Congregation Adath Jeshurun is an historic former
synagogue
A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ...
, serving as a
church since 1967, at 397 Blue Hill Avenue in the
Roxbury Roxbury may refer to:
Places
;Canada
* Roxbury, Nova Scotia
* Roxbury, Prince Edward Island
;United States
* Roxbury, Connecticut
* Roxbury, Kansas
* Roxbury, Maine
* Roxbury, Boston, a municipality that was later integrated into the city of Bosto ...
neighborhood of
Boston,
Massachusetts, in the United States.
The congregation was formed in 1894. As the Jewish community of Roxbury gradually moved away, its congregation dwindled and in 1967 it was sold to Ecclesia Apostolic Church. It was purchased by its present owner, the First Haitian Baptist Church, in 1978. The church has restored it to its present condition.
The
Romanesque Revival style building was designed in 1906 by Frederick Norcross and built by David Krokyn
and added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Gallery
See also
*
National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts
References
Official website
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1894 establishments in Massachusetts
20th-century synagogues in the United States
Baptist churches in Boston
Churches completed in 1967
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Former synagogues in Massachusetts
Jewish organizations established in 1894
Romanesque Revival synagogues
Roxbury, Boston
National Register of Historic Places in Boston
Synagogues completed in 1906
Synagogues on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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