Temple B'nai Shalom (Brookhaven, Mississippi)

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Temple B'nai Shalom
Religion
Affiliation Judaism (former)
Ecclesiastical or organisational status
OwnershipLincoln County Historical and Genealogical Society
StatusClosed(as a synagogue); Repurposed
Location
Location227 South Church Street, Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi
CountryUnited States
USA Mississippi relief location map.svg
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Location in Mississippi
Geographic coordinates 31°34′41″N90°26′48″W / 31.578088°N 90.446530°W / 31.578088; -90.446530
Architecture
Type Synagogue architecture
Style Moorish Revival
Date established1894 (as a congregation)
Completed1896
Materials Clapboard

Temple B'nai Shalom (transliterated from Hebrew as "Sons / Children of Peace") is a former synagogue in Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, in the United States. The building has been used as a history museum since 2009, operated as Lincoln County Historical and Genealogical Society Museum.

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History

The congregation formed in 1894; [1] and a synagogue building was erected at Chickasaw and South Church Streets in 1896. The synagogue was deconsecrated in 2009 [2] and the congregation donated the building to the Lincoln County Historical and Genealogical Society [3] to be used as a county history museum.

Architecture

The white clapboard building is notable for its Moorish Revival Horseshoe arch windows, and for a truncated tower that "references the porthole of an Islamic minaret" with a slender Horseshoe arch window. [4]

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References

  1. Turitz, Leo; Turitz, Evelyn (1983). Jews in Early Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 113. ISBN   978-0-87805-178-6 via Google Books.
  2. "About Us". Lincoln County Historical and Genealogical Society. Retrieved January 3, 2023.[ dead link ]
  3. laura (July 19, 2016). "Lincoln County Historical Museum". Visit Brookhaven Mississippi. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  4. Stolzman, Henry; Stolzman, Daniel (2004). Synagogue Architecture in America: Faith, Spirit & Identity (Illustrated ed.). Images Publishing. p. 129. ISBN   9781864700749.