Great Synagogue

Place of worship

Synagogue in Elizabeth Street designed by architect Thomas Rowe and consecrated in 1878. Combining elements of Byzantine and Gothic style, it is designed to accommodate up to 1,000 worshippers.

Positions
Architect
Rowe, Thomas
1874

Great Synagogue

by Laila Ellmoos, 2008

 

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Built to repair the schism that had formed between Sydney's rival synagogues in York and Macquarie streets, the Great Synagogue was the most dramatic building on Elizabeth Street.
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