Temple Adath Israel (Owensboro, Kentucky)

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]

Temple Adath Israel
Front and southern side
Location429 Daviess St., Owensboro, Kentucky
Coordinates37°46′18″N 87°6′34″W
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1877
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Eclectic
MPSOwensboro MRA
NRHP reference No.86000761[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 28, 1986

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]

See also

Media related to Temple Adath Israel (Owensboro, Kentucky) at Wikimedia Commons

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.


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