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CitySt. LouisStateMO

Historical NameB'nai El Temple

Year Built1905
Building TypeSynagogue

Address36666 Flad Avenue

Current NameSherman Branch School (Temple Apts)

Name of Builder 1John LudwigWees

Name of Builder 2

Name of Builder 3

ListingNRHP nomination, 3/83

DescriptionA combination of subdued Byzantine massing with Romanesque elements and octagonal twin towers.

StyleRomanesque-Byzantine

Bibliography

SignificanceThis the oldest surviving structure for a Jewish congregation in St. Louis. The congregation was

liveral and grew as immigrants arrived from Russia and Europe. In 1944 the congregation sold

the building to a parish for use as a high school. In 1969 it was sold to the St. Louis Board of

Education who after six years boarded it up and it now exists as apartments.

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