Historical Sites

Aiken
Adath Yeshurun
Erected by the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, 2014
Dedication photos

Anderson
Temple B’nai Israel
Erected by the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, 2013
Dedication photos

Barnwell
Solomon Blatt, Sr.
Dedicated 1986

Beaufort
Beth Israel Synagogue
Erected by the Beaufort County Historical Society, 2013

Charleston
Francis Salvador
Erected by the Historical Commission of Charleston, S.C., 1950

Hebrew Benevolent Society, St. Andrew’s Hall
Erected by St. Andrews Society of Charleston, S.C., 1947

Hebrew Orphan Society
Erected by the Historical Commission of Charleston, S.C., 1949

Columbia
Beth Shalom Whaley Street Cemetery
Erected by Historic Columbia and the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, 2016
Dedication photos and video

Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery
Erected by the Columbia Sesquicentennial Commission, 1938

Israelite Sunday School / Columbia’s First Synagogue
Erected by the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, Beth Shalom Synagogue, and Tree of Life Congregation, 2008
Dedication photos

The Big Apple
Erected by the City of Columbia, 1987

Tree of Life Synagogue
Erected by Historic Columbia and the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, 2016
Dedication photos

Visanska-Starks House
Erected by the Richland County Conservation Commission, 2007

Darlington
Darlington Hebrew Cemetery in Grove Hill Cemetery
Erected by the Grove Hill Cemetery Company, 2009

Edgefield
The Jewish Merchants of Edgefield

Florence
Beth Israel Congregation
Erected by Beth Israel Congregation, 2019

Georgetown
Beth Elohim Cemetery
Erected by the Georgetown County Historical Society, 1997

Greenville
Congregation Beth Israel
Erected by Congregation Beth Israel and the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, 2016
Dedication photos

Max Heller Legacy Plaza
Erected by Friends of Max on Main, 2009

Orangeburg
Jewish Life / Jewish Merchants
Erected by the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, 2015
Dedication photos

Rock Hill
Jewish Merchants of Rock Hill
Erected by the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina and the City of Rock Hill, 2023
Dedication photos

Summerville
Jewish Life
Erected by the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, 2017
Dedication photos

Sumter
Temple Sinai
Erected by the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, 2009
Dedication photos

Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina

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