Washington and College Sts., Brownsville, Tennessee. County/parish: Haywood.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 19, 1979. NRIS 79002445.
1 contributing building.
Temple Adas Israel is an historic Reform Jewish synagogue located at the intersection of Washington and College streets in Brownsville, West Tennessee. Built in 1882 by German Jewish immigrants and descendants, it is the oldest synagogue building in Tennessee and one of fewer than one hundred surviving 19th-century synagogues in the country. On January 19, 1979, Temple Adas Israel was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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