| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1867/01/01 | Rev Isaac Leeser of Philadelphia, presides over Atlanta's first Jewish wedding, between Emilie Baer to Abraham Rosenfeld. Rabbi Leeser encourage those present to create a formal congregation. | |||||
| 1875/00/00 | The Hebrew Benevolent Congregation built the first permanent worship hall in downtown Atlanta at Garnett and Forsyth Strs. | |||||
| 1902/00/00 | Joseph Jacobs | Faith | The Hebrew Benevolent Congregation built their second hall on South Pryor and Richardson Streets, Washington-Rawson neighborhood southeast of downtown. | |||
| 1931/00/00 | Philip T Shutze | Architect | The Temple, designed by Philip Trammell Shutze in a Neoclassical style, is completed. | |||
| 1958/10/12 | A group of 5 white supremacists, angered by The Temple's ongoing and vocal support of civil rights, places 50 sticks of dynamite by the north entrance to The Temple. The building was damaged extensively, but no one was injured. |
| Particulars for The Temple: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Owner | Private |
| Area of Significance | Religion |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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