Roger Williams Park Mausoleum, Cranston, Rhode Island

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Location: Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Surnames/tags: Rhode Island Cemeteries

Roger Williams Park Mausoleum is located in Cranston, Rhode Island. It contains 4 floors of crypts, with a total of 800.

Contents 1 General Information 2 History 3 Notable Interments 4 More Information 4.1 Table of Interments

General Information

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Cemetery name: Roger Williams Park Mausoleum

Address: Cyr Street

GPS Coordinates: 41.78509, -71.40358

History

This mausoleum is abdandoned, vandalized and likely needs to be torn down. I believe it's beyond repair. The mausoleum was built in 1926 and operated by Thomas Cullinan, and after he passed away, his daughters Helen and Katherine inherited it. There are about 500 people entombed within (investigation continues). After the death of the Cullinan sisters in 2000 and 2002, the building was placed in receivership and in January 2005 it was condemned as structurally unsound by the city of Cranston. While the city has tried to secure the building, vandals continue to enter and destroy those entombed here. The mausoleum, though it sits beside Oakland Cemetery, is not part of the cemetery.

7/18/2012: From: https://www.wpri.com/target-12/timeline-long-legal-battle-over-mausoleum-goes-nowhere/ The legal entity that owned the mausoleum, Roger Williams Park Mausoleum Inc., is officially dissolved, and all remaining books & records are ordered destroyed.

Notable Interments

This section is optional. Are there any notable interments located at the cemetery? War heroes? Political figures? Even local historical figures count in this area (location namesakes, etc.). This section should contain no more than 5-6 profile links. If you need more room, why not start a new Free-space page for the notable interments and just provide a general description of the types of notables one may find buried here?

More Information

This should be a bulleted list of links/resources for the cemetery itself, such as the cemetery category where profiles are attached, the cemetery's website (if available), a link to the FindAGrave cemetery page, a Wikipedia entry for the cemetery?

• Roger Williams Park Mausoleum on FindAGrave
• News Article on the old history
• 400 still entombed at crumbling Cranston mausoleum as break-ins continue

Table of Interments

Surname	First Names	Birth	Death	Age	Notes
Adams	Albert Abner Adams	8 Nov 1873	4 Oct 1932
Adams	George Nathan Adams	19 Jan 1864	21 Sep 1938
Ahlborg	Lars Ahlborg	26 Feb 1863	18 Jun 1941
Thurston	Everett Thurston	10 Dec 1913	23 Oct 1975