Old Bnai Zion Synagogue
Appearance
Old Bnai Zion Synagogue | |
Location | 906 N. El Paso St., El Paso, Texas |
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Coordinates | 31°45′37″N 106°29′22″W / 31.76028°N 106.48944°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1912 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Late Gothic Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 84001658[1] |
TSAL No. | 8200000231 |
RTHL No. | 3688 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | August 16, 1984 |
Designated TSAL | April 25, 1984 |
Designated RTHL | 1984 |
Old Bnai Zion Synagogue, also known as Sunset Palace, is a historic synagogue at 906 N. El Paso Street in El Paso, Texas. It was built in 1916 and added to the National Register in 1984.[1]
It served as synagogue from 1912 to 1917, serving El Paso's first Jewish community. It served St. Nicholas Greek Church from 1927 through at least 1934. In 1984 it was serving as a dance studio, Sunset Palace, as well as sometimes as a social center and church.[2]
See also
[edit]- National Register of Historic Places listings in El Paso County, Texas
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in El Paso County
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Gene Keller; Peter Flagg Maxson (February 14, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Old Bnai Zion Synagogue / Sunset Palace" (PDF). Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
External links
[edit]Media related to Old Bnai Zion Synagogue at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Former synagogues in Texas
- Buildings and structures in El Paso, Texas
- Religion in El Paso, Texas
- National Register of Historic Places in El Paso County, Texas
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks
- Texas State Antiquities Landmarks
- Synagogues on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
- Synagogues completed in 1916
- 1916 establishments in Texas
- Gothic Revival architecture in Texas
- Neoclassical architecture in Texas
- Gothic Revival synagogues
- Neoclassical synagogues
- 20th-century synagogues in the United States
- Texas Registered Historic Place stubs
- United States synagogue stubs