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| area =| built = 1846Horace Cleveland>H. W. S. Cleveland| architecture =| added = October 5, 1977| refnum = 77000007{{NRISref|2007a}}| increase_refnum = 78003445}}|name=Swan Point Cemetery|established=1846|size_acre=200|size_km2=|Key People=|location=585 Blackstone Boulevard, East Side, Providence, Rhode Island|country=United States|website=Cemetery website}}{{Short description|Historic cemetery in Providence County, Rhode Island, US}}Swan Point Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Established in 1846 on a 60-acre (0.24 km2) plot of land, it has approximately 40,000 interments.WEB,swanpointcemetery.com/history.php, Celebrating life since 1846, 2013-11-23, Swan Point Cemetery was established in 1846 on a 60-acre tract of land bordering The Neck Road (now The Old Road) and extending easterly to the shore of the Seekonk River. ...,

History

The cemetery was first organized under the Swan Point Cemetery Company, with a board of trustees. In 1858, a new charter was developed to make the cemetery administration non-profit, and it was taken over by a group known as the Proprietors of Swan Point Cemetery. In 1886, landscape architect H. W. S. Cleveland was hired to redesign the area. It is a cemetery park with its design inspired by the landscape of the first rural garden cemetery in the United States, Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Among the first to make use of a tract of land within the cemetery was the First Congregational Society (now First Unitarian Society). They moved several interments from older plots in Providence to Swan Point. Over the years additional land acquisition has expanded the cemetery to {{convert|200|acre|km2}}, and is still open to new interments today.The Swan Point Cemetery is widely considered to be the most prominent cemetery in Rhode Island due to the number of well known citizens of the state buried there. There are more governors, senators and congressmen buried there than any other cemetery in Rhode Island.Swan Point Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is one of the two largest cemeteries in Providence with the other one being the North Burial Ground.

Notable interments

{{See also|Category:Burials at Swan Point Cemetery}}Swan Point has the burials of many notable Rhode Island figures:

• Rachel Blodgett Adams, 1921 Ph.D., mathematician
• David Aldrich, American artistWEB,www.lahistoryarchive.org/resources/SWAN_POINT/tour.html, A History of Swan Point Cemetery, Swan Point Cemetery, March 26, 2014,
• Nelson W. Aldrich, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, grandfather of Vice President Nelson RockefellerWEB,bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000083, Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth, (1841–1915), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, March 26, 2014,
• Richard Steere Aldrich, U.S. Congressman, son of Nelson W. AldrichWEB,bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000084, Aldrich, Richard Steere, (1884–1941), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, March 26, 2014,
• Henry B. Anthony, Governor of Rhode Island, and President pro tempore of the U.S. SenateWEB,bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=a000262, Anthony, Henry Bowen, (1815–1884), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, March 26, 2014,
• Lemuel H. Arnold, U.S. Congressman, Governor of Rhode IslandWEB,bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000291, Arnold, Lemuel Hastings, (1792–1852), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, March 26, 2014,
• Richard Arnold, Union army general{{Citation needed|date = March 2014}}
• Sullivan Ballou, state politician, Civil War officer killed in action at the Battle of Bull Run, whose love letter to his wife was featured in Ken Burns’s The Civil WarWEB,www.lahistoryarchive.org/resources/SWAN_POINT/tour.html, A History of Swan Point Cemetery

