Unknown Builder
1891 ca.
Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church/ Ohavay Zion Synagogue/Joe Bologna's
Sanctuary
120 West Maxwell Street
Lexington, KY, US
Instrument ID: 66881 ● Builder ID: 6193 ● Location ID: 58051
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Rev. Dr. Van Herd on June 27th, 2021:
From https://www.isjl.org/kentucky-lexington-encyclopedia.html: "In 1912, they were chartered as the Ohavay Zion Congregation. Nathan Rogers, a wholesale dry goods merchant, was their first president. The group soon bought the former Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church and turned it into a synagogue. The congregation auctioned off pews to raise money to redecorate the building. **They had to remove the church organ**, among other things, in order to make the building into an Orthodox synagogue. Ohavay Zion finally dedicated its synagogue in 1914."
From https://www.isjl.org/kentucky-lexington-encyclopedia.html: "In 1912, they were chartered as the Ohavay Zion Congregation. Nathan Rogers, a wholesale dry goods merchant, was their first president. The group soon bought the former Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church and turned it into a synagogue. The congregation auctioned off pews to raise money to redecorate the building. **They had to remove the church organ**, among other things, in order to make the building into an Orthodox synagogue. Ohavay Zion finally dedicated its synagogue in 1914."
Webpage Links: About Joe Bologna's , S. v. Lexington, Kentucky - Encyclopedia Southern Jewish Communities
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