Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries

Cemetery Number	PV035
Town	PROVIDENCE
Cemetery Name	STATE HOME & SCHOOL CEMETERY
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Location	[REMOVED TO GRACE CHURCH CEMETERY]
State	RI
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Inscriptions	14
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Last seen date?	1957
Newest	1905
Oldest	1886
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Comment	Was located at 610 Mt. Pleasant Ave. until 1957 when it was removed to Grace Church Cemetery. See Providence Journal December 6, 1957, the remains of 13 burials were moved, 8 with headstones. The school was established by the State of Rhode Island in 1885 on what was the Obadiah Brown farm. The cemetery was for burial of children at the school. There is a fenced enclosure. Recorded by the DAR in 1940 Those who died after 1910 are from DCYF records. In 1998 this is the East Campus of RI College
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