Temple Israel (Lafayette, Indiana)

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Temple Israel
Temple Israel in Lafayette front and side.jpg
The former synagogue and church, in 2009
Religion
Affiliation
Ecclesiastical or organisational status
Status
  • Closed(as a synagogue);
  • Repurposed and abandoned
Location
Location17 South 7th Street, Lafayette, Indiana
CountryUnited States
Locator map of Tippecanoe County, Indiana.svg
Red pog.svg
Location of the former synagogue, now church, in Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Geographic coordinates 40°25′0″N86°53′16″W / 40.41667°N 86.88778°W / 40.41667; -86.88778
Architecture
Type Synagogue architecture
Style
FounderAhavas Achim Congregation
General contractor Jacob Welschbillig
Date established1849 (as a congregation)
Completed1867
Temple Israel
Arealess than one acre
NRHP reference No. 82000080
Added to NRHPFebruary 19, 1982
[1] [2]

Temple Israel is a historic former Reform Jewish synagogue, located at Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, in the United States. Its 1867 building is one of the oldest synagogue buildings in the United States. [3] Deconsecrated as a synagogue in 1969, the most recent use of the building was as a Unitarian church.

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History

The congregation, called Ahavas Achim Congregation, was formed on April 27, 1849, the second Jewish congregation organized in Indiana. [4] [5] In 1874 it became a founding member of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. [6] The congregation moved to its third and present location on Cumberland Avenue in West Lafayette. [6]

The Temple Israel building of 1866–1867, located at 17 South 7th Street, was renamed as Temple Israel in 1919. It is a two-story Rundbogenstil structure. [4] [7] The building was dedicated by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise.

The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [6] [8] [9]

In 1969 the building was sold to the American National Red Cross amd was purchased in 1976 by the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Greater Lafayette. [10] The UU congregation vacated this location in October 2007.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
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  4. 1 2 "Ellsworth Historic District, Lafayette City, Tippecanoe County, Lafayette IN 47901".
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