Mt. Sinai Synagogue

Mt. Sinai Synagogue
Mt. Sinai Synagogue
Religion
Affiliation	Judaism
Rite	Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Moshe Halfon
Status	Active
Location
Location	2610 Pioneer Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
Country	United States
	Location in Wyoming
Geographic coordinates	41°08′27″N 104°49′25″W / 41.14083°N 104.82361°W
Architecture
Architect(s)	Earl C. Morris
Type	Synagogue
Style	Mid-Century Modernist
General contractor	Carl Christensen
Date established	1910 (as a congregation)
Completed	1951
Specifications
Capacity	450 worshippers
Interior area	13,000 square feet (1,200 m2)
Materials	Steel; red brick
	Mt. Sinai Synagogue
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP reference No.	100001575
Added to NRHP	September 5, 2017

The Mt. Sinai Synagogue is an historic synagogue located at 2610 Pioneer Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming, in the United States. The synagogue was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.

The congregation was founded in 1910 by Eastern European and German Jews. In 1915, with the assistance of the Homestead Acts and the Jewish Agricultural Society, the original synagogue building was completed and was the first permanent Jewish house of worship in Wyoming.^[3] The synagogue moved in 1951 to its current location.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Weekly list". National Park Service. September 8, 2017.
^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mt. Sinai Synagogue". National Park Service. With accompanying pictures
^ ^a ^b Kasckow, Katherine (May 24, 2017). "Mt. Sinai Synagogue". Historic Wyoming.

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[weekly-1] "Weekly list". National Park Service. September 8, 2017.

[nrhpdoc-2] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mt. Sinai Synagogue". National Park Service. With accompanying pictures

[kk-3] Kasckow, Katherine (May 24, 2017). "Mt. Sinai Synagogue". Historic Wyoming.

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