Beth Sholom Synagogue
Also known as: Temple Beth Sholom8231 Old York Rd., Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Description
Beth Sholom Synagogue is nationally significant as one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most important commissions during his career. Constructed between 1954 and 1959, the building is Wright's only synagogue, among a relatively small number of religious commissions, stemming from the fruitful collaboration between the famous architect and the congregation's rabbi, Mortimer J. Cohen. Beth Sholom Synagogue is one of a group of sixteen Wright buildings singled out in 1959 by the American Institute of Architects and the National Trust for Historic Preservation as his most important "to the nation...[and] which ought to be preserved in their original form." -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, March 29, 2007
National Register information
Note: The following information comes from the NRHP database and has not been verified.
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 2007
- Reference number
- 07000430
- Architectural style
- Modern Movement; Wrightian
- Area of significance
- Architecture
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Building
- Historic functions
- Religious structure; Church school
- Current functions
- Religious structure; Church school
- Period of significance
- 1950-1974
- Significant years
- 1954; 1959
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 1
Contributing structures: 1
Contributing objects: 1
Non-contributing buildings: 1
Non-contributing structures: 1