For sale: Historic synagogue site filled with memories and marble
The historic, former Baron Hirsch Synagogue at 1740 Vollintine, is being sold. The building was marketed starting in 1984 for $3.5 million, but sold in 1992 for $550,000 to the Church of God in Christ’s (COGIC) Tennessee Fifth Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. Now, the church and Crye-Leike are listing it for $5 million. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
The Star of David is visible from a small prayer room inside the former Baron Hirsch Synagogue building. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Doors lead to a secondary area inside the former Baron Hirsch Synagogue. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Stained-glass panels line the worship area of the historic building. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
A stained-glass Star of David adorns the ceiling inside the former Baron Hirsch Synagogue. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Jewish symbols adorn entrances to the former Baron Hirsch Synagogue. The three-story, gray limestone building with some marble trim has been headquarters for the 75-church COGIC jurisdiction and also has housed the Gethsemane Garden COGIC congregation. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Stained-glass panels inside a secondary area of the former Baron Hirsch Synagogue, now home to Gethsemane Garden COGIC congregation and its COGIC jurisdictional headquarters. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
An original chandelier is in a dining hall inside the former Baron Hirsch building. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Built 65 years ago for the Baron Hirsch Synagogue and sold 28 years ago to a Church of God in Christ jurisdiction, the historic property at 1740 Vollintine is up for sale for only the second time.
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Tom Bailey
Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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