The Temple (Atlanta)

	The Temple
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Atlanta Landmark Building
Location	Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates	33°47′52″N 84°23′21″W / 33.79778°N 84.38917°WCoordinates: 33°47′52″N 84°23′21″W / 33.79778°N 84.38917°W
Built	1931
Architect	Shutze, Philip
NRHP reference No.	82002420
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 9, 1982
Designated ALB	October 23, 1989

Original temple (1875) on Forsyth Street

The Temple (formally, the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation) is a Reform synagogue in Atlanta, Georgia. The oldest Jewish congregation in Atlanta, it was established in 1860 to serve the needs of German-Jewish immigrants. The Temple, designed by Philip Trammell Shutze in a Neoclassical style, was completed in 1931.

Previous temples of the congregation were located at:^[2]

1875–1902: Garnett and Forsyth Streets, downtown
1902–1929: South Pryor and Richardson Streets, Washington-Rawson neighborhood southeast of downtown^[3]

During the 1950s and 1960s, The Temple became a center for civil rights advocacy. In response, white supremacists bombed The Temple on October 12, 1958, with no injuries. While arrests were made, there were no convictions. Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor Ralph McGill's outraged front-page column on the Temple bombing won a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing.^[4] The Temple and the bombing event was used as a central theme in the film Driving Miss Daisy (1989).

Organ

The Shutze temple opened in 1931 with a new Pilcher organ. In 1955, temple organist Emilie Spivey contracted Aeolian-Skinner to update and renovate the organ. The renovated organ, one of twelve in the country bearing G. Donald Harrison's signature plate, was dedicated October 14, 1955 with a performance of Ernest Bloch's Sacred Service. On Oct 30, 1955 Spivey played the opening recital of Mozart, Bloch, and Poulenc's organ concerto.^[5]^[6] The organ underwent a major renovation in 2011-2012.^[6]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ "Pioneer Citizens' History of Atlanta, 1833-1902: Pub. By the Pioneer Citizens' Society of Atlanta". 1902.
^ photo (Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine) after it had been converted into a Greek Orthodox Church
^ "The Temple". Atlanta: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. National Park Service. October 10, 2008.
^ "Organ in Atlanta Temple Opened by Emilie Spivey" (PDF). The Diapason. 47 (2): 1. January 1, 1956.
^ ^a ^b "The Organ - The Temple". www.the-temple.org. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[2] "Pioneer Citizens' History of Atlanta, 1833-1902: Pub. By the Pioneer Citizens' Society of Atlanta". 1902.

[3] to (Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine) after it had been converted into a Greek Orthodox Church

[4] "The Temple". Atlanta: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. National Park Service. October 10, 2008.

[5] "Organ in Atlanta Temple Opened by Emilie Spivey" (PDF). The Diapason. 47 (2): 1. January 1, 1956.

[:0-6] "The Organ - The Temple". www.the-temple.org. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

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