Congregation Emanuel (Statesville, North Carolina)
The synagogue is located near downtown Statesville and the campus of Mitchell Community College.
History
Jews are documented as living in Statesville before the Civil War, but the number of families was small and they gathered for prayer in private homes until a formal congregation was organized in 1883. Congregation Emanuel rented space for services in the Statesville Fireman's Hall for nine years before building a synagogue in 1891–2, at a time when Statesville had a sizeable Jewish population.
Architecture
The brick, gable-end-to-the-street, Rundbogenstil building with its recessed, round-arch entrance and round-arch windows has suffered no major alterations in the century that it has served the Jewish community of Statesville. It is one of fewer than a hundred nineteenth-century synagogue buildings still standing in the United States.
References
- ^ "Statesville, North Carolina Attractions". lasr.net.
- ^ Gordon, Mark W. (1996). "Rediscovering Jewish Infrastructure: Update on United States Nineteenth Century Synagogues". American Jewish History. 1 (84): 20–27.
- ^ "IREDELL EXHIBITS FOCUS ON JEWISH HERITAGE". Charlotte Observer. May 12, 1999.
- ^ Krider, Gene (August 18, 2008). "Romanesque style seen in local buildings". Statesville Record & Landmark. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2008.
- ^ Israelowitz, Oscar (1988). Guide to Jewish U.S.A.: The South. p. 99.
- ^ "STATESVILLE SYNAGOGUE LEARNS IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST IN THE NATION". Charlotte Observer. January 19, 1997.
External links
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