Temple Adath Israel (Owensboro, Kentucky)

Temple Adath Israel
Temple Adath Israel
	Façade and southern side of the synagogue
Religion
Affiliation	Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Lay-led
Status	Active
Location
Location	429 Daviess Street, Owensboro, Kentucky
Country	United States
	Location in Kentucky
Geographic coordinates	37°46′18″N 87°6′34″W / 37.77167°N 87.10944°W
Architecture
Type	Synagogue
Style	Moorish Revival
Date established	1858 (as a congregation)
Completed	1877
Construction cost	$8,000
Specifications
Capacity	200 worshippers
Dome(s)	Four
Materials	Brick
Website
	templeadathisrael.net
	Temple Adath Israel
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
MPS	Owensboro MRA
NRHP reference No.	86000761
Added to NRHP	March 28, 1986

Temple Adath Israel (transliterated from Hebrew as "Congregation of Israel"^[2]^: 138) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 429 Daviess Street, in Owensboro, Kentucky, in the United States.

The congregation was formed in 1858.^[2]^: 152

Built in 1877,^[2]^: 138 the Moorish Revival façade of the modest building features a Gothic Revival-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.^[3]^[4]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in March 1986.^[5] It is among the oldest synagogue buildings in the United States.^[6]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Weissbach, Lee Shai (1995). "The Synagogues of Kentucky: Architecture and History". Architecture. University Press of Kentucky. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
^ Shevitz, Amy Hill (2007). Jewish Communities on the Ohio River: A History. University of Kentucky Press. p. 191.
^ Carbone, Cristina (2012). Esperdy, Gabrielle; Kingsley, Karen (eds.). "Temple Adath Israel, [Owensboro, Kentucky]". SAH Archipedia. Charlottesville: Society of Architectural Historians and University of Virginia Press. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
^ "Temple Adath Israel". Archiplanet. Retrieved March 31, 2009.
^ Gordon, Mark W. (1996). "Rediscovering Jewish Infrastructure: Update on United States Nineteenth Century Synagogues". American Jewish History. 84 (1) (2019 update ed.): 11–27.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[Weisbach2-2] Weissbach, Lee Shai (1995). "The Synagogues of Kentucky: Architecture and History". Architecture. University Press of Kentucky. Retrieved January 7, 2024.

[3] Shevitz, Amy Hill (2007). Jewish Communities on the Ohio River: A History. University of Kentucky Press. p. 191.

[4] Carbone, Cristina (2012). Esperdy, Gabrielle; Kingsley, Karen (eds.). "Temple Adath Israel, [Owensboro, Kentucky]". SAH Archipedia. Charlottesville: Society of Architectural Historians and University of Virginia Press. Retrieved January 6, 2024.

[5] "Temple Adath Israel". Archiplanet. Retrieved March 31, 2009.

[6] Gordon, Mark W. (1996). "Rediscovering Jewish Infrastructure: Update on United States Nineteenth Century Synagogues". American Jewish History. 84 (1) (2019 update ed.): 11–27.

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