Mapping Jewish Charleston

1 Holocaust Memorial

Marion Square, corner of Calhoun and Meeting streets

2 Judah P. Benjamin Memorial

Dock Street Theatre Courtyard, 135 Church Street

3 Willard Hirsch Sculpture, City Hall Park

City Hall Park, Washington Square, corner of Meeting and Broad streets

4 Francis Salvador Memorial, City Hall Park

City Hall Park, Washington Square, corner of Meeting and Broad streets

5 Henry Berlin Block

114 King Street

6 Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Holy Congregation House of God)

90 Hasell Street

7 College of Charleston

66 George Street

8 Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Covenant of Peace House of Israel)

182 Rutledge Avenue

9 Sonny Goldberg Way

445 King Street

10 Sokol Family Block

510 King Street

11 Engel Street

Engel Street, corner of Carolina Street

12 Reuben M. Greenberg Municipal Building

180-B Lockwood Boulevard

13 Charleston Jewish Federation

176 Croghan Spur

14 Jewish Community Center

Charleston, SC

15 Eruv (pl. Eruvin)

South Windermere

16 South Windermere Minyan House

8 Lord Ashley Drive

17 William Ackerman Park

55 Sycamore Avenue

18 Addlestone Hebrew Academy

1675 Raoul Wallenberg Boulevard

19 Congregation Dor Tikvah (Generation of Hope)

1645 Raoul Wallenberg Boulevard

20 Sherman House

1635 Raoul Wallenberg Boulevard

21 Synagogue Emanu-El (God Is With Us)

5 Windsor Drive

22 Sam Rittenberg Boulevard

Northbridge Park, Highway 7

23 Jerry Zucker Middle School

6401 Dorchester Road, North Charleston

24 Center for Jewish Life

477 Mathis Ferry Road, Mt. Pleasant, SC

Sokol Family Block

510 King Street

In April 2018, the stretch of King Street between Mary and Reid streets was dedicated as Sokol Family Block by Mayor John Tecklenburg and members of city council, in honor of the family that had been in business at 510 King Street from 1919 to 2015.

Sokol Family Block

Sokol Family Block

Photo by Jack Alterman.
Dedication ceremony

Dedication ceremony

Photo by Dale Rosengarten.
Dedication ceremony

Dedication ceremony

Freida Sokol, Mayor John Tecklenburg, Joe Sokol (l to r), with the Sokols' grandsons Elliot Nakios (holding sign) and Theo Nakios. Photo by Dale Rosengarten.
Side entrance, Reid Street

Side entrance, Reid Street

Morris Sokol Furniture. Courtesy of Freida L. Sokol.
Morris Sokol Furniture, ca. 1930

Morris Sokol Furniture, ca. 1930

Courtesy of Freida L. Sokol.