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Building History

The Temple Emanu-El congregation formed in 1861, making it one of the oldest Reformed Jewish temples on the West Coast. It erected its first temple in 1870, a very small, wood-frame building with arched, Romanesque windows and covered by a compound hipped roof. A rose window lit the entryway, and the main ornamentation on the exterior was extensive corbeling located just under the eaves.

Alteration

In 1922, the Building and Engineering News reported that the congregation planned a "marble and stucco addition" onto the original building, designed by the San Jose firm of Binder and Curtis. (See "Churches," Building and Engineering News, 08/05/1922, p. 7-8.)

Demolition

This first temple burned in a fire in 1940. A second Temple Emanu-El, still in use at 1010 University Avenue, was begun on 02/01/1948, and completed later than year.

PCAD id: 19729