Union and S. Centre Sts, Cumberland, Maryland. County/parish: Allegany.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 15, 1979. NRIS 79001106.
1 contributing building.
B'er Chayim Temple (transliterated from Hebrew as "Well of Life", a metaphor in which Torah is likened to water) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Cumberland, Maryland, in the United States. As of 2008, B'er Chayim counted approximately 50 families as members.
B'er Chayim is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use as a synagogue in Maryland and the sixth oldest in the United States.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/106776000