Locality:
Realty Map: 713-7130112 Cultural Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map:
Grid Locus: J-9 Elevation: 980 feet
UTM Easting: 597380 Aspect: South
UTM Northing: 4128080
Site Dimensions: 135 by 285 feet
Survey Description: Site consists of a large, active
cemetery associated with the conservative Beth Israel synagogue. The cemetery contains 255 interments most of
which are marked with formal, inscribed granite or marble markers. One grave is marked with a large piece of
rose quartz and another is marked with what appears to be only a marker base. Graves of children are clustered along the
southwest edge of the cemetery. One
unmarked depression may represent a child’s burial. Also along the southwest side are marked
interments for “sacred books and objects.”
Graves are oriented to the northeast.
Site is well maintained, is covered with grass, and contains a variety
of evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs.
A stone wall marks southeast border, a wooded area lines the northwest
border, a wood fence and evergreens mark the northeast border, and the
southwest border abuts the northeast border of the
Surveyed By: T. Klatka & D. Richardson
Survey Date: 10/97
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: _x_Yes ___No
Reference(s):
1986
Additional Comments: Assigned temporal period based on death dates observed on headstones. These dates range from 1913 through the present. The cemetery files in the City of Roanoke Library Virginia Room contain documentation for a 1987 survey of this cemetery. The file includes names, birth dates, and death dates transcribed from the headstones. The RVHS (1986: 13-14) report contains biographical information transcribed from 16 grave markers which predate 1920. During the 1997 survey no attempt was made to transcribe inscriptions on all of the grave markers.