Congregation Beth Israel (Portland, Oregon)

Congregation Beth Israel (Portland, Oregon)
Temple Beth Israel
Location: 1931 NW Flanders St.
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates: 45°31′34″N 122°41′28″W / 45.52611°N 122.69111°W / 45.52611; -122.69111Coordinates: 45°31′34″N 122°41′28″W / 45.52611°N 122.69111°W / 45.52611; -122.69111
Built: 1926–1928
Architect: Morris H. Whitehouse
Herman Brookman
Harry A. Herzog
Architectural style: Neo-Byzantine
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 79002141
Added to NRHP: July 26, 1979

Beth Israel is a Reform congregation and Jewish synagogue in Portland, Oregon, United States. The congregation was founded in 1858, while Oregon was still a territory, and built its first synagogue in 1859.[1]

Architecture

The congregation's first building was a modest, single story, pitched-roof, wood-framed, clapboard building with Gothic, pointed-arch windows and door.[2]

This early structure was replaced by an 1888 synagogue building, which was destroyed by fire in December 1923.[3] The building, called Moorish revival in some sources,[4] is elsewhere described as a combination of eclectic and Gothic revival styles, with two towers topped by bulbous domes.[5]

It was replaced in 1928 by a notable Neo-Byzantine synagogue building that continues to serve the congregation. It was listed as Temple Beth Israel on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[6] It is considered one of the finest examples of Byzantine-style architecture on the west coast, and was inspired by the Alte Synagoge (Steelerstrasse Synagogue) in Essen, Germany.[7][8] The interior of Steelerstrasse, the first modern synagogue in Germany, was praised as Germany's most beautiful; it was destroyed during Kristallnacht.[8]

References

Postcard depicting 1888 synagogue
  1. ^ Facilities
  2. ^ The Ties that Bind; A Century of Judaism on America's Last Frontier, Julius J. Nodel and Alfred Asper, pub. by Temple Beth Israel, Portland, 1959, p. 14
  3. ^ Temple Beth Israel: Portland, OR
  4. ^ Temple Beth Israel: Portland, OR
  5. ^ The Ties that Bind; A Century of Judaism on America's Last Frontier, Julius J. Nodel and Alfred Asper, pub. by Temple Beth Israel, Portland, 1959, p. 55
  6. ^ "Oregon National Register List". Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department. July 16, 2007. http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf. Retrieved May 12, 2008. 
  7. ^ "Architecture in Oregon: Treasures". Architecture Foundation of Oregon. http://www.af-oregon.org/architecture-in-oregon/treasures/. Retrieved July 14, 2011. [dead link]
  8. ^ a b "Essen". http://www.edwardvictor.com/EssenFrame2main.htm. Retrieved May 23, 2008. 


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