Building Name: | B'nai Sholom Temple |
Map Type: | Illinois |
Map Size: | 250 |
Map Relief: | 1 |
Location: | 427 North 9th Street, Quincy, Illinois |
Coordinates: | 39.9366°N -91.402°W |
Country: | United States |
Consecration Year: | 1869 |
Functional Status: | Closed and abandoned |
Architecture Type: | Synagogue architecture |
Architecture Style: | Moorish Revival |
Established: | 1852 |
Groundbreaking: | 1869 |
Year Completed: | 1870 |
Construction Cost: | $15,500 |
Minaret Quantity: | 2 (destroyed in storm) |
Minaret Height: | 80feet (destroyed) |
B’nai Sholom Temple is a former Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Quincy, Illinois, in the United States.
Founded as a congregation in 1852,[1] the synagogue building was built in 1870 in the Moorish Revival style. The original 80feet high, twin minaret-style towers were damaged by a tornado in 1947 and not replaced.[2] [3]
The temple closed in 2019.