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Sokoji Soto Zen Mission
The Bush Street Temple at 1881 Bush Street in San Francisco, California, is a State Landmark with historical significance to both the Orthodox Jewish community and to Buddhism in the United States. Building The building was built in 1895 in a Moorish Revival-Venetian style designed by Moses J. Lyon. The arches across the front are copied from the Doge's Palace. It was extensively renovated in 2003, at which time it was joined to a new adjacent structure. The building is constructed almost entirely of redwood. Originally, much of the interior was painted in '' trompe-l'œil'' to resemble marble. In its original configuration it featured a pair of elaborate towers, since lost. History Congregation Ohabai Shalome In 1864, a group of disaffected members of San Francisco’s Congregation Emanu-El broke away and established Congregation Ohabai Shalome (Heb.: Lovers of Peace,) when they objected to the modification of the ritual in the older synagogue. It was popularly known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bush Street Temple (Soto Mission)
The Bush Street Temple is a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, and former Buddhist temple, located at 1881 Bush Street in San Francisco, California, in the United States. The building has also been used as a Baptist church, and, since 2003, was repurposed as an aged care residential facility. At various stages between 1936 and 1994, the building was occasionally used by the San Francisco Go Club. The building, completed in 1895, was listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark on April 18, 1976. Building The building was designed by designed by Moses J. Lyon in a Moorish Revival and Venetian Gothic Revival styles, completed in 1895. The arches across the front are copied from the Doge's Palace. The former synagogue building was extensively renovated in 2003, at which time it was joined to a new adjacent structure. The building is constructed almost entirely of redwood. Originally, much of the interior was painted in ''trompe-l'œil'' to resemble marble. In i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1864 Establishments In California
Events January–March * January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster (" Oh! Susanna", " Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song "Beautiful Dreamer" is published in March. * January 16 – Denmark rejects an Austrian-Prussian ultimatum to repeal the Danish Constitution, which says that Schleswig-Holstein is part of Denmark. * January 21 – New Zealand Wars: The Tauranga campaign begins. * February – John Wisden publishes '' The Cricketer's Almanack for the year 1864'' in England; it will go on to become the major annual cricket reference publication. * February 1 – Danish-Prussian War ( Second Schleswig War): 57,000 Austrian and Prussian troops cross the Eider River into Denmark. * February 15 – Heineken brewery founded in Netherlands. * February 17 – American Civil War: The tiny Confederate hand-propelled submarine ''H. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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