1907 Rodef Shalom Building Exterior

1908

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Title
1907 Rodef Shalom Building Exterior
Creator
Rembrant Studios
Date
1908
Identifier
20121102-hpicrsc-0003
Source Identifier
PH2 FF63
Description
Rodef Shalom Congregation’s third building, at the corner of Fifth and Morewood Avenues in Shadyside, has continued to serve the congregation’s needs since it was completed in 1907. The architectural firm Palmer & Hornbostel won the competition for the building’s design, and Henry Hornbostel, who also designed the original Carnegie Institute of Technology buildings and Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, was the principal architect. The design incorporated four large figural stained glass windows that had been designed by William and Annie Lee Willet for the second Eighth Street synagogue building. The central dome, constructed of Guastavino tile with no structural steel support, has a clear span of 92 feet; its skylight of stained glass was designed by Hermann Schladermundt. Dr. J. Leonard Levy, Rabbi, and Abraham Lippman, President of the Board of Trustees, spoke at the opening service in September, 1907. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
synagogues--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Shadyside (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Rodef Shalom Congregation (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Hornbostel, Henry 1867 - 1961
Source
Rodef Shalom Congregation Photograph Collection, 1900 – present
Contributor
Rodef Shalom Congregation
Collection
Rodef Shalom Congregation Photographs
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