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Title:
Issac M. Wise Temple title Issac M. Wise Temple Title false
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Title:
Plum Street Temple title Plum Street Temple Title false
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Creator:
Wilson, James Keys, 1828-1894 creator Wilson, James Keys, 1828-1894 Creator false
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Date:
1866 date 1866 Date false
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Date:
1994-1995 date 1994-1995 Date false
Date Type:
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Location:
Cincinnati (Ohio) location Cincinnati (Ohio) Location false
Location Type:
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Location:
Plum Street between 7th and 8th Sts. (Cincinnati, Ohio, 45202) location Plum Street between 7th and 8th Sts. (Cincinnati, Ohio, 45202) Location false
Style Period:
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Style Period:
Moorish style_period Moorish Style Period false
Style Period:
Byzantine Revival style_period Byzantine Revival Style Period false
Culture:
American culture American Culture false
Subject:
Cincinnati (Ohio) subject Cincinnati (Ohio) Subject false
Subject:
central business districts subject central business districts Subject false
Subject:
rose windows subject rose windows Subject false
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Description:
"The 1,400-seat, red brick temple, called by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise his "Alhambra" temple, is considered one of the finest examples of Moorish Byzantine Victorian style architecture in the Western world. . . . Cincinnati architect's John Keyes Wilson's (1828-1894) blending of Byzantine, Gothic, and Islamic elements was the first American attempt to create a 'Jewish architecture' - a mix of styles symbolizing the intellectual and cultural currents that have influenced Jewish culture"( 72-73). description "The 1,400-seat, red brick temple, called by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise his "Alhambra" temple, is considered one of the finest examples of Moorish Byzantine Victorian style architecture in the Western world. . . . Cincinnati architect's John Keyes Wilson's (1828-1894) blending of Byzantine, Gothic, and Islamic elements was the first American attempt to create a 'Jewish architecture' - a mix of styles symbolizing the intellectual and cultural currents that have influenced Jewish culture"( 72-73). Description false
Information Source:
The Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati: A Portrait of Two Hundred Years. Cincinnati: The Cincinnati Historical Society, 1988. information_source The Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati: A Portrait of Two Hundred Years. Cincinnati: The Cincinnati Historical Society, 1988. Information Source false
Reproduction Creator:
Mackaron, Erissa reproduction_creator Mackaron, Erissa Reproduction Creator false
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created in 2003 reproduction_date created in 2003 Reproduction Date false
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Reproduction View:
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Reproduction View Subject:
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Reproduction Rights Statement:
These images are for non-profit use educational use. Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of material in physical or digital form requires prior written permission from the copyright holder. reproduction_rights_statement These images are for non-profit use educational use. Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of material in physical or digital form requires prior written permission from the copyright holder. Reproduction Rights Statement false

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