Property Record
1000-1002 VILLA ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 11401 |
| Location (Address): | 1000-1002 VILLA ST |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Racine |
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| Year Built: | 1865 |
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| Survey Date: | 1980 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | HALF-ROUND FANLIGHT IN FRONT GABLE. SMALL GABLE IN REAR. TRANSOMS OVER WINDOWS AND DOORS. About 1921, an Orthodox synagogue, Beth Israel, was organized on Racine's southside for the increasing Jewish population. A Reformed synagogue, Sinai, had been organized in 1920 but merged with Beth Israel to form the present Temple Beth Israel-Sinai. Prior to the construction of its new synagogue, the congregation met in this building. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 1887 insurance map. Burckels, Nicholas C., Ed. Racine: Growth and Change in a Wisconsin County. Racine: Racine County Board of Supervisors, 1977, pp. 99, 525. Brown,The Jewish Community, pp. 15, 17, 19. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |