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Cemetery NumberNK094
TownNORTH KINGSTOWN
Cemetery NameSYLVESTER R. GARDINER
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LocationSCRABBLETOWN RD
StateRI
DirectionE
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Distance350
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Size in Feet45
Size in Feet50
Inscriptions3
Fieldstones1
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Exist?YES
Last seen date?2013
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Vandalism 
Veteran0
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CommentLocated 350 feet east of Scrabbletown Rd., behind #66. Lot is about 100' west Col. Rodman Highway, Route #4. Cemetery is adjacent ot lot #95. It is enclosed by a massive dressed stone wall, with an iron gate set between two granite posts. Cared for. The house and farm were owned by Sylvester R. Gardiner and later by J.S. Arnold during the last half of the nineteenth century. It was a dairy farm and at one time encompassed 125 acres. Recorded by Althea McAleer, Beatrix Hoffius, and Deby Nunes for a 1992 book on North Kingstown cemeteries.
Conditiongood
Enclosurestone wall
Gateiron gate
Growthgrass-well kept
Terrainlevel
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A