Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 99000470 Architectural style Romanesque architecture | Built 1947 (1947) Opened 1947 Added to NRHP 22 April 1999 | |
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Location Jct. of 4th and Holly Sts., McGehee, Arkansas MPS Ethnic and Racial Minority Settlement of the Arkansas Delta MPS | ||
Temple Meir Chayim is a historic Jewish synagogue at 4th and Holly Streets in McGehee, Arkansas. The two story brick building was built in 1947 to serve the Jewish community of McGehee, Dermott, and Eudora. The building style is a restrained Romanesque Revival with Mission details. It was the first synagogue in southeastern Arkansas, even though there had been a Jewish presence in the area since the early 19th century.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
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