Adams Street Shul
"Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard Synagogue" redirects here. For other similarly named synagogues, see Agudas Achim.
Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard Synagogue | |
The Adams Street Shul | |
Location | 168 Adams Street, Village of Nonantum, Newton, Massachusetts |
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Built | 1912 |
Website | www.adamsstreet.org |
NRHP Reference # | 90000035 |
Added to NRHP | March 14, 1990 |
Congregation Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard, more commonly known as The Adams Street Shul, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 168 Adams Street in the village of Nonantum in Newton, Massachusetts. It was built in 1912 by a Jewish congregation established in 1911, the oldest in Newton. It is a single-story brick structure, three bays wide, with a pair of round-arch windows flanking the main entrance, which is also set in a round-arch opening. Above the entrance is an oculus window with a Star of David.[1] Its Romanesque Revival building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1990.
See also
References
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard Synagogue". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
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Coordinates: 42°21′32.50″N 71°12′3.85″W / 42.3590278°N 71.2010694°W
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