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Historic site in Brooklyn, New York United States historic place
Beth Olam Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location2 Cypress Hills St., Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates40°41′26″N 73°52′48″W / 40.69056°N 73.88000°W / 40.69056; -73.88000
Area12.37 acres (5.01 ha)
Built1851
NRHP reference No.16000254
Added to NRHPMay 16, 2016

The Beth Olam Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, New York, United States. It is located in the city's Cemetery Belt, bisected by the border between Brooklyn and Queens.

It is a rural cemetery in style, and was started in 1851 by three Manhattan Jewish congregations: Congregation Shearith Israel (Spanish Portuguese) on West 70th Street, B'nai Jeshurun on West 89th Street, and Temple Shaaray Tefila on East 79th Street.

In 1882, Calvert Vaux was commissioned to design a small, red brick Metaher house or place of purification and pre-burial eulogies, near the entrance to the Shearith Israel section, and also designed its gates. It is the only religious building that Vaux, the co-designer of Central Park, is known to have designed. Many mausoleum windows are made with Tiffany stained glass and LaFarge bronze doors.

The burial ground contains many examples of architecture and funerary art.

Notable burials

See also

References

  1. "Beth Olam Cemetery". National Park Service. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  2. "Cemeteries". Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  3. "Beth Olam Cemetery". Billion Graves. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  4. Marena Wisniewski; Jennifer Betsworth (January 2016). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Beth Olam Cemetery / The Fourth Spanish and Portuguese Cemetery (with 32 photos from 2015)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  5. ^ Kaufman, May (April 22, 2019). "Thief Steals $30K In Mausoleum Items From Jewish Cemetery: Report". patch.com. Patch. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  6. ^ Dwyer, Jim (May 21, 2010). "163 Years Later, a President Visits to Say Thank You". The New York Times. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  7. "Congregation Shearith Israel – America's First Jewish Congregation –Beth Olam Cemetery". shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  8. "700 Pay Tributes at Mendes Rites – Simple Funeral Is Held for Rabbi Emeritus of Shearith Israel Congregation – Service As He Directed – No Praise of Him Is Uttered and Body Is Left in Room Next to 'Auditorium Built for God'". The New York Times. October 25, 1937. p. 22. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
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  10. "5,000 at Funeral for M. J. Stroock" (PDF). The New York Times. Vol. LXXXI, no. 26943. New York. 31 October 1931. p. 17.

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