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The Hebrew Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, also known as Hebrew Burying Ground, and previously the Jew's Burying Ground, dates from 1816. This Jewish cemetery, one of the oldest in the United States, was founded in 1816 as successor to the Franklin Street Burial Grounds of 1789.
8. März 2006 · Richmond’s Hebrew Cemetery, the oldest Jewish cemetery in continuous use in the South, was established on Shockoe Hill in 1816 by Virginia’s first Jewish congregation. Occupying 8.4 acres today, its graves include the capital area’s leading Jewish merchants, civic leaders, rabbis and their families, as well as a significant ...
The Franklin Street Burial Grounds, founded in 1791, was the first Jewish cemetery in Virginia and continues to be maintained by the Hebrew Cemetery Company. Hebrew Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register in 2006.
The cemetery expanded several times from 1871 to 1920, including a separate addition south across Hospital Street. By then, control of the site had been transferred to the Beth Ahabah congregation, which continues to care for the site. Hebrew Cemetery now holds over 2,600 burials.
The congregation maintains the Hebrew Cemetery of Richmond, including the Cemetery for Hebrew Confederate Soldiers, as well as the original site of the 1789 Franklin Street Burial Grounds, which was the first Jewish cemetery in Virginia. Beth Ahabah Museum.
About. Get directions 300 Hospital Street. Richmond , Virginia , USA. Coordinates: 37.55175, -77.42976. www.bethahabah.org/heritage/hebrew-cemetery/ Cemetery ID: 173295. Members have Contributed. 3,055 Memorials. 86% photographed. 3% with gps. About these numbers. Photos. Added by Shock. Added by Always with Love. See 9 more. Cemeteries. Region.
The first Jewish cemetery in Virginia was the Franklin Street Burying Ground, at 21st and Franklin Streets in Richmond. It was established in 1791 by K.K. Beth Shalome, the first synagogue in Richmond and Virginia. It was quickly filled.
