Temple B'nai Shalom (Brookhaven, Mississippi)

Temple B'nai Shalom
Temple B'nai Shalom
Religion
Affiliation	Judaism (former)
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue (1894–2009); History museum (since 2009);
Ownership	Lincoln County Historical and Genealogical Society
Status	Closed (as a synagogue); Repurposed
Location
Location	227 South Church Street, Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi
Country	United States
	Location in Mississippi
Geographic coordinates	31°34′41″N 90°26′48″W / 31.578088°N 90.446530°W
Architecture
Type	Synagogue architecture
Style	Moorish Revival
Date established	1894 (as a congregation)
Completed	1896
Materials	Clapboard

Temple B'nai Shalom (transliterated from Hebrew as "Sons / Children of Peace") is a former synagogue in Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, in the United States. The building has been used as a history museum since 2009, operated as Lincoln County Historical and Genealogical Society Museum.

History

The congregation formed in 1894;^[1] and a synagogue building was erected at Chickasaw and South Church Streets in 1896. The synagogue was deconsecrated in 2009^[2] and the congregation donated the building to the Lincoln County Historical and Genealogical Society^[3] to be used as a county history museum.

Architecture

The white clapboard building is notable for its Moorish Revival Horseshoe arch windows, and for a truncated tower that "references the porthole of an Islamic minaret" with a slender Horseshoe arch window.^[4]

References

^ Turitz, Leo; Turitz, Evelyn (1983). Jews in Early Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-87805-178-6 – via Google Books.
^ "About Us". Lincoln County Historical and Genealogical Society. Retrieved January 3, 2023.^{[dead link‍]}
^ laura (July 19, 2016). "Lincoln County Historical Museum". Visit Brookhaven Mississippi. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
^ Stolzman, Henry; Stolzman, Daniel (2004). Synagogue Architecture in America: Faith, Spirit & Identity (Illustrated ed.). Images Publishing. p. 129. ISBN 9781864700749.

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[1] Turitz, Leo; Turitz, Evelyn (1983). Jews in Early Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-87805-178-6 – via Google Books.

[2] "About Us". Lincoln County Historical and Genealogical Society. Retrieved January 3, 2023.^{[dead link‍]}

[3] ura (July 19, 2016). "Lincoln County Historical Museum". Visit Brookhaven Mississippi. Retrieved January 3, 2023.

[4] Stolzman, Henry; Stolzman, Daniel (2004). Synagogue Architecture in America: Faith, Spirit & Identity (Illustrated ed.). Images Publishing. p. 129. ISBN 9781864700749.

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