31 Concord St., Norwalk, Connecticut. County/parish: Fairfield.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 29, 1991. NRIS 91001684.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Beth Israel Synagogue was an Orthodox synagogue and, since 1972, a Baptist church building located at 31 Concord Street in the South Norwalk section of Norwalk, Connecticut, in the United States.
Built in 1906, the Moorish Revival style building is the only known synagogue building in Connecticut displaying Moorish onion domes, and is an unusual example of an urban wood-frame synagogue. Since 1972, the building has been owned and occupied by the Canaan Institutional Ba'ptist Church. (Beth Israel's original Orthodox congregation is now known as Beth Israel Chabad of Norwalk/Westport and worships in a new building in East Norwalk.) The building was added to the National Register of Historical Places in 1991.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132353734