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The Church of the Holy Apostles in New York was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 for architectural significance. In January 2020, the site was amended with additional documentation to highlight the social significance the church had with the LGBTQ community throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
Chesapeake Bay
Corner of East Street and Prince George Street
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History is all around you where East Street and Prince George Street meet. The James Brice House is an example of 18th century Georgian architecture. The church across the street, now modern housing, was built as a mission chapel for St. Anne’s Episcopal Church and then served as a synagogue from 1919 through 1962. To the church’s right, this small home, the Creagh-Smith House, was built by colonial craftsman Patrick Creagh and later owned by two free African Americans.
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Biography of Roger Williams for the shared content people page
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Learn how Jewish Americans have shaped the history of the U.S.
National Historic Landmarks Program
Eldridge Street Synagogue in New York’s Lower East Side
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Eldridge Street Synagogue was built in 1887 for Congregation Kahal Adath Jeshurun, an Orthodox Jewish congregation made up primarily of immigrants from Russia and Eastern Europe. The synagogue illustrates the history of Orthodox Jewish immigration and community in New York City’s Lower East Side from the 1880s through the 1920s.
National Register of Historic Places Program
Building Community on the Great Plains: B’nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery
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B’nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery illustrate the history of Jewish immigration and community in North Dakota. The cemetery was established by the Jewish community of Grand Forks in 1888. The synagogue was designed in the Art Deco style in 1937 and is the second house of worship constructed by this congregation. Most of its founding members were immigrants from Russia and Eastern Europe. Both the synagogue and cemetery are in active use.
National Historic Landmarks Program
Trinidad's Temple Aaron
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Temple Aaron National Historic Landmark in Trinidad, Colorado, is nationally significant architecturally and in association with westward migration of Jewish immigrants from Europe. It is the second-oldest known synagogue in continuous use in its original location west of the Mississippi.
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
Bessie Lillian Gordy Carter
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Lillian Carter was the mother of the 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter.
National Historic Landmarks Program
Saint Thomas Synagogue
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St. Thomas Synagogue is a site with deep roots in the Hebrew Diaspora. It is one of five National Historic Landmarks (NHL) in the U.S. Virgin Islands and is the second-oldest synagogue in the United States.
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The Hahn Memorial is a structure within Roger Williams National Memorial. This article describes the building of it in the 1930s by a prominent judge in Rhode Island and person of Jewish heritage. It also references the inspiration that inspired its construction -- Roger Williams's belief in religious freedom.
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This Teaching with Historic Places lesson plan explores the history of Rhode Island's Touro Synagogue. Learn about the right to religious freedom and how it shaped America.
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
Podcast 025: Barry Stiefel on the Sustainability of Historic Preservation
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Kim Martin speaks with Barry Stiefel, Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences at the College of Charleston and Clemson University, to discuss sustainability in preservation.
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Special holiday foods made life at Fort Stanwix/Schuyler a little more tolerable during the cold winters of the American Revolution. Learn more about the ones that might've been seen and tasted here.
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Wohlner’s Neighborhood Grocery is a one-story brick commercial building constructed in 1920 for Ben Newman, a Jewish immigrant, to house his new grocery business. Newman’s business occupied the building until 1940, when another Jewish immigrant, Albert Wohlner, opened Wohlner’s Neighborhood Grocery, in the space. The Wohlner and Newman families immigrated from Russia/Belarus to Omaha, were successful in the grocery business, and became leaders in maintaining the rich culture
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The Jewish community established itself in the colonies as early as 1654, when refugees from Brazil immigrated to Manhattan. By the American Revolution, there were Jewish communities in most of the 13 colonies, with the largest population in Newport, Rhode Island. The festive cake recipe here is not 17th Century, but could easily be replicated using ingredients available to the colonies during that time period.
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"Green by day and dark by night," The Last Green Valley is the last stretch of dark night sky in the coastal sprawl between Boston and Washington, D.C. Spanning 35 towns in northeastern Connecticut and south-central Massachusetts, The Last Green Valley is surprisingly rural and uniquely historic. With 1,100 square miles that are still 77% forests and farms, the pastoral landscape is interspersed with powerful rivers, mill villages, and vibrant town centers.
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The Coming Street Cemetery, established in 1762, is the oldest Jewish burial ground in the South.
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St. John's Lutheran Church houses Charleston's oldest Lutheran congregation. Built from 1816 to 1818, the design of the church is attributed to well-known Charleston architect and church member Frederick Wesner.
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Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue, a National Historic Landmark, is the country's second oldest synagogue and the oldest in continuous use.
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The synangouge represents the rich Jewish history of the neighborhood and the City of South bend in built form. It was the first house of worship constructed by members of the Jewish community in South Bend and was at the heart of a once thriving Jewish community.