TN-NSH085 Vine Street Temple

Marker text: VINE STREET TEMPLE

Nashville's Jewish community began in the 1840s. Many early families were immigrants fleeing oppression in Germany, Russia, and Poland. Completed in 1876, the <i>Vine Street Temple</i>, with nine Byzantine domes, was Nashville's first synagogue, fo 80 years a symbol of the city's strong Jewish presence. In 1955, the Reform congregation moved to West Nashville where it and other Jewish congregations continue today.

The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, Erected 1990