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(Former) Anshe Sholom Synagogue Building
Chicago's landmark record gives (Former) Anshe Sholom Synagogue Building a stable base for work on religious architecture, congregational history, and the longer public life of the site.
(Former) Anshe Sholom Synagogue Building
754 S. Independence Blvd, Chicago, Illinois
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Quick Take
- Official status: Chicago individual landmark.
- Address: 754 S. Independence Blvd.
- Built: 1924-26.
- Architect: Newhouse and Bernham.
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Why It Matters
(Former) Anshe Sholom Synagogue Building gives religious architecture, congregational history, and immigration and neighborhood change a durable public anchor.
From there, the building can be read through design, use, later change, and neighborhood context instead of remaining a detached image or isolated fact.
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Research Narrative
Landmark Context
(Former) Anshe Sholom Synagogue Building is anchored to 754 S. Independence Blvd before any deeper archive work begins. City records connect the site to a construction date of 1924-26 and credits Newhouse and Bernham. It was designated on June 25, 2014. (Former) Anshe Sholom Synagogue Building already ties religious architecture, congregational history, and immigration and neighborhood change to one real building before archival digging begins.
(Former) Anshe Sholom Synagogue Building reveals more once fieldwork compares entry hierarchy, towers, and symbolic facade work, parish or congregational buildings nearby, and later reuse, subdivision, or adaptive change. Those observations help show how worship, community identity, and later reuse remain visible in the building.
Research Starting Points
(Former) Anshe Sholom Synagogue Building gains a fuller record through congregational records, permit files, and historic photographs and neighborhood reporting. That is where early landmark facts begin to connect to a fuller chronology of change, use, and interpretation.
(Former) Anshe Sholom Synagogue Building becomes clearer when later research stays attached to the building instead of drifting into abstraction.
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Campaign / Petition Record
Ordered oldest to newest.
1924-26
Development
Construction period recorded in city landmark data
by Public record Previous
Chicago's public landmark data records (Former) Anshe Sholom Synagogue Building as built in 1924-26.
June 25, 2014
Designation
Chicago individual landmark designation
by Public record Previous
City of Chicago designated (Former) Anshe Sholom Synagogue Building as an individual landmark on June 25, 2014.
February 2026
Inventory
City landmark address list and data portal record
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(Former) Anshe Sholom Synagogue Building remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.
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City of Chicago Open Data: Individual Landmarks
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Chicago Landmark Address List February 2026
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Place Snapshot
- Place
- (Former) Anshe Sholom Synagogue Building
- Location
- 754 S. Independence Blvd, Chicago, Illinois
- Coverage
- Exact
Key Facts
- Region
- Chicago, Illinois / Midwest
- Place type
- Campus / Institutional
- Current status
- Preserved
- Address
- 754 S. Independence Blvd
- Built
- 1924-26
- Architect
- Newhouse and Bernham
- Designated
- June 25, 2014
Design / Planning Timeline
Newhouse and Bernham
1924-26
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Design architect or firm credited in current city landmark data
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