Name/Title
Adath Joseph Temple, 17th Felix, Photo, c. 1940Entry/Object ID
P1993.1H.108Description
Adath Joseph Temple, 17th Felix, Photo, c. 1940. b/w. Photo of Jewish Synagogue and its adjacent building that occupies most of the west side of the block on 17th Street just south of Felix. Large 2-story building with imposing roof line, a Menorah frieze at peak in front, under which is "My House Shall Be Called a House of Prayer for All Peoples" inscription" See Museum Graphics, Summer, 1955, Vol VII, No. III, p. 18-20
Wide steps lead from sidewalk to covered porch with roof supported by four large Corinthian columns. 2-story brick building with canopy over entrance sits just to the north (at photo right) used by the congregation. Globed street lamps on raised brick pedestals in front of both buildings.
(in 2020, this building houses an active, but small Reformed Jewish congregation.)
Original digital scan located on History CD 03.Made/Created
Date made
1940Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
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Seventeenth Street & Felix Street, Jews in St. Joseph, Temple Adath Joseph, Adath Joseph Temple, Seventeenth StreetProvenance
Notes
Photos from Westheimer-Kahn