Plum Street Temple
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Plum Street Temple
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The Isaac M. Wise Temple
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| Location | Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°6′13.22″N 84°31′5.05″W / 39.1036722°N 84.5180694°WCoordinates: 39°6′13.22″N 84°31′5.05″W / 39.1036722°N 84.5180694°W |
| Built | 1865 |
| Architect | James Keys Wilson |
| Architectural style | Exotic Revival, Other |
| NRHP Reference # | 72001021 |
| Added to NRHP | December 27, 1972 |
The Isaac M. Wise Temple (formerly the Plum Street Temple) is the historic synagogue erected for Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise and his congregation in Cincinnati, Ohio. Wise was the founder of American Reform Judaism. The temple building was designed by prominent Cincinnati architect James Keys Wilson. Its design was inspired by the Alhambra at Granada.
The temple is located at 720 Plum Street in Cincinnati, Ohio and was built by members of the Lodge Street Synagogue. It was built chiefly during the Civil War, at a cost of $275,000. The temple was dedicated on Friday, August 24, 1866 and is among the oldest synagogue buildings still standing in the United States.
The temple is across Plum Street from the historic Saint Peter In Chains Cathedral and next to the site of the former St. Paul Episcopal Cathedral, which was torn down in 1937. In 1972, the Plum Street Temple was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 1840, a group of German Jewish immigrants in Cincinnati organized as a separate congregation, K.K. B'nai Yeshurun, breaking away from the existing congregation, K. K. Bene Israel. Their first place of worship was in a home on Third Street, between Sycamore and Broadway. In 1841 the congregation purchased and renovated for use as a house of worship a Federal-style, brick, four-story row house on Lodge Street.
The congregation built its first synagogue in 1848 on Lodge Street in the gothic Revival style. The Lodge Street Synagogue was dedicated on September 22, 1848 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It can be seen here:
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