1935
Geo.: Large: Mass.: Boston: Smith Court: Unmounted
GUSN-196562
A sign in Hebrew letters and in English on the wall of the African Meetinghouse, located on Smith Court in Boston Massachusetts, indicates that the building is the synagogue of the Congregation Libavitz. "At the end of the 19th century, when the Black community began to migrate from the West End to the South End and Roxbury, the building was sold to a Jewish congregation. It served as a synagogue until it was acquired by the Museum of African American History in 1972" (Museum of African American History website). A cat sits on the wall facing the sidewalk.
religious buildings
synagogues (buildings)
meeting houses (religious buildings)
exterior views
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)
DigitalID 001510
AccessID 2431
Other identifier HNEDID-001510
1 photographic print : black-and-white
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7300.002
Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Haskell, Arthur C. (Arthur Cushman), 1890-1968 (Photographer)
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)
Congregation Libavitz
African Americans
Smith Court (Boston, Mass.)
Jews United States
Architectural photography
Black People
Item
Geo.: Large: Mass.: Boston: Smith Court: Unmounted
Museum of African American History website, http://www.afroammuseum.org/site14.htm, accessed 2010-07-08.
Horton, James Oliver. Landmarks of African American History, 57-8.
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