Temple Adath Israel (Owensboro, Kentucky)
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Temple Adath Israel | |
Location | 429 Daviess St., Owensboro, Kentucky |
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Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
Built | 1877 |
Architectural style | Late Victorian, Eclectic |
MPS | Owensboro MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 86000761[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 28, 1986 |
Temple Adath Israel, is a synagogue in Owensboro, Kentucky. The Moorish Revival facade of the modest building features a gothic-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. The synagogue was built in 1877.[2]
It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3] It is among the oldest synagogue buildings still standing in the United States.[4]
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References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Amy Hill Shevitz, Jewish Communities on the Ohio River: A History, University of Kentucky Press, 2007 , p. 191.
- ^ Temple Adath Israel, Archiplanet website. Accessed March 31, 2009.
- ^ Mark W. Gordon, "Rediscovering Jewish Infrastructure: Update on United States Nineteenth Century Synagogues", American Jewish History, 84.1 (1996) 11-27.
Categories:
- Moorish Revival synagogues
- Buildings and structures in Owensboro, Kentucky
- Synagogues in Kentucky
- Reform synagogues in the United States
- Moorish Revival architecture in Kentucky
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
- Religious buildings completed in 1877
- Kentucky Registered Historic Place stubs
- United States synagogue stubs