Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, now known as Berea Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church, is a historic synagogue

Synagogue

A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...

 building located at Baltimore

Baltimore

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, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

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. The former synagogue is built of ashlar

Ashlar

Ashlar is prepared stone work of any type of stone. Masonry using such stones laid in parallel courses is known as ashlar masonry, whereas masonry using irregularly shaped stones is known as rubble masonry. Ashlar blocks are rectangular cuboid blocks that are masonry sculpted to have square edges...

 gray granite

Granite

Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...

 from Port Deposit, Maryland

Port Deposit, Maryland

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. It is a well-executed, 19th century version of a Byzantine church

Byzantine architecture

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, designed by Charles L. Carson

Charles L. Carson

Charles L. Carson , was an architect born in Baltimore, the oldest son of Daniel Carson, a builder, and one of the founders of the Baltimore chapter of AIA. In 1871 he partnered with Thomas Dixon for some time doing business from their offices at 117 Baltimore Street as Thomas Dixon and Charles L...

, a Baltimore architect. It features a large central dome, 40 feet in diameter, resting on a high octagonal drum pierced by rectangular windows of stained glass and two tall octagonal towers flanking the main entrance.

Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Synagogue was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1976.

External links

• Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, Baltimore City, including photo from 1976, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Berea Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church website