Baxter Cemetery
Brett Cochran
Cemetery Operations Manager
216.593.2900 x209
Information
Organization Information
- The Bohemian Jewish Cemetery Association was founded in 1873 and in 1877 purchased property on Baxter Street. The congregation met in private homes but in 1883 had a temple on E. 40th Street. As their members moved away from the center of the city the number of people using the synagogue dropped dramatically and after thirty-five years disbanded.
- The last burial was in 1942. When the congregation disbanded in 1918, there was no longer an official caretaker for the cemetery. Interested individuals tried maintaining the cemetery on their own, but it soon was in a state of disrepair. At that point (mid 1950's-1960) the Jewish Federation agreed to care for the plot; it continues to do so.
Excerpts above taken from "CEMETERIES of Northeast Ohio" by Vicki Blum Vigil
- Contact Info:
Brett Cochran
Cemetery Operations Manager
216.593.2900 x209
- Address:
- Osmond @E. 65th St. off Broadway
Cleveland, OH 44105
View in Google Maps - Email Address:
- bcochran@jcfcleve.org
- Categories:
- Other Information:
Baxter Cemetery has 89 burials and is maintained by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. The cemetery is surrounded by a fence with a locked gate. Family members or visitors wishing to gain access to the cemetery should call the Federation.
Location(s)
Location(s)
- Location Name:
- Baxter Cemetery
- Address:
- Osmond @E. 65th St. off Broadway
- Cleveland
- OH
- 44105
- View in Google Maps
- Contact:
- Brett Cochran
- Cemetery Operations Manager
- Phone Number
- 216.593.2900 x209
- Fax Number
- 216.593.2901
- bcochran@jcfcleve.org
