Synagogue designed by Wright designated historic (AP through usatoday.com)
From The Associated Press through usatoday.com
ELKINS PARK, Pa. (AP) — The only synagogue ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
Beth Sholom, a soaring glass-and-concrete temple just outside Philadelphia, began welcoming worshippers nearly 50 years ago. On Sunday, the National Park Service recognized it as one of the architect's greatest achievements.
"This is not just a historic site," William Bolger, regional program manager for the park service, told about 500 in the sunlit sanctuary. "It is a living monument to our nation's culture."
Shaped like a pyramid with its top cut off, Beth Sholom is the only synagogue Wright created during his 70-year, 1,000-project career. Wright died in 1959, six months before Beth Sholom was first used.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2007-05-07-historic-synagogue_N.htm
ELKINS PARK, Pa. (AP) — The only synagogue ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
Beth Sholom, a soaring glass-and-concrete temple just outside Philadelphia, began welcoming worshippers nearly 50 years ago. On Sunday, the National Park Service recognized it as one of the architect's greatest achievements.
"This is not just a historic site," William Bolger, regional program manager for the park service, told about 500 in the sunlit sanctuary. "It is a living monument to our nation's culture."
Shaped like a pyramid with its top cut off, Beth Sholom is the only synagogue Wright created during his 70-year, 1,000-project career. Wright died in 1959, six months before Beth Sholom was first used.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2007-05-07-historic-synagogue_N.htm
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