Temple Adath Israel (Owensboro, Kentucky)

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Temple Adath Israel
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Location429 Daviess St., Owensboro, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°46′18″N87°6′34″W / 37.77167°N 87.10944°W / 37.77167; -87.10944
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1877
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Eclectic
MPS Owensboro MRA
NRHP reference No. 86000761 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 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]

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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

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Amy Hill Shevitz, Jewish Communities on the Ohio River: A History, University of Kentucky Press, 2007, p. 191.
  3. Temple Adath Israel, Archiplanet website. Accessed March 31, 2009.
  4. Mark W. Gordon, "Rediscovering Jewish Infrastructure: Update on United States Nineteenth Century Synagogues", American Jewish History, 84.1 (1996) 11-27. 2019 article update.