Temple of Israel
188 Bch 84th Street | also 188 Beach 84th Street | Rockaway Beach | built 1900
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- 1900
A Reform congregation builds a wooden synagogue on this site
Organized in 1894 and known as Beth Israel or Temple Israel, the Reform congregation built its first synagogue here in 1900, a wooden building then addressed as 10 South Fairview Avenue. The street has since been renamed, and the later synagogue rose on the same plot.
“Established as a congregation in 1894, as Beth Israel or Temple Israel, the initial wooden synagogue, at 10 South Fairview Avenue, was constructed in 1900.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1920
Fire destroys the congregation's original wooden synagogue
On December 18, 1920, a fire wiped out the wooden synagogue that Temple Israel had built here in 1900. Its replacement, finished in September 1922, went up on the same site.
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- 1922
Temple of Israel completes a Classical Revival synagogue to replace the burned one
The replacement synagogue, in the Oakley Park subdivision, was finished in September 1922. It is a two-story rectangular building of brick on a steel frame, designed in the Classical Revival style, and its front gable holds an elaborate main doorway with Ionic stone columns.
“It is a two-story, rectangular, steel frame and brick building in the Classical Revival style... main entry with Ionic order stone columns…”
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- 2002
Haven International Ministries turns the closed synagogue into a Pentecostal church
Temple of Israel stopped operating as a synagogue in 2001. The next year Haven International Ministries took over the building, and it has served since then as a non-denominational Pentecostal church. In 2014 the former synagogue was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Further reading
- Temple of Israel Synagogue (Queens)Wikipedia
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