The congregation's historic Plum Street temple was erected in honour of Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, who was among the founders of Reform Judaism in the United States.

[4] The temple was dedicated on Friday, August 24, 1866, and is among the oldest synagogue buildings in the United States.

[2] In 1976, the congregation expanded its facilities to include a new synagogue, community center, and school located in Amberley Village.

Prior to the Civil War, the 200 families of K. K. B'nai Yeshurun (Isaac M. Wise Temple) envisioned a magnificent building to house their growing twenty-year-old congregation that had already gained a national prominence because of their rabbi, Isaac Mayer Wise.

The original ledger book with all the entries of specific costs entailed in the construction of Plum Street Temple was found in the early 21st century.