Saturday. The 1,049 headstones bear only numbers instead of the names of the poor and often mentally ill people ...
A special master is now in charge of the Oakland Cemetery in Cranston as he works with a group of volunteers to prepare it for a revenue-less future.
The Norwood Avenue Historic District is a residential historic district in Cranston and Providence, Rhode Island. It includes all the properties along Norwood Avenue between Broad Street in Cranston and Green Boulevard (the eastern edge of Roger Williams Park) in Providence. It is lined with houses built mostly between 1890 and 1930 in the ...