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Beth Ha-Chaim, Kronprindsensgade vicinity, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

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Beth Ha-Chaim, Kronprindsensgade vicinity, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

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Summary

Significance: A companion structure to the St. Thomas Synagogue at Krystal Gade 16A and B, the cemetery chapel is a simple but interesting structure. The Sephardic rites and traditions, which the St. Thomas congregation observe, require a separate building for funerals.
Survey number: HABS VI-14
Building/structure dates: 1837 Initial Construction

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1933 - 1970
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Toschi, Don, photographer
Overby, Osmund R, historian
Gardner, Philip E, historian
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charlotte amalie18.34190, -64.93070
Google Map of 18.3419004, -64.9307007
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