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The building is located
at 10th and Lawrence Streets on the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver,
Colo. Since the 1970s it has been used as an art gallery by the
Auraria Higher Education Center. The building served as the synagogue
for the Jewish orthodox congregation Shearith Israel from 1903 to
1958. This building, part of the Auraria Higher Education Center
in downtown Denver since 1973, is the oldest surviving religious
structure in Denver. It was originally constructed in 1876 as an
Episcopal chapel. However in 1903 it was purchased by the newly
formed congregation of Shearith Israel, founded in 1899, and became
known as the 10th Street Shul. The ashlar stone building of Romanesque
and Gothic architecture was the congregation's synagogue until it
was disbanded in 1958. This photo highlights the rosette window
and the Star of David that once adorned the gable roof. Hebrew lettering
and another Star of David in stone are located above the door. The
building was purchased by artist Wolfgang Pogzeba for use as a studio
in 1963, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in
1969, and became known as the Emmanuel Gallery after becoming a
part of the Auraria campus in the 1970s. (Photograph courtesy of
Jack Goldman.)
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