| Sons of Jacob Synagogue | |
|---|---|
 The synagogue, in 2016 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | |
| Leadership | Lay–led |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 24 Douglas Avenue,Providence,Rhode Island 02908 |
| Country | United States |
  Location inRhode Island | |
| Coordinates | 41°50′06″N71°25′02″W / 41.834915°N 71.417212°W /41.834915; -71.417212 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect | Harry Marshak(1926) |
| Type | Synagogue architecture |
| Style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
| Established | 1896(as a congregation) |
| Completed | 1906; 1926 |
| Construction cost | $50,000 |
| Direction of façade | East |
| Website | |
| sonsofjacobsynagogue | |
Sons of Jacob Synagogue | |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001152 |
| Added to NRHP | August 24, 1989 |
| [1] | |
TheSons of Jacob Synagogue, officiallyCongregation Sons of Jacob, is anOrthodoxJewish congregation and historicsynagogue andJewish museum, located at 24 Douglas Avenue inProvidence,Rhode Island, in the United States.
The congregation was founded in 1896 by Orthodox Jews who fled from thepogroms in Russia and Poland, who met initially in a house on Shawmut Street, in Providence. The congregation moved to their Douglas Avenue synagogue in 1906, expanded it in the 1920s, and appointed their firstrabbi in 1926. An exit from theInterstate 95 was subsequently located adjacent to the synagogue building.[2][3]
It is a two-story brick structure, set on a raised basement. The mainfaçade is three bays wide, with a pair of entry doors sheltered by a simple gable-roof portico. The building was constructed in two stages, 1906 and 1926, and is the major surviving remnant of what was once a large Jewish community in the Smith Hill neighborhood of Providence. The first stage of the building, its lower level, housed the congregation until it could raise funds to build the upper level, and was then used as a shul. The upper level was designed by Harry Marshak, a self-taught architect and builder born to immigrantRussian Jews, who was likely the first Jewish architect to work in the Providence area.[4]
The building was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
With the building starting to fall into disrepairs, in 2016 the synagogue was placed on the Providence Preservation Society's Most Endangered Properties List. Part of the building has been used as a Jewish museum sincec. 2017.[5][6] In 2023 it was estimated that $5.2 million was required to fully restore the synagogue building.[7]
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