Temple Adath Israel | |
Location | 429 Daviess St., Owensboro, Kentucky |
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Coordinates | 37°46′18″N87°6′34″W / 37.77167°N 87.10944°W |
Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
Built | 1877 |
Architectural style | Late Victorian, Eclectic |
MPS | Owensboro MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 86000761 [1] |
Added to NRHP | March 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]
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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