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]

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. Archived from the original on January 3, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  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.