The Temple (Atlanta)
The Temple | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Atlanta Landmark Building
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Location | Atlanta, Georgia |
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Coordinates | 33°47′52″N 84°23′21″W / 33.79778°N 84.38917°WCoordinates: 33°47′52″N 84°23′21″W / 33.79778°N 84.38917°W |
Built | 1931 |
Architect | Shutze, Philip |
NRHP reference No. | 82002420 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 9, 1982[1] |
Designated ALB | October 23, 1989 |
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The Temple (formally, the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation) is a Reform synagogue in Atlanta, Georgia. The oldest Jewish congregation in Atlanta, it was established in 1860 to serve the needs of German-Jewish immigrants. The Temple, designed by Philip Trammell Shutze in a Neoclassical style, was completed in 1931.
Previous temples of the congregation were located at:[2]
- 1875–1902: Garnett and Forsyth Streets, downtown
- 1902–1929: South Pryor and Richardson Streets, Washington-Rawson neighborhood southeast of downtown[3]
During the 1950s and 1960s, The Temple became a center for civil rights advocacy. In response, white supremacists bombed The Temple on October 12, 1958, with no injuries. While arrests were made, there were no convictions. Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor Ralph McGill's outraged front-page column on the Temple bombing won a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing.[4] The Temple and the bombing event was used as a central theme in the film Driving Miss Daisy (1989).
References[]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Pioneer Citizens' History of Atlanta, 1833-1902: Pub. By the Pioneer Citizens' Society of Atlanta". 1902.
- ^ photo (Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine) after it had been converted into a Greek Orthodox Church
- ^ "The Temple". Atlanta: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. National Park Service. October 10, 2008.
External links[]
Media related to The Temple (Atlanta) at Wikimedia Commons
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- The Temple at Atlanta Urban Design Commission
- The Temple, National Park Service Atlanta
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- Buildings and structures in Atlanta
- Religion in Atlanta
- German-American culture in Georgia (U.S. state)
- German-Jewish culture in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places in Atlanta
- Synagogues on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Synagogues completed in 1931
- 1931 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Neoclassical architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Neoclassical synagogues
- 20th-century attacks on synagogues and Jewish communal organizations in the United States
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