The former Temple Beth Israel building is located south of downtown Hartford in the Sheldon-Charter Oak neighborhood. It is on the south side of Charter Oak Avenue, just east its junction with Main Street and west of Charter Oak Park. The synagogue was designed by Keller and built in 1875-76 for a Jewish congregation established in 1843. In 1843
the State, at the instigation of the congregation's leadership, passed a law making it possible for Jewish congregations to build synagogues. The
foundation stone was laid on September 25, 1875, as reported in a local newspaper: The building was one of fifteen Connecticut synagogues added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1995 ==See also==