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Baron Hirsch Synagogue

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Baron Hirsch Synagogue 1950s
Baron Hirsch Synagogue 1950s

The Baron Hirsch Synagogue (also Baron Hirsch Congregation), is an Modern Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 400 South Yates Road, Memphis, Tennessee, in the United States. Founded in c. 1862 – c. 1864, the congregation underwent tremendous growth in the first half of the 20th century, emerging, in the 1950s, as the largest Orthodox congregation in North America, a position it still holds.Its former building, located at 1740 Vollintine Avenue, is an impressive International Style structure built in the 1950s. The building is a U.S. Historic District Contributing Property and the centerpiece of the Vollintine Hills Historic District, a cohesive collection of 78 post-World War II Minimal Traditional and ranch-style houses built around the former synagogue by members of the congregation.

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Baron Hirsch Synagogue
Shady Grove Cove, Memphis

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