Coming Street Cemetery
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 by Sephardi Jews and is the oldest Jewish burial ground in the South.Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina, United States
- Also known as: “Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Cemetery”
- Address: 189 Coming Street, Charleston, SC 29403
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Central Baptist Church and James Sparrow House.
Central Baptist Church
Church
Photo: Ammodramus, CC0.
Central Baptist Church is a historic Southern Baptist church at 26 Radcliffe Street in Charleston, South Carolina. The Central Baptist Church was completed in 1893 and is considered the first church in Charleston founded and constructed entirely by African-Americans. Central Baptist Church is situated 820 feet southeast of Coming Street Cemetery.
James Sparrow House
House
Photo: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The James Sparrow House is a Charleston single house in the late Federal style. It is named for a Charleston butcher who acquired the property at 65 Cannon St. in 1797. James Sparrow House is situated 490 feet west of Coming Street Cemetery.
Brith Sholom Beth Israel Synagogue
Photo: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brith Sholom Beth Israel Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Charleston, South Carolina. Its congregation was founded in 1852, and its current location has been in use 1948. Brith Sholom Beth Israel Synagogue is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Coming Street Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charleston and Wilson’s Farm.
Charleston
Charleston is the largest and oldest city in the state of South Carolina in the United States of America. Its historic downtown is on a peninsula formed by two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, flowing into the Atlantic, and protected from the open ocean by surrounding islands.
Wilson’s Farm
Neighborhood
Wilson's Farm is a neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. By 1746, a 55-acre tract of the upper Charleston peninsula had been subdivided from a larger parcel and sold to John Drayton who used the land as a farm known as "Pickpocket." In 1757, 52-acres were transferred to Andrew Faesch and Peter Guinard.
Hampstead Village
Quarter
Hampstead Village is a neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina in the US, also known as the Eastside or the East Side. A prominent merchant, Henry Laurens, bought several tracts totaling 99 acres where Hampstead Village is today.
Coming Street Cemetery
- Categories: Jewish cemetery, historic site, and burial
- Location: Charleston County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.78994° or 32° 47′ 24″ northLongitude
-79.943° or 79° 56′ 35″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Inception
1762Open location code
8742Q3Q4+XQOpenStreetMap ID
way 284927112OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q5151952
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In Other Languages
“Coming Street Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות ברחוב קומינג (צ’ארלסטון)”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות ברחוב קומינג”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cannon Street Baptist Church and The Adams Building–Reid House.
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