Temple Beth-El (Corsicana, Texas)
- For other synagogues called Beth El, see Temple Beth-El (disambiguation).
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Temple Beth-El
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Temple Beth-El in 2010.
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| Location | Corsicana, Texas |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Built | 1898 |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Exotic Revival, Other |
| NRHP Reference # | 86003687 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 3, 1987 |
Temple Beth-El is an historic Moorish Revival synagogue located at 208 South 15th Street in Corsicana, Texas. It became a Recorded Texas Historical Landmark in 1981.
On February 3, 1987, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
History
The synagogue was built by a Reform Jewish congregation in 1898-1900. It is a wood frame building, with clapboard siding, keyhole windows in the front doors, and a pair of octagonal towers topped by onion domes.
The Jewish community of Corsicana, established in 1871, dwindled in the late twentieth century, spurring the Navarro County Historical Society to take responsibility for the synagogue which, because of its unusual architecture, has been restored and is now in use as a community center.[2]
Julius Magil served as rabbi in the early days of its new building. He was born December 29, 1870, at Mitau, Courland, and secularly educated at Realgymnasium and University of Zürich, Switzerland. His religious training took place at the Talmudical College of Grobin, Courland. Magil then studied medicine at Fort Wayne Medical College and received a Ph.D. from Rogers College in 1898.[3]
References
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- ↑ Historical Marker - Temple Beth-El
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External links
- Pages with broken file links
- Former synagogues in Texas
- Jewish-American history
- Jews and Judaism in Texas
- Religious buildings completed in 1898
- 19th-century synagogues
- Moorish Revival synagogues
- Reform synagogues in the United States
- Moorish Revival architecture in Texas
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
- Religious organizations established in 1871
- Buildings and structures in Navarro County, Texas
- 1898 establishments in Texas
- Synagogues on the National Register of Historic Places
