The Temple (Atlanta)

The Temple
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates	33°47′52″N 84°23′21″W / 33.79778°N 84.38917°W / 33.79778; -84.38917Coordinates: 33°47′52″N 84°23′21″W / 33.79778°N 84.38917°W / 33.79778; -84.38917
Built	1931
Architect	Shutze, Philip
NRHP Reference #	82002420
Added to NRHP	September 9, 1982[1]

Original temple (1875) on Forsyth Street

The Temple (formally, the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation) is a Jewish center in Atlanta, Georgia. The oldest Jewish congregation in Atlanta, the Hebrew Benevolent Society, was established in 1860 to serve the needs of German-Jewish immigrants. The Temple, designed by Philip Trammell Shutze in a Neoclassical style, was completed in 1931.

Previous temples of the congregation were located at:^[2]

• 1875–1902: Garnett and Forsyth Streets, downtown
• 1902–1929: South Pryor and Richardson Streets, Washington-Rawson neighborhood southeast of downtown^[3]

During the 1950s and 1960s The Temple became a center for civil rights advocacy. In response, white supremacists bombed The Temple on October 12, 1958, with no injuries. While arrests were made, there were no convictions. Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor Ralph McGill's outraged front-page column on the Temple bombing won a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing.^[4] The Temple (location) as well as the bombing event was used as a central theme in the Academy Award winning Best Picture "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989).

References

External links

• Synagogue website
• The Temple at Atlanta Urban Design Commission
• The Temple, National Park Service Atlanta