List of The Oldest Synagogues in The United States - Oldest Existing Buildings

Oldest Existing Buildings

This list includes only buildings that are still standing. Some are still in use as synagogues, others have been repurposed.

  • The Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, is the oldest Jewish house of worship in North America that is still standing. (1759)
  • Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue, Charleston, South Carolina, (1840)
  • Lloyd Street Synagogue, Baltimore, (1845)
  • Congregation Achduth Vesholom, Fort Wayne, Indiana, (1847)
  • Temple Israel (Lafayette, Indiana), (1849)
  • Angel Orensanz Center, New York City, (1849) (oldest Ashkenazi building)
  • Congregation Rodeph Sholom (Manhattan, New York), now Congregation Chasam Sopher (1852)
  • Congregation Beth Israel (Honesdale, Pennsylvania) (1856)
  • Sherith Israel Temple (Cincinnati, Ohio) (1860)
  • Shaarei Shamayim (Madison,Wisconsin) (1863)
  • Congregation Talmud Torah Adereth El, Manhattan, (1863) (near-total renovation; some of the original building apparently remains)
  • Plum Street Temple, Cincinnati, (1866)
  • B'er Chayim Temple (Cumberland, Maryland), (1865)
  • B'nai Sholom Temple, Quincy, Illinois, (1870)
  • Congregation Berith Sholom, Troy, New York, (1870)
  • Central Synagogue, New York, New York, (1872)
  • Shaare Tefilah (Gates of Prayer), New Orleans, Louisiana (1865–67), disused
  • Congregation Mickve Israel, Savannah, Georgia (1874–78)
  • Congregation Beth Israel (West Hartford, Connecticut) (1876)
  • Temple of Israel (Wilmington, North Carolina) (1876)
  • B'nai Israel Synagogue (Baltimore, Maryland) 1876
  • Union Temple (Brooklyn, New York), the (1876) building known as the Keap Street Temple
  • Adas Israel Congregation (Washington, D.C.) (1876)
  • Temple Adath Israel (Owensboro, Kentucky) (1877)
  • Congregation Beth Israel (Charlottesville, Virginia) (1882)
  • Congregation Adas Emuno Hoboken, New Jersey (1883)
  • Prince Street Synagogue Newark, New Jersey (1884)
  • Temple Israel, Leadville, Colorado (1884)
  • Ohavi Zedek, (Burlington, Vermont) (1885)
  • Congregation Beth Emeth, Albany, New York, (1887)
  • Temple Aaron, Trinidad, Colorado, 1888
  • Congregation Beth Israel (San Diego, California) (1889)
  • Moses Montefiore Congregation, Bloomington, Illinois (1889)
  • Ahavas Sholem Ligonier, Indiana, (1889)
  • Tifereth Israel, Alliance Colony, New Jersey, 1889, disused
  • Congregation B'nai Israel (Galveston, Texas), (1890). disused
  • Ahavath Beth Israel (Boise, Idaho) (1896)
  • Rosenhayn synagogue, Rosenhayn, New Jersey (1898)
  • Temple Beth El (Alpena, Michigan), 1899

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