Magnolia Cemetery (Mobile, Alabama)
Magnolia Cemetery is a historic city cemetery located in Mobile, Alabama. Filled with many elaborate Victorian-era monuments, it spans more than 100 acres (40 ha). It served as Mobile's primary, and almost exclusive, burial place during the 19th century. It is the final resting place for many of Mobile's 19th- and early 20th-century citizens. The cemetery is roughly bounded by Frye Street to the north, Gayle Street to the east, and Ann Street to the west. Virginia Street originally formed the southern border before the cemetery was expanded and now cuts east–west through the center of the cemetery. Magnolia contains more than 80,000 burials and remains an active, though very limited, burial site today.
Neoclassical-style statuary monument for Eliza Bleecker.
A portion of the Jewish Rest section, with graves inscribed in English and Hebrew.
The Confederate Rest monument, surrounded by the graves of 1100 Confederate war dead.
The Greek Revival-style Wilson Mausoleum.
Congregation Sha'arai Shomayim (Mobile, Alabama)
Congregation Sha'arai Shomayim, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 1769 Springhill Avenue, in Mobile, Alabama, in the United States. Organized in 1844, it is the oldest Jewish congregation in Alabama, and one of the oldest in the United States. The current synagogue for the congregation is the Springhill Avenue Temple.
The Springhill Avenue synagogue building, in 2003
The second synagogue, on Jackson Street, in 1900; used by the congregation from 1857 to 1907.
The former synagogue on Government Street, in c. 1910; used by the congregation from 1907 to 1952.