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The Temple
The Temple (Atlanta) is located in Atlanta
The Temple (Atlanta)
LocationAtlanta, Georgia
Built1931
ArchitectShutze, Philip
NRHP reference No.82002420
Added to NRHPSeptember 9, 1982[1]
Original temple (1875) on Forsyth Street

The Temple (formally, the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation) is a Jewish center in Atlanta, Georgia. The oldest Jewish congregation in Atlanta, the Hebrew Benevolent Society, was established in 1860 to serve the needs of German-Jewish immigrants. The Temple, designed by Philip Trammell Shutze in a Neoclassical style, was completed in 1931.

Previous temples of the congregation were located at:[2]

  • 1875–1902: Garnett and Forsyth Streets, downtown
  • 1902–1929: South Pryor and Richardson Streets, Washington-Rawson neighborhood southeast of downtown[3]

During the 1950s and 1960s The Temple became a center for civil rights advocacy. In response, white supremacists bombed The Temple on October 12, 1958, with no injuries. While arrests were made, there were no convictions. Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor Ralph McGill's outraged front-page column on the Temple bombing won a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing.[4]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=SE0UAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA390&ots=k4diSSUzQW&dq=temple%20richardson%20pryor%20atlanta&pg=PA390
  3. ^ photo after it had been converted into a Greek Orthodox Church
  4. ^ "The Temple". Atlanta: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. National Park Service. 2008-10-10.