Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue, located at 90 Hassell Street, was founded as a Sephardic Orthodox congregation in 1749, making it the fourth oldest Jewish congregation in the United States. In 1824, petitions to change the Sephardic Orthodox liturgy were denied, leading to the resignation of liberal congregants, led by Isaac Harby and Abraham Moise, who, influenced by the Hamburg Reform Congregation in Germany, and organized The Reformed Society of Israelites. This pioneering movement of Reform Judaism led to KKBE’s role as one of the founding synagogues of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, now Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), in 1873. The current colonnaded building, constructed in 1840 by David L. Lopez to the Greek Revival design of architects Tappan and Noble and work plans by Cyrus L. Warner, is the second oldest synagogue building in the United States and the oldest in continuous use. It replaces the 1794 cupolated Georgian style temple destroyed during the great Charleston fire of 1838. The iron fence surrounding the temple survives from the original construction, as do the bases of two menorahs on either side of the Bimah.
National Register #78002499 (1978)
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Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue, located at 90 Hassell Street, was founded as a Sephardic Orthodox congregation in 1749, making it the fourth oldest Jewish congregation in the United States. In 1824, petitions to change the Sephardic Orthodox liturgy were denied, leading to the resignation of liberal congregants, led by Isaac Harby and Abraham Moise, who, influenced by the Hamburg Reform Congregation in Germany, and organized The Reformed Society of Israelites. This pioneering movement of Reform Judaism led to KKBE’s role as one of the founding synagogues of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, now Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), in 1873. The current colonnaded building, constructed in 1840 by David L. Lopez to the Greek Revival design of architects Tappan and Noble and work plans by Cyrus L. Warner, is the second oldest synagogue building in the United States and the oldest in continuous use. It replaces the 1794 cupolated Georgian style temple destroyed during the great Charleston fire of 1838. The iron fence surrounding the temple survives from the original construction, as do the bases of two menorahs on either side of the Bimah.
National Register #78002499 (1978)
Tags: Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue David L. Lopez David Lopez Greek Revival Tappan and Noble Tappan & Noble C. L. Warner Cyrus L. Warner Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Congregation Beth Elohim Beth Elohi King St Historic District King Street Historic District South of Calhoun Charleston County South Carolina Charleston Historic District Charleston Old and Historic District U.S. National Historic Landmark District National Historic Landmark District National Register of Historic Places US National Register of Historic Places synagogue temple KKBE Charleston SC NRHP landmark
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue, located at 90 Hassell Street, was founded as a Sephardic Orthodox congregation in 1749, making it the fourth oldest Jewish congregation in the United States. In 1824, petitions to change the Sephardic Orthodox liturgy were denied, leading to the resignation of liberal congregants, led by Isaac Harby and Abraham Moise, who, influenced by the Hamburg Reform Congregation in Germany, and organized The Reformed Society of Israelites. This pioneering movement of Reform Judaism led to KKBE’s role as one of the founding synagogues of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, now Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), in 1873. The current colonnaded building, constructed in 1840 by David L. Lopez to the Greek Revival design of architects Tappan and Noble and work plans by Cyrus L. Warner, is the second oldest synagogue building in the United States and the oldest in continuous use. It replaces the 1794 cupolated Georgian style temple destroyed during the great Charleston fire of 1838. The iron fence surrounding the temple survives from the original construction, as do the bases of two menorahs on either side of the Bimah.
National Register #78002499 (1978)
Tags: Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue David L. Lopez David Lopez Greek Revival Tappan and Noble Tappan & Noble C. L. Warner Cyrus L. Warner Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Congregation Beth Elohim Beth Elohi King St Historic District King Street Historic District South of Calhoun Charleston County South Carolina Charleston Historic District Charleston Old and Historic District U.S. National Historic Landmark District National Historic Landmark District National Register of Historic Places US National Register of Historic Places synagogue temple KKBE Charleston SC NRHP landmark
Hymans Seafood, sprawling across a row of commercial buildings on Meeting Street dating from the mid to late 19th century, was started as Southern Wholsale, a wholesale dry goods company, in 1890 by Jewish immigrant Wolf Maier Karesh. In 1924, his son-in-law, Herman Hyman, took over the business and changed the name to Hyman's Wholsale Company, which was passed onto a third generation with Wolf Maier Heyman, who continued the dry goods business until 1986. At that point, fourth generation brothers Eli and Aaron Hyman changed the name to Hyman's Seafood and Aaron's Deli and have operated the restaurant and provisions stores there under that name since.
Tags: Hyman's Seafood South of Calhoun Charleston County South Carolina Charleston Historic District Charleston Old and Historic District Charleston SC
Hymans Seafood, sprawling across a row of commercial buildings on Meeting Street dating from the mid to late 19th century, was started as Southern Wholsale, a wholesale dry goods company, in 1890 by Jewish immigrant Wolf Maier Karesh. In 1924, his son-in-law, Herman Hyman, took over the business and changed the name to Hyman's Wholsale Company, which was passed onto a third generation with Wolf Maier Heyman, who continued the dry goods business until 1986. At that point, fourth generation brothers Eli and Aaron Hyman changed the name to Hyman's Seafood and Aaron's Deli and have operated the restaurant and provisions stores there under that name since.
Tags: Hyman's Seafood South of Calhoun Charleston County South Carolina Charleston Historic District Charleston Old and Historic District Charleston SC