Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim

Beth Elohim ) is a historic synagogue located at 90 Hasell (pronounced as if it were spelled Hazel ) Street in Charleston, South Carolina . The synagogue was founded in the 1740s and is one of the oldest synagogues in the United States . In 1824 Beth Elohim became the first American congregation to follow the Reform movement that had originated in Germany , and is therefore sometimes considered to be the originator of Reform Judaism in the United States. The present Greek Revival building was built in 1840 and is the second oldest synagogue building in continuous use in the United States. The Coming Street Cemetery , owned by the Congregation, is listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places. National Register of Historic Places . National Register Properties in South Carolina listing . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . National Park Service. : Check date values in: |date= ( help ) and

One of the oldest Jewish congregations in the US United States historic place Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim ( , also known as K. Beth Elohim , or more simply Congregation Beth Elohim ), founded in 1749, is one of the oldest Jewish congregations in the United States. The congregation is nationally significant as the place where ideas resembling Reform Judaism were first evinced. It meets in an architecturally significant 1840 Greek Revival synagogue located at 90 Hasell (pronounced as if it were spelled Hazel ) Street in Charleston, South Carolina . It was designed by Cyrus L. National Register of Historic Places .

One of the oldest Jewish congregations in the US For similarly named synagogues, see Beth Elohim . United States historic place Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim ( , also known as K. Beth Elohim , or more simply Congregation Beth Elohim ) is a Reform Synagogue located in Charleston, South Carolina . Having founded the congregation in 1749, it was later claimed to be the first Reform synagogue located in the United States, the current 1841 synagogue was built by enslaved African descendants owned by David Lopez Jr, a prominent slaveowner and proponent of the Confederate States of America , after the original synagogue was destroyed in a fire in 1838. It is one of the oldest Jewish congregations in the United States. The congregation is nationally significant as the place where ideas resembling Reform Judaism were first evinced. It meets in an architecturally significant 1840 Greek Revival synagogue located at 90 Hasell (pronounced as if it were spelled Hazel ) Street in Charleston, South Carolina . It was designed by Cyrus L. National Register of Historic Places . US Department of the Interior .

One of the oldest Jewish congregations in the US For similarly named synagogues, see Beth Elohim . Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim ( Hebrew : קהל קדוש בית אלוהים , lit. ' Holy Congregation House of God ' , also known as K. Beth Elohim , or more simply Congregation Beth Elohim ) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located in Charleston , South Carolina , in the United States. Having founded the congregation in 1749, it was later claimed to be the first Reform synagogue located in the United States. The congregation's first synagogue, in the Georgian Revival style, was built in 1793–1794 and destroyed in an 1838 fire that ravished Charleston's central business district, impacting 500 properties over approximately 150 acres (61 ha). The current architecturally significant Greek Revival synagogue located at 90 Hasell Street, completed in 1840, was designed by Cyrus L. Warner and built by enslaved African descendants owned by David Lopez Jr , a prominent slaveowner and proponent of the Confederate States of America . The congregation is one of the oldest Jewish congregations in the United States. The congregation is nationally significant as the place where ideas resembling Reform Judaism were first evinced. National Register of Historic Places . Preservation Society of Charleston .