A Look at Cincinnati’s 1866 Isaac Wise Temple

Photo: Library of Congress

Photo: Library of Congress

Photo: Library of Congress

Photo: Library of Congress

Photo: Library of Congress

Photo: Library of Congress

Photo: Library of Congress

Photo: Library of Congress

Constructed in 1865 at a cost of $275,000 by Rabbi Isaac M. Wise the founder of American Reform Judaism, the Plum Street Synagogue serves its congregation as spectacularly today as it did 152 years ago. Best part? ALL OF IT.

More information on the Isaac Wise Temple here.

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