Temple B'nai Shalom (transliterated from Hebrew as "Sons / Children of Peace") is a former synagogue in Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, in the United States. The building has been used as a history museum since 2009, operated as Lincoln County Historical and Genealogical Society Museum.
| Temple B'nai Shalom | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Judaism (former) |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status |
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| Ownership | Lincoln County Historical and Genealogical Society |
| Status | Closed (as a synagogue); Repurposed |
| Location | |
| Location | 227 South Church Street, Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi |
| Country | United States |
  Location in Mississippi | |
| Geographic coordinates | 31°34′41″N 90°26′48″W / 31.578088°N 90.446530°W |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Synagogue architecture |
| Style | Moorish Revival |
| Date established | 1894 (as a congregation) |
| Completed | 1896 |
| Materials | Clapboard |
History
editThe congregation formed in 1894;[1] and a synagogue building was erected at Chickasaw and South Church Streets in 1896. The synagogue was deconsecrated in 2009[2] and the congregation donated the building to the Lincoln County Historical and Genealogical Society[3] to be used as a county history museum.
Architecture
editThe white clapboard building is notable for its Moorish Revival Horseshoe arch windows, and for a truncated tower that "references the porthole of an Islamic minaret" with a slender Horseshoe arch window.[4]
References
edit- ^ Turitz, Leo; Turitz, Evelyn (1983). Jews in Early Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-87805-178-6 – via Google Books.
- ^ "About Us". Lincoln County Historical and Genealogical Society. Retrieved January 3, 2023.[dead link]
- ^ laura (July 19, 2016). "Lincoln County Historical Museum". Visit Brookhaven Mississippi. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ Stolzman, Henry; Stolzman, Daniel (2004). Synagogue Architecture in America: Faith, Spirit & Identity (Illustrated ed.). Images Publishing. p. 129. ISBN 9781864700749.
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