Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery

Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery
National Register of Historic Places
The cemetery in 2009
location	147 Wordsworth Street, East Boston , Massachusetts , United States
Coordinates	42 ° 22 '57 "  N , 71 ° 0' 52.5"  W Coordinates: 42 ° 22 '57 "  N , 71 ° 0' 52.5"  W.
surface	0.97 ha
Built	1844
architect	John A. Hasty
Architectural style	Neo-gothic (chapel)
NRHP number	08000795
The NRHP added	August 19, 2008

The Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery is a historic Jewish cemetery in East Boston , Massachusetts . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a listed building .

history

In 1844, Boston's first Jewish community in Brookline, Massachusetts received permission from Boston City Council to buy land for burials.

The Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery was the first officially established Jewish cemetery in the state of Massachusetts. The Jews of Boston used to be buried in other cemeteries, such as Touro Cemetery in Rhode Island . In 1996 the cemetery became the property of the Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts .

In 2008, the Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the first Jewish cemetery.

Mourning hall

In the cemetery is the oldest surviving Jewish mourning hall in Massachusetts. It was inaugurated in 1903. The neo-Gothic building is currently being converted into a museum by the Mystic River Jewish Project .

photos

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  South side of the mourning hall

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  West view of the mourning hall

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  The cemetery with trees

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  Graves

See also

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in northern Boston

Web links

Commons : Ohabei Shalom Cemetery  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery . Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts
• Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery , Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved March 13, 2009.
2. ^ First Jewish Cemetery in Massachusetts Voted to National Register of Historic Places. Jewish Cemetery Association, accessed March 19, 2013 . 
3. ^ The Boston Jewish Immigration History Project. Jewish Cemetery Association, accessed March 19, 2013 .