Because the Jewish section at the Old City Cemetery was running out of space in 1890, the synagogue acquired three acres adjoining Evergreen Cemetery for Jewish burial. A makeshift fence was placed around the cemetery to set it apart from non- Jewish graves—a traditional Jewish practice. On April 16, 1890, Morris Cohen, a child, became the first person buried in the new Hebrew Cemetery. Ahavath Chesed later released part of this cemetery to B'nai Israel, the historic Orthodox congregation founded in 1901, now the Jacksonville Jewish Center.

Information courtesy of Florida Division of Historical Resources, a division of the Florida Department of State.