Location Atlanta, Georgia NRHP Reference # 82002420 Area 1 ha Added to NRHP 9 September 1982 | Built 1931 Opened 1931 Phone +1 404-873-1731 Architect Philip T. Shutze | |
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Address 1589 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30309, USA Similar William Breman Jewish H, Peachtree Station, Rhodes Hall, Church of the Sacred Heart of J, Cathedral of Christ the King | ||
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The Temple (formally, the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation) is a Jewish center in Atlanta, Georgia. The oldest Jewish congregation in Atlanta, the Hebrew Benevolent Society, was established in 1860 to serve the needs of German-Jewish immigrants. The Temple, designed by Philip Trammell Shutze in a Neoclassical style, was completed in 1931.
Previous temples of the congregation were located at:
During the 1950s and 1960s The Temple became a center for civil rights advocacy. In response, white supremacists bombed The Temple on October 12, 1958, with no injuries. While arrests were made, there were no convictions. Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor Ralph McGill's outraged front-page column on the Temple bombing won a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing. The Temple (location) as well as the bombing event was used as a central theme in the Academy Award winning Best Picture "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989).