Temple Apartments - former B'nai El Temple - St. Louis, Missouri - This Old Church on Waymarking.com

B'nai El Temple, built in 1905, is the oldest surviving structure for a Jewish congregation in St. Louis. The building with its twin octagonal towers was built by John Ludig Wees in a Romanesque-Byzantine style. The congregation was a growing in the early 1900's with the arrival of more immigrants in the area from Europe and Russia. In 1944 the congregation sold the building to a neighboring Catholic parish to be used as a high school. In 1969 the building was sold to the St. Louis Board of Education and became the Sherman Branch School, an elementary school. It served in that capacity for only six years. It was boarded up for many years until it was converted to apartments (Temple Apartments).

Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1905 Age of Church building determined by?: Church website If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Jewish Street address of Church: 3666 Flad Ave St. Louis, Missouri United States 63110 Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: Not listed If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Not listed Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: Not Listed

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