SUITE OF AMERICAN COMMEMORATIVE SYNAGOGUE PLATES.

AUCTION 68 | Thursday, April 07th, 2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 16
SUITE OF AMERICAN COMMEMORATIVE SYNAGOGUE PLATES.

New York, 1954

Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Featuring: <<*1.>> The Mill Street Synagogue of 1730, the first synagogue building erected in North America. <<*2.>> The Second Mill Street Synagogue of 1818, erected on the site of the first edifice. <<*3.>> The Crosby Street Synagogue of 1834. <<*4.>> The 19th Street Synagogue of 1860. <<*5.>> The current building on 70th Street and Central Park West, dedicated in 1897 by the Rev. Dr. David de Sola Pool. <<*6.>> The Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island. Dedicated in 1763, it is the oldest synagogue building in the United States. <<*7.>> The seal of Shearith Israel, adopted in 1797.