189 Coming Street (Coming Street Cemetery)

Coming Street Cemetery

Coming Street Cemetery

Name/Title

189 Coming Street (Coming Street Cemetery)

Entry/Object ID

COMING.189.1

Scope and Content

Established in 1762, the cemetery is an approximately one-acre site between Morris and Cannon Streets. A perimeter stuccoed brick wall, part of it original, is an important feature of the site. Contains some 600 marble and brownstone gravestones, most dating from the last half of the 18th century or first half of the 19th century. The first burial dates from 1762. Includes many box tombs, table-top tombs, obelisks, and columns, several of them fine examples of late-18th and 19th century gravestone art, and many signed by prominent local sculptors. Also known as Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Congregational Cemetery. File contains National Register of Historic Places registration form; newspaper article; correspondence related to KKBE's application for a planning grant to fund preservation/conservation efforts (3 letters, 1995). No photos on file. Image in this record from document in the Property File.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

COMING.189.

Source or Donor

189 Coming Street (Coming Street Cemetery)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Coming Street, Radcliffeborough and Cannonborough, Jewish cemeteries, Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.)

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 File Folder

Archive Notes

Finding Aids: Index to Property Files Level of Description: Folder

Location

Location

Shelf

Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Container

PF Box 31

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Created By

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Create Date

April 24, 2007

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023