Completed in 1780 in what was then the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the large wooden synagogue, one of the first large synagogues of its kind built at the invitation of the King of Poland, served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis in September 1939, soon after their conquest of the town.

[1] The main hall was on the west side and a two-story gallery at its corners in the south and north.

[1] The main hall (the men's prayer room) had two twin windows with round arches on the outer walls.

The two-tiered mansard hipped roof was divided by a small step and was closed at the bottom by a frieze.

An octagonal dome had been built into the roof in two steps; at the bottom it was divided into eight trapezoidal elements and at the top into triangles.