Property Record
6050 8TH AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | BETH HILLEL TEMPLE |
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| Other Name: | JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 9538 |
| Location (Address): | 6050 8TH AVE |
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| County: | Kenosha |
| City: | Kenosha |
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| Year Built: | 1925 |
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| Survey Date: | 1987 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | A EPSTEIN |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Library Park Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 11/29/1988 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | IONIC COLUMNS IN INSET PORTICO. J IN THE PHOTO CODES IS SHORT FOR JAS. "The two-story temple building was designed in the Neo-Classical style by Chicago architect Abraham Epstein in 1927... The Jewish Community Center began as the Young Men's Hebrew Association around 1922. First a social group, the members reorganized as a temple in 1923. The Beth Hillel congregation has been associated with Reform Judaism in Kenosha since the 1920s." Historic Kenosha: Library Park Historic District, Kenosha Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2005 |
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| Bibliographic References: | CITY DIRECTORIES. LOCAL HISTORY. KENOSHA NEWS 10/25/1994. Historic Kenosha: Library Park Historic District, Kenosha Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2005 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |