Coming Street Cemetery Explained

Coming Street Cemetery
Location:189 Coming St., Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates:32.7897°N -79.9428°W
Area:less than one acre
Built:1762
Added:November 05, 1996
Refnum:96001223

The Coming Street Cemetery is located at 189 Coming Street, in Charleston, South Carolina.[1] [2] 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. Burials in the Coming Street Cemetery are now restricted to the few vacancies in the adjacent family plots. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

The Coming Street cemetery is a private burial ground owned by Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue and a donation is requested in order to be given a tour of the cemetery.[3]

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  1. Web site: Ziff . Stephen . Coming Street Cemetery. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . December 6, 1995 . 11 June 2012.
  2. Web site: Coming Street Cemetery, Charleston County (189 Coming St., Charleston) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 11 June 2012.
  3. Web site: Visit -> Cemeteries - Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim. 2020-08-05. www.kkbe.org.