Emmanuel Shearith Israel Chapel

Last updated

Emmanuel Shearith Israel Chapel
Sheerit Israel Synagogue, University of Colorado Denver.jpg
USA Colorado location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location1201 10th St., Denver, Colorado, United States
Coordinates 39°44′39″N105°0′12″W / 39.74417°N 105.00333°W / 39.74417; -105.00333
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1876
NRHP reference No. 69000041 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 1, 1969

The Emmanuel Gallery is an art gallery and historic building at 1205 10th Street in Denver, Colorado, United States, on the Auraria Campus.

The gallery is housed in Denver's oldest surviving church building and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Emmanuel Shearith Israel Chapel. It was built in 1876 as an Episcopal church, on the site of a Sunday School building that was erected in 1859. In 1903, it was bought by the Shearith Israel congregation and converted to serve as a Jewish synagogue, which it was until 1958. [2] [3]

It was the first official Denver landmark established by ordnance of Denver's city council, on January 10, 1968. [4]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. [1]

It has served as an art gallery since 1973. [5]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Auraria, Denver</span> Early neighborhood in Denver, Colorado

Auraria was a small mining settlement in the Kansas Territory in the United States. Today it survives in its original location as a neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, south of the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Colorado State Capitol</span> State capitol building of the U.S. state of Colorado

The Colorado State Capitol Building, located at 200 East Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado, United States, is the home of the Colorado General Assembly and the offices of the Governor of Colorado, Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, and the Colorado State Treasurer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Auraria Campus</span> Academic campus in Denver, Colorado, home to three higher education institutions

Auraria Campus is an educational facility located near downtown Denver, Colorado in the United States. The campus houses facilities of three separate universities and colleges: the University of Colorado Denver, Community College of Denver (CCD), and Metropolitan State University of Denver. In 2017, there were approximately 54,812 students between the three schools, with rapid growth projected over the following few years. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic and declining enrollment, the collective student population in 2022 was approximately 38,000, with an additional 5,000 faculty and staff.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grace Church (Manhattan)</span> Church in New York, United States

Grace Church is a historic parish church in Manhattan, New York City which is part of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. The church is located at 800–804 Broadway, at the corner of East 10th Street, where Broadway bends to the south-southeast, bringing it in alignment with the avenues in Manhattan's grid. Grace Church School and the church houses—which are now used by the school—are located to the east at 86–98 Fourth Avenue between East 10th and 12th Streets. In 2021, it reported 1,038 members, average attendance of 212, and $1,034,712 in plate and pledge income.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Paul's Chapel</span> United States historic place

St. Paul's Chapel is a chapel building of Trinity Church, an episcopal parish, located at 209 Broadway, between Fulton Street and Vesey Street, in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Built in 1766, it is the oldest surviving church building in Manhattan, and one of the nation's finest examples of Late Georgian church architecture.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jacques Benedict</span> American architect

Jules Jacques Benois Benedict was one of the most prominent architects in Colorado history, whose works include a number of well-known landmarks and buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Evans Memorial Chapel</span> Oldest continuously-used religious building in Denver

The Evans Memorial Chapel is an historic chapel on the campus of the University of Denver in Colorado. It is the oldest continuously-used building for religious purposes in Denver. Completed in 1878, the Evans Memorial Chapel was built with patronage by John Evans in honor of his daughter Josephine. Evans was governor of the Colorado Territory and a founder of the Colorado Seminary. Once part of Grace Church, a prominent Methodist Episcopal congregation on 13th Avenue and Bannock in downtown Denver, the small Gothic Revival chapel was moved to the University of Denver's campus in 1959. It reopened there in April 1960, and is now the campus's oldest building. It currently serves as an interdenominational chapel and wedding venue.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Temple Emanuel (Denver)</span> Reform Jewish congregation and historic synagogues in Denver, Colorado, US

The Temple Emanuel, also known as Congregation Emanuel, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 51 Grape Street, in Denver, Colorado, in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel (Washington, D.C.)</span> United States historic place

The Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel, also known as the Renwick Chapel or James Renwick Chapel, is a historic building in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. Designed by James Renwick Jr. in 1850, Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel is the architect's only known example of Gothic Revival church architecture in Washington, D.C. It is located on the highest ridge in Oak Hill Cemetery, near the intersection of 29th and R Streets NW. The chapel is one of two structures in Oak Hill Cemetery listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the other being the Van Ness Mausoleum. The chapel, mausoleum, and cemetery are contributing properties to the Georgetown Historic District, a National Historic Landmark.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emmanuel Church (Greenwood, Virginia)</span> Historic church in Virginia, United States

Emmanuel Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Greenwood in Albemarle County, Virginia. Emmanuel Episcopal Church is a parish church in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edward Albert Palmer Memorial Chapel and Autry House</span> Historic building in Texas, United States

The Edward Albert Palmer Memorial Chapel and Autry House is a two-part building complex located at Rice University in Houston, Texas. It houses the James L. Autry House, which was built in 1921 by the Episcopal Church as a community center for the university.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. John's Episcopal Church (Portland, Oregon)</span> Historic building in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

Oaks Pioneer Church, formerly known as St. John's Episcopal Church, in southeast Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon is a non-denominational one-story chapel listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1851, it was added to the register in 1974. It is the oldest intact church building in Oregon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Burnham Hoyt</span>

Burnham Hoyt was a prominent mid-20th-century architect born in Denver, Colorado.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christ Methodist Episcopal Church</span> Historic church in Colorado, United States

The Christ Methodist Episcopal Church in Denver, Colorado, also known as Scott Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church at 2201 Ogden Street. It was built in 1889 and was added to the National Register in 1976.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">All Saints Episcopal Church (Denver)</span> Historic church in Colorado, United States

The All Saints Episcopal Church in Denver, Colorado, later known as Chapel of Our Merciful Saviour, is a historic church at 2222 W. 32nd Avenue. It was built in 1890 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Frederick Albert Hale was an American architect who practiced in states including Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. According to a 1977 NRHP nomination for the Keith-O'Brien Building in Salt Lake City, "Hale worked mostly in the classical styles and seemed equally adept at Beaux-Arts Classicism, Neo-Classical Revival or Georgian Revival." He also employed Shingle and Queen Anne styles for several residential structures. A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Merrill H. Hoyt was a prominent American architect, business man and leader in the building design community of Denver, Colorado from 1910 to 1933.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Murdoch (architect)</span> Scottish-born American architect

James Murdoch (1844–1914) was "an important architect in Denver in the late 19th and early 20th centuries". Several of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). At least two of his works have been designated Denver landmarks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">All Saints' Episcopal Church (Austin, Texas)</span> Historic Episcopal church in Austin, Texas

All Saints' Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal parish church in Austin, Texas, United States. Built in 1899 on the edge of the University of Texas at Austin campus, the church has long-standing connections with the university's student body and faculty. The chapel was a project of Episcopal Bishop George Herbert Kinsolving, whose crypt is located under the church. It has been designated as a City of Austin Historic Landmark since 1980 and a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark since 2014, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Robert Fink (October 23, 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Emmanuel Shearith Israel Chapel / Emmanuel Episcopal Chapel". National Park Service . Retrieved July 1, 2016. with Two photos
  3. www.ahec.edu/campus/landmarks.htm, Archive.org, 2011.
  4. List of landmarks Archived September 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (PDF document).
  5. About, Emmanuel Gallery.