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CityNew HavenStateCT

Historical NameTemple Mishkan Israel

Year Built1896
Building TypeSynagogue

Address55 Audobon Street

Current NameTheatre and Performing Arts Center

Name of Builder 1Brunner and Tryon of New Company

Name of Builder 2

Name of Builder 3

ListingOrange Street Historic District

State Preservation, 7/26/85

NRHP, 12/12/85

DescriptionSpanish Renaissance Revival style brick structure with twin facade towers, ornately carved

brownstone window and door trim. Extensive alterations when converted to high school.

StyleRenaissance Revival

Bibliography

SignificanceThe district is important as New Haven's most cohesive surviving example of a large

middle-income residential neighborhood which developed between 1830's and the 1900's. The

synagogue is an excellent example of an ecclesiastical structure.

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