Although Jews had arrived in Bloomington by the 1850s, the synagogue was organized in 1884 and named for Sir
Moses Montefiore. On May 21, 1889, the congregation dedicated a
Romanesque Revival /
Moorish Revival synagogue building at the southeast corner of Monroe and Prairie Streets. It is one of the relatively few surviving 19th century synagogue buildings in the United States. In 1959 the congregation moved to a new building in the Fairway Knolls neighborhood. Peter Warshaw purchased the property in 1993 and the former synagogue and former church was subsequently converted in a private residence. The new owners won the Landmarks Illinois 2001
Adaptive Reuse Award. ==See also==