Congregation Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard, more commonly known as The Adams Street Shul, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 168 Adams Street in the village of Nonantum in Newton, Massachusetts. Founded in 1911, it is the oldest synagogue in Newton. Its Romanesque Revival building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1990.
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