Temple Adath Israel (Owensboro, Kentucky)

For similarly named synagogues, see Adath Israel.

Temple Adath Israel (transliterated from Hebrew as "Congregation of Israel"^[2]: 138) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 429 Daviess Street, in Owensboro, Kentucky, in the United States.

Temple Adath Israel
Façade and southern side of the synagogue
Religion
Affiliation	Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Lay-led
Status	Active
Location
Location	429 Daviess Street, Owensboro, Kentucky
Country	United States
Location in Kentucky
Geographic coordinates	37°46′18″N 87°6′34″W
Architecture
Type	Synagogue
Style	Moorish Revival
Date established	1858 (as a congregation)
Completed	1878
Construction cost	$8,000
Specifications
Capacity	200 worshippers
Dome(s)	Four
Materials	Brick
Website
templeadathisrael.net
Temple Adath Israel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
MPS	Owensboro MRA
NRHP reference No.	86000761
Added to NRHP	March 28, 1986
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The congregation was formed in 1858.^[2]: 152

Built in 1877–78,^[2]: 138 the Moorish Revival façade of the modest building features a Gothic Revival-arched door flanked by a pair of Gothic-arched windows punctuated by four pilasters. These are surmounted with molded capitals and fanciful embellishments. Originally the whole was topped by a parapet with a row of four small onion domed turrets. In June 2015, the parapet and onion domes were removed to save the roof from water trapped under the parapet.^[3][4][5]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in March 1986.^[6] It is among the oldest synagogue buildings in the United States.^[7]

See also

• Kentucky portal
• Judaism portal

• Oldest synagogues in the United States