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Ahavai Sholom Synagogue (Portland, Oregon)

Alternative Title
  • First Christian Church Community Center (Portland, Oregon)
  • First Evangelical Church Youth Center (Portland, Oregon)
  • Ahavai Shalom Synagogue (Portland, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • Edgar Marks Lazarus (architect, 1868-1939)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 1904
Description
  • This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.
View
  • exterior: view, 1960
View Date
  • 1960
Temporal
  • 1900-1909
MODS Note
  • Teague, Edward H. "Introducing Edgar Lazarus, The Architect of Vista House," Vista House Views, FOVH Newsletter, Spring 2011, p. 1-2, 7, 9, 10-11.
  • The synagogue was dedicated on September 4, 1904. According to the Morning Oregonian, August 28, 1904: "The buidling is erected from the plans of Edgar M. Lazarus at a cost of $35,000, and the design is in perfect keeping with the purpose of the struccture. The dedication ceremonies will be interesting and in ancient form, including the circuits with the scrolls of the law and the lighting of the perpetual light. An address will be delivered by D. Solis Cohen, and Dr. Stephen S. Wise, rabbi of the Beth Israel congregation, will preach the dedication sermon." The congregation moved to a new location in 1952 and sold this building. It was used over the next several years by the First Christian Church as a community center, a gymnasium for Portland State University, and for Sunday School classes. The historic structure was demolished in 1978 as part of an urban renewal project.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Street Address
  • Southwest Park Avenue and Clay Street
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon
Identifier
  • pna_06300
Source
  • Gift of Wallace K. Huntington from the estate of Marion Dean Ross
Provenance
  • Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Institution
Conversion
  • This image is derived from a master TIFF (3000 x 5000 pixel, 16 bit) created by scanning a 35m slide which remains as the archival artifact. Digital editing may have included cropping, color correction, and removal of dust, scratch, or other artifacts reproduced in the scanning process.
Submission Date
  • 04/28/2015
Modified
  • 08/11/2022
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Ahavai Sholom Synagogue (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-24. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67m3980

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Lazarus, Edgar M. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/LazarusEdgarM
2 Ross, Marion Dean http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82202764
3 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
4 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
5 religious buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007391
6 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
7 synagogues (buildings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007590
8 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
9 ceremonial structures http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263489
10 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
11 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
12 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
13 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
14 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
15 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
16 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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