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Beth Jacob Synagogue (Lakewood, Colo.)

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Its inscriptions: Cornerstone (Erected by Isaac Solomon in memory of his son Jacob, 5671. 1911. Built anew and rededicated December 5686. 1925.)

Recent RMCAD sign (JCRS Isaac Solomon Historic Synagogue)

Short walking tour, 2008: #3 (JCRS Isaac Solomon Historic Synagogue; the original synagogue was located on the west side of the New York Building. It can be seen in the 1916 photograph ... and burned down several years after that ... rebuilt in 1925)

Campus visit, 2009 November 17 (Rebuilt structure located southwest of the I. Rude Medical Building)

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Beth Jacob Synagogue at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1925-1935

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0032.00005
Abstract Interior view of the synagogue at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The Mashgiach (kosher supervisor) for the JCRS sits on a chair on the bimah. The synagogue was erected in 1911 by Isaac Solomon in memory of his son Jacob. It was rebuilt in the form seen here in 1925 after a fire. At some later point it came to be known as the JCRS Isaac Solomon Synagogue. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen...
Dates: between 1925-1935

Isaac Solomon Synagogue (Originally Known as the Beth Jacob Synagogue) at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1950-1955

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Identifier: B002.04.0341.0007.00001
Abstract

Exterior view of the Isaac Solomon Synagogue (originally known as the Beth Jacob Synagogue), which served the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's (JCRS), and the area around it. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish working men along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver. Mounted on cardboard 9 x 11 inches.

Dates: between 1950-1955

JCRS Isaac Solomon Historic Synagogue Foundation Records

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Identifier: B353
Abstract The Isaac Solomon Historic Synagogue Foundation was founded in 2001 with a mission to restore the Beth Jacob Synagogue building and a tent structure on the former campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) in Lakewood, Colorado. The Foundation was dissolved in 2013 due to financial challenges. This collection shows the process and challenges of historic preservation. Collection contains correspondence, architectural and construction information, historical background materials,...
Dates: circa 1957-2012

Panoramic View of a Group and the Campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1940-1950

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Identifier: B002.04.0345.0005.00002
Abstract View of a group standing on a circle drive on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). There is platform set up in front of them and buses are parked on a road on the right. The view is taken from the Texas Pavilion for Women, facing east. On the right of the photograph is the Isaac Solomon Synagogue, originally known as the Beth Jacob Synagogue. In the distant background is the Tower of Hope on the Main Building. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that...
Dates: between 1940-1950