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Chesapeake Bay
Corner of East Street and Prince George Street
- Type: Place
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.
National Historic Landmarks Program
Eldridge Street Synagogue in New York’s Lower East Side
- Type: Article
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
- Type: Article
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
- Type: Article
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.
National Historic Landmarks Program
Saint Thomas Synagogue
- Type: Article
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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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 Heritage Areas Program
Preserving More Than History In Sacred Places
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Oil Region National Heritage Area and Philadelphia-based organization Partners for Sacred Places confronted the issue of how to save struggling historic churches at a town hall meeting in First Reformed Church, Franklin, PA. Historic churches across the country and in Oil Region NHA have been experiencing lower attendance and financial decline for years. Sacred Places emphasized the ways in which these historic buildings still bring purpose to communities.
- Type: Place
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue, a National Historic Landmark, is the country's second oldest synagogue and the oldest in continuous use.
- Type: Article
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.