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B'nai Sholom Temple

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Affiliation
  
Reform Judaism

Website
  
bnaisholomquincy.com

Opened
  
1870

Number of minarets
  
2

Groundbreaking
  
1869

Status
  
Active

Completed
  
1870

Minaret height
  
24 m

Architectural type
  
Synagogue

Location
  
427 N 9th St, Quincy, Illinois, USA

Architectural style
  
Moorish Revival architecture

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B’nai Sholom Temple is a synagogue in Quincy, Illinois. It was built in 1870 in the Moorish Revival style.

The original, 80 foot high, twin minaret-style towers were damaged by a tornado in 1947 and not replaced.

The B’nai Sholom Congregation in Quincy dates from 1852.

References

B'nai Sholom Temple Wikipedia