Temple Beth Zion - Table of Contents

Nomination - Temple Beth Zion
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form

Listed 1/16/2018

By Francis R. Kowsky

Temple Beth Zion - OFFICIAL HOME PAGE

Location and Setting

Sanctuary


Sisterhood Chapel

Religious School Building

Rabbi Joseph L. Fink Auditorium


Summary

Temple Beth Zion Congregation in Buffalo 1850-1961

The New Location

The Architectural Committee Searches the Country for an Architect to Design the New Building,
October 1961-April 1962


Max Abramovitz (1908-2004), Architect of the New Synagogue

Evolution of the Design and Construction, April 1962-April 1967


Ben Shahn (1898-1969) and the Stained Glass Windows and Ten Commandments

"An appropriate and unhampered expression": The Neo-Expressionist Design of Temple Beth Zion

After the Period of Significance

Summary

Bibliography


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