St. Mary's Church and Cemetery (Crompton, Rhode Island)
Appearance
(Redirected from Old St. Mary Church)
St. Mary's Church and Cemetery | |
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Location | Church Street, West Warwick, Rhode Island |
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Coordinates | 41°41′12″N 71°31′08″W / 41.68667°N 71.51889°W |
Built | 1844 |
Architectural style | Gothic, Celtic |
Website | https://stmaryswestwarwick.org |
NRHP reference No. | 78000065[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 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.
Description
[edit]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).
See also
[edit]- Catholic Church in the United States
- Catholic parish church
- Index of Catholic Church articles
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Kent County, Rhode Island
- Pastoral care
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Crompton". Archived from the original on 2008-07-11. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
- ^ "Home". dioceseofprovidence.org.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1845
- 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
- Buildings and structures in West Warwick, Rhode Island
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
- Churches in Kent County, Rhode Island
- Roman Catholic churches in Rhode Island
- National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Rhode Island