Jewish Section of Riverdale Cemetery

Jewish Section of Riverdale Cemetery (HMF65)

Location: Columbus, GA 31901 Muscogee County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 26.949', W 84° 58.76'

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Side 1:
The earliest recorded Jewish burials in Columbus were in historic Linwood Cemetery and in the Raphael Moses family cemetery, Esquiline. When the City of Columbus established Riverdale Cemetery in 1890, Temple Israel purchased a piece of this property which became known as the "Jewish Section." City Council notes of October 8, 1891 show that Mr. H. Sternberg, Treasurer of Temple Israel, paid fifty dollars as the first installment for half of Section Two. In 1896, the Ladies Aid Society noted that the Temple voted for a fence to be erected around this section of Riverdale Cemetery.

Side 2:
Two other sections in Riverdale, both owned by the Shearith Israel Congregation, are also set aside for Jewish burials. A brick wall with a wrought iron gate, located on the northeast boundary of the property, marks one of these areas. Within its confines is the Kravtin Garden, given in 1997 in memory of Maurice Kravtin. Temple Israel and Shearith Israel still own and maintain all three Jewish sections. Many generations of prominent Columbus Jewish families are buried here.
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HM NumberHMF65
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Year Placed2009
Placed ByLawrence S. Rosenstrauch, Jr., Ann Rosenstrauch Kingsbury, the Historic Chattahoochee Commission, and the Historic Columbus Foundation, Inc. in memory of Laurette Rothschild Rosenstrauch
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, September 19th, 2014 at 4:03am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 689943 N 3592019
Decimal Degrees32.44915000, -84.97933333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 26.949', W 84° 58.76'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 26' 56.94" N, 84° 58' 45.60" W
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Area Code(s)706
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2-98 Martha Berry Hwy, Columbus GA 31901, US
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