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met at a house at Park and Lady Streets that served as their first synagogue. They received a state charter in 1912. This first synagogue was destroyed in a fire in 1915. The new synagogue was built at the site. By the late 1920s, they had outgrown this facility. They moved to their third synagogue
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company. In the early 1980s, it was moved nearly two blocks to the corner of Hampton and Park Streets. In 1993, it was purchased by the Historic Columbia Foundation. It has been restored and is available for rental for special occasions.
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on August 28, 1979. In the early 1980s, the building was moved to its present location at the southeast corner of Hampton and Park Streets. In 1993, it was purchased by the Historic Columbia Foundation and is called the
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windows. On each side of the arch is a pair of tall narrow, stained glass windows with horseshoe arches. The sides of buildings have five windows with horseshoe arches. Some of have been modified. The sides have
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shaped like the crescent moon and shooting stars. There is a balcony on the front side of the building. This was the spectator's gallery during operation as the night club.
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The second synagogue on Park Street was then used for the African-American night club called the Big Apple Club. At the club, a dance craze, which was named the
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After its use as a night club, the building was used by various commercial establishments. At the time of the preparation of the
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The first Jewish congregation in Columbia, Sharit Israel, met on Assembly Street. Their building was destroyed in the
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on 1719 Marion Street in early 1935. The congregation's synagogue is now at 5827 North Trenholm Road.
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The entrance to the building is in a projecting central bay. The door is flanked by wooden
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The interior has central recessed dome. When it was the Big Apple Club, the dome had
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in New York in 1937. From there, the dance was briefly popular across the country.
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Synagogues on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
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Tree of Life synagogue was built. Because of religious differences, the
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South Carolina's Historic Columbia, Yesterday and Today in Photographs
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The Big Apple building is two-story, wooden building with a metal
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National Register of Historic Places in Columbia, South Carolina
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is a former synagogue of the Beth Shalom Congregation in
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immigrants arrived later in the century. In 1896, the
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Maxey, Russell; Historic Columbia Foundation (1980).
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House of Peace Synagogue is located in South Carolina
House of Peace Synagogue is located in the United States
Columbia, South Carolina
34°0′15″N 81°2′18″W / 34.00417°N 81.03833°W / 34.00417; -81.03833
MPS
79003354
Columbia, South Carolina
night club
National Register of Historic Places
burning of Columbia
Civil War
Eastern European
Reform
Orthodox
minyan
Big Apple
University of South Carolina
Roxy Club
National Register of Historic Places
heating and air conditioning
gabled roof
pilasters
stained glass
pedimented
rondelle
neon lights

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