 The tomb pictured in 2018 | |
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| Location | Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 32°02′42″N81°03′00″W / 32.04511°N 81.04999°W |
| Material | Marble |
| Completion date | 1844 |
| Dedicated to | William Gaston |
The Gaston Tomb (also known as the Stranger's Tomb) is a tomb in Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia. It was built in memory of William Gaston, a prominent merchant in Savannah who died in 1837. The tomb was built seven years later, initially in Savannah's Colonial Park Cemetery. It was moved to Bonaventure in 1873. [1] [2]
Standing immediately inside the cemetery's gates, one of the tomb's vaults was used as a temporary resting place for visitors to Savannah who died while in the city. It allowed time for the relatives of the deceased to make arrangements for their burial. [2] [3]
Gaston, nicknamed The Perfect Host, was initially interred in New York Marble Cemetery in Manhattan, but was later removed to the tomb at the request of William Ker, Gaston's nephew. [1] [2]