Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Dedication tablet showing appreciation for JCRS building contributors, undated
Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0178.00006
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains a photo album, photographs, bulletin pages, drawings, lithographs, and contact sheets of the campus and buildings, patients and family, staff and volunteers, auxiliaries and conventions, and activities connected with the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and the AMC Cancer Research Center.
Dates:
undated
JCRS Isaac Solomon Historic Synagogue Foundation Records
Collection
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
Main Building With Tower of Hope at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1922
Item
Identifier: B002.04.0345.0002.00004
Abstract
The main building for men with the Tower of Hope at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). 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.
Dates:
circa 1922