Although Jews had arrived in Bloomington by the 1850s, the synagogue was organized in 1884 and named for Sir Moses Montefiore.

[1] As of 1996[update] the Monroe and Prairie Streets former synagogue building was used as a Baptist church.

[4] Peter Warshaw purchased the property in 1993 and the former synagogue and former church was subsequently converted in a private residence.

The new owners won the Landmarks Illinois 2001 Adaptive Reuse Award.

[5] This article about a synagogue or other Jewish place of worship in the United States is a stub.