House of Peace Synagogue

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House of Peace Synagogue
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Location1000 Hampton Street, Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°0′15″N81°2′18″W / 34.00417°N 81.03833°W / 34.00417; -81.03833
Built1915
MPS Columbia MRA
NRHP reference No. 79003354 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 28, 1979

The House of Peace Synagogue is a former synagogue of the Beth Shalom Congregation in Columbia, South Carolina. [2] It was originally located at 1318 Park Street. [3] After the congregation moved in the 1935, the building was used for the Big Apple Club, which was an African-American night club. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1979. [1] [4] [5] In the early 1980s, the building was moved to its present location at the southeast corner of Hampton and Park Streets. [6] In 1993, it was purchased by the Historic Columbia Foundation and is called the Big Apple. [7]

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History

The first Jewish congregation in Columbia, Sharit Israel, met on Assembly Street. Their building was destroyed in the burning of Columbia in the Civil War. The Jewish community diminished after the war until Eastern European immigrants arrived later in the century. In 1896, the Reform Tree of Life synagogue was built. Because of religious differences, the Orthodox Jews in Columbia separated. In 1907, the Orthodox minyan met at a house at Park and Lady Streets that served as their first synagogue. They received a state charter in 1912. This first synagogue was destroyed in a fire in 1915. The new synagogue was built at the site. [8] By the late 1920s, they had outgrown this facility. [2] They moved to their third synagogue on 1719 Marion Street in early 1935. [5] [8] The congregation's synagogue is now at 5827 North Trenholm Road.

The second synagogue on Park Street was then used for the African-American night club called the Big Apple Club. At the club, a dance craze, which was named the Big Apple, was popularized. [5] [8] [9] [10] [11] Students from the University of South Carolina, who paid to watch from a balcony, learned the dance steps. Some of these students took the dance to the Roxy Club in New York in 1937. From there, the dance was briefly popular across the country. [5] [9] [10] [11]

After its use as a night club, the building was used by various commercial establishments. At the time of the preparation of the National Register of Historic Places nomination, it was used by a heating and air conditioning company. [3] [5] In the early 1980s, it was moved nearly two blocks to the corner of Hampton and Park Streets. In 1993, it was purchased by the Historic Columbia Foundation. It has been restored and is available for rental for special occasions. [7]

Architecture

The Big Apple building is two-story, wooden building with a metal gabled roof. At its Park Street site, it was on a raised brick basement. Built for a congregation that was largely Polish and Russian immigrants, it is an example of Eastern Jewish architecture. [5]

The entrance to the building is in a projecting central bay. The door is flanked by wooden pilasters and sidelights under a large arch with stained glass windows. On each side of the arch is a pair of tall narrow, stained glass windows with horseshoe arches. The sides of buildings have five windows with horseshoe arches. Some of [ clarification needed ] have been modified. The sides have pedimented gables with a rondelle. [3]

The interior has central recessed dome. When it was the Big Apple Club, the dome had neon lights shaped like the crescent moon and shooting stars. There is a balcony on the front side of the building. This was the spectator's gallery during operation as the night club. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Our Shul". About Us. Beth Shalom Synagogue (Columbia, South Carolina). Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "House of Peace Synagogue" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
  4. ↑ "House of Peace Synagogue, Richland County (Hampton & Park Sts., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Maxey, Russell; Historic Columbia Foundation (1980). South Carolina's Historic Columbia, Yesterday and Today in Photographs. Columbia, South Carolina: R.L. Bryan Company. pp. 214–215. ISBN   0-934870-02-0.
  6. ↑ "+34° 0' 15", -81° 02' 18"". Google Maps. Google Maps. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
  7. 1 2 "History". The Big Apple. Historic Columbia Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  8. 1 2 3 "History of Beth Shalom, Columbia, SC". Historical SC Sites. Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina. Archived from the original on 5 July 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  9. 1 2 Wilkinson, Jeff (August 27, 2003). "It helps identify and define our culture". The State. Columbia, South Carolina: The McClatchy Company. Archived from the original on 12 January 2004. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  10. 1 2 Guest, Dan. "Big Apple History". The Lindy Circle. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  11. 1 2 Edgar, Walter (2006). South Carolina Encyclopedia. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press. pp. 71–72. ISBN   1-57003-598-9.
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