[2] The congregation is inactive and the former synagogue building is leased to an Episcopal church for use as a food pantry.

[1] The congregation was founded in February 1883 by 33 Jewish men who met "for the purpose of building a synagogue" in Goldsboro.

The Goldsboro Jewish community already had a Torah and met for prayers, probably in private homes, in addition to having already formed a Cemetery Association and a Ladies' Hebrew Assistance Society.

Herman Weil had arrived in the United States in 1858, and was soon joined by his brothers, Henry and Solomon.

[1] The two-story, red brick synagogue was designed by Milton Harding in 1886, and is an example of Romanesque Revival architecture.