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Coming Street Cemetery
Location: 189 Coming St., Charleston, South Carolina Coordinates: 32°47′23″N 79°56′34″W / 32.78972°N 79.94278°WCoordinates: 32°47′23″N 79°56′34″W / 32.78972°N 79.94278°W Built: 1762 Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 96001223[1] Added to NRHP: November 05, 1996 The Coming Street Cemetery is located at 189 Coming Street, in Charleston, South Carolina. This Jewish cemetery, one of the oldest in the United States was founded in 1762 and is the oldest Jewish burial ground in the South. Burials in the Coming Street Cemetery are now restricted to the few vacancies in the adjacent family plots.
The Coming Street cemetery is a private burial ground owned by Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue and is not open to the public.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
External links
- Historic Charleston's Religious and Community Buildings, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary
- Coming Street Cemetery
- Coming Street Cemetery at Find-a-Grave.com
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