| City | New Orleans | State | LA |
| Historical Name | Touro Synagogue |
| Year Built | 1909 |
| Building Type | Synagogue |
| Address | 1501 General Pershing Street |
| Current Name | synagogue |
| Name of Builder 1 | Emil | Weil |
| Name of Builder 2 |
| Name of Builder 3 |
| Listing | St. Charles Avenue Historic District |
| Description | Designed in the fashionable Byzantine style with a single dominant dome the underside of |
| which is in blue stained glass to represent Heaven. The Ark pillars are made from genuine |
| Cedars of Lebanon wood. |
| Style | Byzantine |
| Bibliography | "New Orleans," Entry in Encyclopedia Judaica; 1973; page 1042. [Shaarei Chessed, Temple |
| Sinai, Reform Touro Synagogue, Congregation Gates of Prayer, Chevra Tehillim, Beth Israel, |
| Agudas Achim, Anshe Sfard] |
| Kirk, Susan Lauxman and Helen Michel Smith (1977). The Architecture of St. Charles Avenue. |
| Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, 1977. [Touro Synagogue] |
| Significance | The synagogue bears the name of one of the greatest leaders of New Orleans and houses the |
| oldest Jewish congregation in the Mississippe Valley. |
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