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Jefferson Avenue Shul - DEMOLISHED OCTOBER 2014
Formal name: Ahavas Sholem Synagogue
407 Jefferson Avenue, Buffalo, NY
| Erected: | 1903 |
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| Style: | Moorish Revival |
| Architects: | A. E. Minks & Son |
| 1903 cost: | $28,000 |
| Original seating capacity: | 700 |
| Last year the building functioned as a house of worship: | 1962 |
| 2013 Distinction: | Oldest synagogue building still standing in Buffalo |
| Status: | City of Buffalo Local Landmark (1997) |
| For other information: | Tim Tielman, et. al., Local Landmark Designation ApplicationTim Tielman, et. al., Local Landmark Designation ApplicationDavid Torke, City's Oldest Synagogue Threatened With Demolition February 2012 Fix Buffalo article (online Jan. 2013) Elizabeth Licata, Preservation Ready: Jefferson Avenue Shul. May 2012 Buffalo Spree article (online Jan. 2013) (online Jan. 2013) |