Dr. R. Christopher Goodwin is known for his technologically advanced and detailed historic preservation work. Holding a PhD in archaeology, Dr. R. Christopher Goodwin has been commissioned for a variety of intriguing survey projects, such as diving on shipwrecks and evaluating historical cemeteries.
One cemetery survey project in Connecticut involved a detailed review of types of cemeteries, their histories, and their styles of grave markers and iconography. Five cemeteries also were assessed to determine whether they qualified for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
One such cemetery that met the criteria for nomination: Stonington Cemetery in Stonington, Connecticut, encapsulates the history of the town and its residents from all spectra of local society during the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.an array of national and local history in laying people to rest. It also portrays the trajectory of funerary art and architecture during its period of significance
Stonington Cemetery began as family plots for two families important to the founding and settlement of the town. It was expanded into a larger rural garden cemetery with contemporary memorials as Stonington Cemetery was envisioned as a green space for passive recreation and quiet contemplation. It memorializes numerous town leaders, sea captains from the heyday of the historic triangular trade with the West Indies, African American residents and even paupers, although the latter' graves are unmarked. It also contains several noteworthy and architecturally worthy mausoleums.
One cemetery survey project in Connecticut involved a detailed review of types of cemeteries, their histories, and their styles of grave markers and iconography. Five cemeteries also were assessed to determine whether they qualified for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
One such cemetery that met the criteria for nomination: Stonington Cemetery in Stonington, Connecticut, encapsulates the history of the town and its residents from all spectra of local society during the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.an array of national and local history in laying people to rest. It also portrays the trajectory of funerary art and architecture during its period of significance
Stonington Cemetery began as family plots for two families important to the founding and settlement of the town. It was expanded into a larger rural garden cemetery with contemporary memorials as Stonington Cemetery was envisioned as a green space for passive recreation and quiet contemplation. It memorializes numerous town leaders, sea captains from the heyday of the historic triangular trade with the West Indies, African American residents and even paupers, although the latter' graves are unmarked. It also contains several noteworthy and architecturally worthy mausoleums.
