Temple_Adath_Israel_(Owensboro,_Kentucky)

Temple Adath Israel (Owensboro, Kentucky)

Temple Adath Israel (Owensboro, Kentucky)

Reform synagogue in Owensboro, Kentucky, US

For similarly named synagogues, see Adath Israel.

Temple Adath Israel (transliterated from Hebrew as "Congregation of Israel"[2]: 138 ) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 429 Daviess Street, in Owensboro, Kentucky, in the United States.

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The congregation was formed in 1858.[2]: 152 

Built in 1877,[2]: 138  the Moorish Revival façade of the modest building features a Gothic Revival-arched door flanked by a pair of Gothic-arched windows punctuated by four pilasters. These are surmounted with molded capitals and fanciful embellishments and the whole is topped by a whimsical row of four, small, onion domed turrets.[3][4]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in March 1986.[5] It is among the oldest synagogue buildings in the United States.[6]

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References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. [2]
    Weissbach, Lee Shai (1995). "The Synagogues of Kentucky: Architecture and History". Architecture. University Press of Kentucky. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  3. [3]
    Shevitz, Amy Hill (2007). Jewish Communities on the Ohio River: A History. University of Kentucky Press. p. 191.
  4. [4]
    Carbone, Cristina (2012). Esperdy, Gabrielle; Kingsley, Karen (eds.). "Temple Adath Israel, [Owensboro, Kentucky]". SAH Archipedia. Charlottesville: Society of Architectural Historians and University of Virginia Press. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
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    "Temple Adath Israel". Archiplanet. Retrieved March 31, 2009.
  6. [6]
    Gordon, Mark W. (1996). "Rediscovering Jewish Infrastructure: Update on United States Nineteenth Century Synagogues". American Jewish History. 84 (1) (2019 update ed.): 11–27.

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