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Jewish Life is a South Carolina historical marker in Summerville, Dorchester County, dedicated 2017.

Dorchester County · dedicated 2017 · Hutchinson Square, Summerville, Summerville

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Front: Summerville became a renowned health resort in the late 1800s. Many Jewish merchants, drawn to the bustling settlement, set up shop in Hutchinson Square. Among the first were Philip Wineman, a pharmacist from England, and Saul Alexander, a tailor from Ukraine. On Short Central Samuel Lynch and his son, Seymour, became major property and business owners. Twentieth-century stores included Kramer’s Pharmacy, Barshay’s, Seymour’s, and Wolper’s Dorchester Jewelers. Reverse: Among other Jewish family names in Summerville were Lazarus, Bernstein, Meyers, Epstein, Bornstein, Mirmow, and Friedberg. Seymour’s, one of the last remaining Jewish-owned stores in town, closed in 1997. In the second half of the 20th century descendants of Jewish merchants moved to larger cities, but their legacy endures. The Saul Alexander Foundation has funded parks in the town as well as cultural and educational organizations in the Lowcountry.

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under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s

what this marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years here

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History

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