Temple Adath Israel

About

Temple Adath Israel's congregation was established in Owensboro in 1858 and constructed its present synagogue in 1877–1878. The Moorish Revival building was completed in 1878 and remains one of Kentucky's most important surviving nineteenth-century Jewish landmarks. Unlike several older Kentucky synagogue buildings that no longer survive, Temple Adath Israel continues to stand and remains in use by the Jewish congregation. Its history therefore combines architectural survival with continuing Jewish religious life in Owensboro. Historic active synagogue in Owensboro, Kentucky, completed in 1878 and still used by its congregation. In Jewish World Records, Temple Adath Israel is connected to the record “Oldest Synagogue in Kentucky,” based on the stored achievement of Built in 1878. Temple Adath Israel in Owensboro was erected and publicly dedicated in 1877 as a purpose-built synagogue, and the congregation continues to meet in the historic building.

Public links

• adathisrael.weebly.com
• sah-archipedia.org