Gates of Heaven Synagogue - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Gates of Heaven Synagogue - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Gates of Heaven Synagogue, also known as the Old Synagogue, is a historic synagogue in Madison, Wisconsin. The synagogue was designed by German immigrant and architect August Kutzbock and constructed in 1863 for the Gates of Heaven congregation. The congregation that commissioned the synagogue was a group of 17 German-speaking Jewish families that met within the building until financial difficulties obliged them to rent it to a succession of tenants from 1879 until finally selling the building in 1916. The synagogue was then sold to a succession of owners and was at various times a dentist's office, a funeral home, and the office of US Congressman Robert Kastenmeier. Read more on Wikipedia
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