[1][2] Construction of the new synagogue, on Niddrie Road, began in 1926 and the building was opened in May 1927.

The interior has folk art-style features including woodcarvings and wall-paintings which are similar to synagogues in Romania, Poland, and Ukraine, reflecting the Eastern European heritage of the synagogue's membership.

[citation needed] Some of the interior decoration, including the ark and bimah, were removed after the building closed and went to the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre in Garnethill.

[3] Following an "overwhelming" and "unprecedented" campaign of support,[5] it was made a Category C listed building on 14 September 2020.

The features which were considered as significant were the mainly unaltered exterior, the Eastern European design which is rare in the United Kingdom, the fact that it was one of the only purpose-built synagogues in Scotland and the contribution it has to the study of the early 20th-century Jewish community in Glasgow.