Location Information
(for the Temple Gemiluth Chassed)
Name:Temple Gemiluth Chassed
Address:706 Church Street
City/County:Port Gibson, Claiborne County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1891-92
Architectural Styles(s):Moorish
No. of Stories:1
Registration Information
NR District Name:Market Street-Suburb St. Mary (1979)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:5
    MPS:Historic Resources of Port Gibson
Mississippi Landmark Information
Designated:11-01-1995
Recorded:12-18-1995
Book/Vol. No.:V. 15-H, p. 221
Local Designation Information
Local District Name:Port Gibson Historic District
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Context/Comments
Designed by the firm of Bartlett & Budemeyer, this distinctive Moorish-style synagogue was built in 1891-92. The congregation became inactive in the 1980s or 90s, and the Lum family acquired the building. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark, at the request of the Lum family, on 1 November 1995. In May 2003 it was being used by a group called the Messianic Congregation Beit Lechem.

It is included in "Architecture in Claiborne County, Mississippi" (1974) (p.31), "America’s Religious Architecture" (1997) (p.289), "Historic Churches of Mississippi" (2007) (pp.126-127), "Must See Mississippi" (2007) (pp.150-153), and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p.62, ND74).