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The Moses Montefiore Congregation is a synagogue in Bloomington, Illinois. Although Jews had arrived in Bloomington by the 1850s, the synagogue was organized in 1884 and named for Sir Moses Montefiore. In 1889 the congregation dedicated a Moorish Revival synagogue building at the southeast corner of Monroe and Prairie Streets.〔()〕 It is one of the relatively few surviving 19th century synagogue buildings in the United States.〔() Rediscovering Jewish Infrastructure: Update on United States Nineteenth Century Synagogues, Mark Gordon, American Jewish History 84.1 (1996) 20-27〕 In 1959 the congregation moved ot a new building in the Fairway Knolls neighborhood.〔 As of 1996 the original building was being used as a church.〔 In 2001 the building won the ''Adaptive Reuse Award'' from Landmarks Illinois.〔http://www.landmarks.org/awards_archive.htm〕 The synagogue has been converted into a single family home.〔http://www.landmarks.org/pop_ups/award_moses_pop.htm〕 ==External links== * Congregational website: http://www.mosesmontefiorecongregation.org/ * Image: http://www.landmarks.org/pop_ups/award_moses_pop.htm 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moses Montefiore Congregation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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