Temple Adath Israel (Owensboro, Kentucky)

For similarly named synagogues, see Adath Israel.

United States historic place

Temple Adath Israel

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| 429 Daviess St., Owensboro, Kentucky
Coordinates| 37°46′18″N 87°6′34″W﻿ / ﻿37.77167°N 87.10944°W﻿ / 37.77167; -87.10944
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]

## See also[edit]

* Oldest synagogues in the United States

## External links[edit]

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

* Temple Adath Israel website
* Illustration of Temple Adath Israel

## References[edit]

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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