Lloyd Street Synagogue

Lloyd Street Synagogue
Lloyd Street Synagogue
	Former Lloyd Street Synagogue
Religion
Affiliation	Reform Judaism (former); Orthodox Judaism (former);
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue (1885–1889); Church (1889–1905); Synagogue (1905–1963); Jewish museum (since 1963);
Ownership	Jewish Museum of Maryland
Status	Closed(as a synagogue);; Repurposed (as a museum);
Location
Location	11 Lloyd Street, Baltimore, Maryland
Country	United States
	Location of the former synagogue, now museum, in Baltimore, Maryland
Geographic coordinates	39°17′25.7″N76°36′4.5″W / 39.290472°N 76.601250°W
Architecture
Architect(s)	Robert Cary Long, Jr. ; William Reasin;
Type	Synagogue
Style	Greek Revival
General contractor	Messrs Curly and Sons
Date established	1830 (as a congregation)
Completed	1845
Construction cost	$20,000
Materials	Brick
	Lloyd Street Synagogue
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Baltimore City Landmark
	The former synagogue in 1958
Area	less than one acre
NRHP reference No.	78003142
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 19, 1978
Designated BCL	1971

Last updated July 26, 2024

The Lloyd Street Synagogue is a Reform and Orthodox Jewish former synagogue located on Lloyd Street, Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. The Greek Revival-style building is the third oldest synagogue building in the United States and was the first synagogue building erected in Maryland. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and designated as a Baltimore City Landmark in 1971.

History

The Lloyd Street Synagogue was built by the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, incorporated on January 29, 1830,^[3] as Nidche Yisroel.^[4] For the first fifteen years of its existence, services were held in a small room above a local grocery store. The Lloyd Street synagogue was dedicated by the Rev. S. M. Isaacs of New York and the Rev. Isaac Leeser of Philadelphia, together with the ministers of the congregation, Abraham Rice and A. Ansell (Anshel).^[4]

In 1889, the building was sold to The St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, a parish that served mainly immigrants from Lithuania, which used the building until 1905.^[5] In 1905, it was sold to congregation Shomrei Mishmeres HaKodesh, an Orthodox Jewish congregation of immigrants from Eastern Europe, which continued to use the building until 1963, when the building was threatened with demolition.^[3]^[6] The effort to preserve Lloyd Street was the impetus for the founding of the Jewish Historical Society of Maryland, now the Jewish Museum of Maryland.^[7]^[1]

Baltimore architects Robert Cary Long, Jr. and William Reasin designed the building in the fashionable Greek Revival style.^[3] Four doric columns support a classic pediment, all painted light pink. The body of the building is brick. The building is a near-twin of St. Peter the Apostle Church, designed by Long in 1842.

Lloyd Street Synagogue is the third oldest synagogue building in the United States (several earlier buildings are no longer standing). The two oldest synagogue buildings, both in active use, are the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island and Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue, in Charleston, South Carolina.^[8]

The building was designated as a Baltimore City Landmark in 1971, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978,^[1]^[2] and lies within the Baltimore National Heritage Area.^[9]

In 2011, archaeologists uncovered a mikveh under the synagogue. It is believed to be the oldest known mikveh in the United States.^[5]

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References

1 2 3 LeFaivre, Michele (1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lloyd Street Synagogue" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
1 2 3 ""Baltimore Travel Itinerary-The Lloyd Street and Chizuk Amuno Synagogues:. National Park Service. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
1 2 Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "BALTIMORE". The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
1 2 Roylance, Frank D. (February 13, 2011). "Jewish ritual bath found in Baltimore may be oldest in U.S." The Baltimore Sun.
↑ "History". Shomreimish Mishmeres.
↑ Bilitsky, Helen Mintz (February 2002). "The Jewish Traveler:Baltimore". Hadassah Magazine. Archived from the original on November 23, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
↑ Gordon, Mark W. (November 4, 2021). "Rediscovering Jewish Infrastructure: 2022 Update on United States Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Synagogues". American Jewish Historical Society . Retrieved February 22, 2023.
↑ "Lloyd Street Synagogue". Explore Baltimore. Baltimore Heritage Area Association. 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2024.

External links

Lloyd Street Synagogue, Baltimore City, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-190, " Lloyd Street Synagogue, Lloyd & Watson Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD ", 4 photos, 9 data pages, supplemental material
The Jewish Museum of Maryland website
Lloyd Street Synagogue – Explore Baltimore Heritage
National Park Service website

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[mht_ihp-1] 1 2 3 LeFaivre, Michele (1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lloyd Street Synagogue" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 4, 2024.

[nris-2] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nps-b30-3] 1 2 3 ""Baltimore Travel Itinerary-The Lloyd Street and Chizuk Amuno Synagogues:. National Park Service. Retrieved December 29, 2010.

[Jewish-4] 1 2 Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "BALTIMORE". The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Retrieved February 18, 2014.

[ritualbath-5] 1 2 Roylance, Frank D. (February 13, 2011). "Jewish ritual bath found in Baltimore may be oldest in U.S." The Baltimore Sun.

[6] "History". Shomreimish Mishmeres.

[7] Bilitsky, Helen Mintz (February 2002). "The Jewish Traveler:Baltimore". Hadassah Magazine. Archived from the original on November 23, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2008.

[8] Gordon, Mark W. (November 4, 2021). "Rediscovering Jewish Infrastructure: 2022 Update on United States Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Synagogues". American Jewish Historical Society . Retrieved February 22, 2023.

[9] "Lloyd Street Synagogue". Explore Baltimore. Baltimore Heritage Area Association. 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2024.

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