Swan Point Cemetery

Established in 1846 on Providence's East Side, Swan Point grew from a 60-acre plot to 200 acres and holds more governors, senators, and congressmen than any other cemetery in Rhode Island. Landscape architect H. W. S. Cleveland redesigned the grounds in 1886, drawing on the rural garden cemetery tradition. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, it remains an active cemetery — which means the dead here include H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Burnside, and Sullivan Ballou, whose Civil War letter became something larger than history.