Sons of Jacob Synagogue
Synagogue in Providence, Rhode Island, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Sons of Jacob Synagogue, officially Congregation Sons of Jacob, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and historic synagogue and Jewish museum, located at 24 Douglas Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island, in the United States.
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
Ecclesiastical or organisational status | |
Leadership | Lay–led |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | 24 Douglas Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island 02908 |
Country | United States |
Location in Rhode Island | |
Geographic coordinates | 41°50′06″N 71°25′02″W |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Harry Marshak (1926) |
Type | Synagogue architecture |
Style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
Date established | 1896 (as a congregation) |
Completed | 1906; 1926 |
Construction cost | $50,000 |
Direction of façade | East |
Website | |
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Sons of Jacob Synagogue | |
NRHP reference No. | 89001152 |
Added to NRHP | August 24, 1989 |
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The congregation was founded in 1896 by Orthodox Jews who fled from the pogroms in Russia and Poland, who met initially in a house on Shawmut Street, in Providence. The congregation moved to their Douglas Avenue synagogue in 1906, expanded it in the 1920s, and appointed their first rabbi in 1926. An exit from the Interstate 95 was subsequently located adjacent to the synagogue building.[2][3]