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CityChicagoStateIL

Historical NameJewish People's Institute

Year Built1927
Building TypeSynagogue

Address3500 W. Douglas Blvd.

Current NameJulius Hess School

Name of Builder 1Grunsfeld & Klaber

Name of Builder 2

Name of Builder 3

ListingNRHP nomination, 6/78

Illinois Historic Site, 4/75

Chicago Historic Site, 7/78

DescriptionUtilitarian and adaptable to various needs and activities of the community.

Style

Bibliography

SignificanceNoted for its obvious urban nature and compatibility with activities of the J.P.I who worked to

meet the needs of arriving immigrants in the first decades of the 1900s. No such institution

existed in the old world.

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