Temple Beth-El (Corsicana, Texas)

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location= Corsicana, Texas
lat_degrees = 32
lat_minutes = 5
lat_seconds = 22
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 96
long_minutes = 28
long_seconds = 6
long_direction = W
locmapin = Texas
area =
built =1898
architect= Unknown
architecture= Exotic Revival, Other
added = February 03, 1987
governing_body = Local
refnum=86003687cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Temple Beth-El is an historic Moorish Revival synagogue located at 208 South 15th Street in Corsicana, Texas. It became a Recorded Texas Historical Landmark in 1981.

On February 03, 1987, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

History

The synagogue was built by a Reform Jewish congregation in 1898-1900. It is a wood frame building, with clapboard siding, keyhole windows in the front doors, and a pair of octagonal towers topped by onion domes.

The Jewish community of Corsicana, established in 1871, dwindled in the late twentieth century, spurring the Navarro County Historical Society to take responsibility for the synagogue which, because of its unusual architecture, has been restored and is now in use as a community center. [ [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txnavarr/markers/temple_beth-el/index.htm Historical Marker - Temple Beth-El ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txnavarr/religion/temple_beth-el/temple_beth-el_history.htm Temple Beth-El history]
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txnavarr/markers/temple_beth-el/index.htm
* [http://www.geocities.com/txsynvr/Corsicana/CorsR.html