Ligonier Historical Museum
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The Ligonier Historical Museum is a museum in Ligonier, Indiana
that is housed in the 1889 building of Congregation Ahavas Sholem (Lovers of Peace). The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 503 Main Street. It is one of the few surviving 19th-century synagogues
in the United States.
The Jacob Straus House, home of a congregant, is also open to visitors. It is located at 210 South Main Street.
Ligonier, Indiana
Ligonier is a city in Perry Township, Noble County, Indiana, United States. The population was 4,405 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Ligonier is located at ....
that is housed in the 1889 building of Congregation Ahavas Sholem (Lovers of Peace). The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 503 Main Street. It is one of the few surviving 19th-century synagogues
Oldest synagogues in the United States
The designation of the oldest synagogue in the United States requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of oldest congregation...
in the United States.
Synagogue
Jews arrived in Ligonier in the 1850's. they established a cemetery in 1865. Rabbi Isaac Meyer Wise attended the dedication of the synagogue building in 1889.The Jacob Straus House, home of a congregant, is also open to visitors. It is located at 210 South Main Street.