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• David L. Barnes, U.S. District judge, litigant in West v. Barnes{{Citation needed|date = March 2014}}
• Bathsheba A. Benedict, (1809–1897), abolitionist and philanthropist, and benefactor of Benedict College
• Augustus Osborn Bourn (1834–1925), Businessman and politician, Governor of Rhode Island 1883–1885
• Charles R. Brayton, Civil War officer, Postmaster of Providence and long time Republican political boss
• Ambrose Burnside, Major General in the Civil War, Governor of Rhode Island and U.S. Senator
• Adin Ballou Capron, U.S. CongressmanWEB,bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000135, Capron, Adin Ballou, (1841–1911), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, March 26, 2014,
• Malcolm Greene Chace (1875–1955), industrialist, hockey innovator, and amateur tennis playerWEB, Burial Information,swanpointcemetery.com/burial-information-genealogy.php, Swan Point Cemetery, Swan Point Cemetery, 19 August 2015,
• Malcolm Greene Chace Jr., (1904–1996) chairman of Berkshire Hathaway during the 1960s
• Malcolm Greene Chace III (1934–2011), board of directors of Berkshire Hathaway 1992–2007
• George Coby (1883 - 1967), Georgian/American industrialist, chemist and philanthropist. Inventor of first electrical Christmas tree lights, waterproof concrete and construction grade glass bricks.
• George Henry Corliss, inventor of the Corliss steam engine
• Helen Metcalf Danforth (1887–1984) university president.WEB, Danforth,rihistoriccemeteries.org/newgravedetails.aspx?ID=397235, 2022-03-06, Rhode Island Historic Cemeteries, RI Historic Cemetery Commission,
• Jane Anthony Davis, American painterBOOK, Gerard C. Wertkin, Encyclopedia of American Folk Art,archive.org/details/isbn_9780415929868, registration, 2004, Routledge, 978-1135956141,
• Thomas Davis, U.S. CongressmanWEB,bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000135, Davis, Thomas, (1806–1895), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, March 26, 2014,
• Thomas Wilson Dorr, Political reformer, revolutionary and Governor of Rhode Island
• Sarah Elizabeth Doyle, Educator and reformer.WEB,swanpointcemetery.com/notable-people.php, Notable Persons Interred at Swan Point Cemetery, Swan Point Cemetery, June 1, 2014,
• Thomas Arthur Doyle, long-serving mayor of Providence
• Elisha Dyer, Governor of Rhode IslandWEB,swanpointcemetery.com/notable-people.php, Notable Persons Interred at Swan Point Cemetery, Swan Point Cemetery, March 26, 2014,
• Elisha Dyer Jr., Governor of Rhode Island, Mayor of ProvidenceBOOK, Spencer, Thomas E., Where They’re Buried: A Directory Containing More Than Twenty Thousand Names of Notable Persons Buried in American Cemeteries, with Listings of Many Prominent People who Were Cremated, 1998, Genealogical Publishing Com, 432,books.google.com/books?id=eLWao2lIGTEC&q=Elisha+Dyer+Jr.+swan+point+cemetery&pg=PA432, 978-0806348230,
• Benjamin Tucker Eames, U.S. CongressmanBOOK, Spencer, Thomas E., Where They’re Buried: A Directory Containing More Than Twenty Thousand Names of Notable Persons Buried in American Cemeteries, with Listings of Many Prominent People who Were Cremated, 1998, Genealogical Publishing Com, 296,books.google.com/books?id=eLWao2lIGTEC&q=Elisha+Dyer+Jr.+swan+point+cemetery&pg=PA432, 978-0806348230,
• C. M. Eddy Jr., author
• Theodore Foster, U.S. SenatorWEB,bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000313, Foster, Theodore, (1752–1828), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, March 26, 2014,
• Albert Gallup, U.S. CongressmanBOOK, Spencer, Thomas E., Where They’re Buried: A Directory Containing More Than Twenty Thousand Names of Notable Persons Buried in American Cemeteries, with Listings of Many Prominent People who Were Cremated, 1998, Genealogical Publishing Com, 239,books.google.com/books?id=eLWao2lIGTEC&q=Elisha+Dyer+Jr.+swan+point+cemetery&pg=PA432, 978-0806348230,
• Lucius F. C. Garvin, Governor of Rhode Island
• Darius Goff, Pawtucket businessman and textile mill owner.
• Daniel L. D. Granger, U.S. Congressman
• Theodore F. Green, Governor of Rhode Island and U.S. Senator
• William S. Hayward, Mayor of Providence
• Robert Henri, American painter and teacher{{Citation needed|date = March 2014}}
• William Warner Hoppin, Governor of Rhode Island
• Charles Tillinghast James, U.S. SenatorWEB,bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000046, James, Charles Tillinghast, (1805–1862), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, March 26, 2014,
• Thomas Allen Jenckes, U.S. Congressman
• William Jones, Governor of Rhode Island
• Herbert W. Ladd, Governor of Rhode IslandWEB,sos.ri.gov/archon/?p=collections/controlcard&id=849, Governor Herbert W. Ladd (1843–1913), Papers of, 1872–1912, State of Rhode Island, March 26, 2014,
• Benedict Lapham, industrialist, philanthropistWEB,www.lahistoryarchive.org/resources/SWAN_POINT/tour.html, A History of Swan Point Cemetery, Swan Point Cemetery, March 26, 2014,
• Oscar Lapham, U.S. CongressmanWEB,bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000093, Lapham, Oscar, (1837–1926), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, March 26, 2014,
• Charles W. Lippitt, Governor of Rhode Island
• Frederick Lippitt, Philanthropist
• Henry Lippitt, Governor of Rhode Island
• Henry Frederick Lippitt, U.S. SenatorWEB,bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000343, Lippitt, Henry Frederick, (1856–1933), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, March 26, 2014,
• Alfred Henry Littlefield, Governor of Rhode Island
• H. P. Lovecraft, American author
• Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf (1830–1895), founder and director of a university.WEB, Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf,riheritagehalloffame.com/Helen-Metcalf/, 2022-03-06, Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, en-US,
• Jesse Houghton Metcalf, U.S. SenatorWEB,bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000670, Metcalf, Jesse Houghton, (1860–1942), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, March 26, 2014,
• Seth Padelford, Governor of Rhode Island
• Charles H. Page, U.S. CongressmanWEB,bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000015, Page, Charles Harrison, (1843–1912), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, March 26, 2014,
• Vahram Papazyan, Olympic runner{{Citation needed|date = March 2014}}
• Whipple Van Buren Phillips, businessman
• Eliza Greene Metcalf Radeke (1854–1931), university president.
• D.W. Reeves (1838–1900), bandleader known as “father of band music in America“WEB, Swan Point burial information,swanpointcemetery.com/burial-information/, Swan Point Cemetery, 15 July 2021,
• Elisha Hunt Rhodes, Union Civil War veteran featured prominently in Ken Burns’s The Civil War
• Horatio Rogers Jr., Attorney General of Rhode Island and Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice
• James Y. Smith, Mayor of Providence and Governor of Rhode IslandBOOK, Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men of Rhode Island,archive.org/details/biographicalcycl00nati, 1881, National Biographical Publishing Co, Providence, 360,
• William Sprague III, Governor of Rhode Island and U.S. Senator
• William Sprague IV, Governor of Rhode Island and U.S. Senator
• Margaret Bingham Stillwell, bibliographer and librarian
• Alfred Stone, Providence architect
• Royal C. Taft, Governor of Rhode IslandWEB,www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mabiog/Worcester_County/taftroyalc.htm, Royal Chpin Taft, Ancestry.com, March 26, 2014,
• George William Whitaker (1840–1916), the “Dean of Providence Painters”

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island
• List of cemeteries in Rhode Island

References

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External links

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• Swan Point Cemetery official website
• {{GNIS|type=retired|1904325}}
• {{Find a Grave cemetery}}

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