Kahal Kodosh Mikveh Israel

Kahal Kodosh Mikveh Israel is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, dedicated 1991.

313 Cherry St. at Orianna St., Philadelphia

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In 1782 this congregation built Philadelphia's first synagogue at this site. Established about 1740, it had first worshiped in rented quarters here. The congregation built a larger synagogue 1824, and has been elsewhere in the city since 1860.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1740 · 43. Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1752 · A map of Philadelphia and parts adjacent with a perspective view of the State-house… (Leiden University Libraries)
1753 · A map of Philadelphia and parts adjacent / by N. Scull and G. Heap. (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
1777 · A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia COLLBN 011-04-044 (Leiden University Libraries)
1779 · A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia : with the works and encampments of His… (Historical map archives, georeferenced via Allmaps)

43. Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali, 1740, covering the location of Kahal Kodosh Mikveh Israel, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — 43. Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali, 1740, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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