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Title
Plum
Street
Temple
photograph
Subject
Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc
Synagogues--Ohio--Cincinnati
Wilson, James Keys, 1828-1894
Wise, Isaac Mayer, 1819-1900
Works Progress Administration
Federal Writers Project
United States. Work Progress Administration
National Register of Historic Places
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
is
an
exterior
view
of
Plum
Street
Temple
,
Cincinnati
,
Ohio
.
Completed
in
1866
, the
temple
(now
called
the
Isaac
M
.
Wise
Temple)
is
located
at
720
Plum
Street
, at the
corner
of
Eighth
Street
. Also
visible
in the
foreground
are
columns
of
St
.
Peter
in
Chains
,
cathedral
of the
Archdiocese
of
Cincinnati
.
Designed
by
architect
James
Keys
Wilson
, the
first
president
of the
Cincinnati
Chapter
of the
American
Institute
of
Architects
,
it
is
one
of
only
two
American
temples
built
in the
Byzantine-Moorish
(or
Byzantine-Saracenic)
style
, a
Germanic
style
that
combined
Neo-Byzantine
with
Moorish
Revival
. The
facade
was
copied
from the
Leopoldstadter
Tempel
in
Vienna
,
Austria
. The
building
is
one
of the
oldest
synagogues
still
standing
in the
United
States
and was
added
to the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
in
1972
. This
image
of
Plum
Street
Temple
was
among
the
photographs
produced
by the
Federal
Works
Progress
Administration
(WPA)
between
1935
and
1943
.
One
of the
best-known
WPA
programs
, the
Federal
Writers
Project
published
the
American
Guide
Series
,
travel
guides
to the
existing
48
states
and for the
District
of
Columbia
. This
photograph
was
included
in "The
Ohio
Guide.
"
Creator
Paul Briol (Photographer)
Works Progress Administration
Date of Original
ca.
1935-1943
Collection
Works
Progress
Administration
,
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
;
Box
2
,
Folder
15
Format
Picture
;
Black-and-white
photograph
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL06398.tif
Image Height
4399
Image Width
4399
File Size
76535228 Bytes
Notes
Copyright
Notes
:
Government
record.
;
Cataloged
:
Yes
Date created
2011-08-05
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