Ahavas Shalom Reform Temple

Ahavas Shalom Reform Temple
Ahavas Shalom Reform Temple, July 2012
Location 503 S. Main St., Ligonier, Indiana
Coordinates 41°27′42″N 85°35′20″W / 41.46167°N 85.58889°W / 41.46167; -85.58889Coordinates: 41°27′42″N 85°35′20″W / 41.46167°N 85.58889°W / 41.46167; -85.58889
Area less than one acre
Built 1889 (1889)
Architectural style Gothic, Romanesque
NRHP reference # 83000143[1]
Added to NRHP June 16, 1983

Ahavas Shalom Reform Temple, also known as Trinity Assembly of God Church, is a historic synagogue located in Ligonier, Noble County, Indiana at 503 Main Street. It was built in 1889, and is a one-story, red brick building with Gothic Revival and Romanesque Revival style design elements, . It has a reek cross plan and is topped by a steep cross-gabled roof. It features an entrance tower topped by a steep pyramidal roof. In 1954, the building was sold to a Methodist congregation and now houses the Ligonier Historical Museum.[2]:2, 5

It is one of the few surviving 19th-century synagogues in the United States.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1][4] It is located in the Ligonier Historic District.

The building was put up for sale by the council in 2015.[5]

History

Jews arrived in Ligonier in the 1850s, establishing a cemetery in 1865. Rabbi Isaac Meyer Wise attended the dedication of the synagogue building in 1889.[4] The Jacob Straus House, home of a congregant, is also open to visitors.[4] It is located at 210 South Main Street.

Ligonier Historical Museum

The Ligonier Historical Museum was housed in Ahavas Shalom Reform Temple building.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Craig Leonard (February 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ahavas Shalom Reform Temple" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.
  3. ↑ Rediscovering Jewish Infrastructure: Update on United States Nineteenth Century Synagogues, Mark Gordon, American Jewish History 84.1 (1996) 20-27
  4. 1 2 3 Sheldon, Betsy, The Jewish Travel Guide, Hunter Publishing, Inc, 2001, pp. 217-8.
  5. ↑ TAYLOR, LORRAINE (16 Jan 2015). "Historic Ligonier synagogue for sale". Goshen News. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  6. ↑ http://visitnoblecounty.com/Attract/LHM.htm%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
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