Designed by Stanisław Majerski and completed in 1918, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was desecrated by Nazis in 1939.

Reincarnated as a public library, the building's interior is sedate and functional, with bookshelves and walls painted white.

The windows and paintings were by Adolf Bienenstock, a Jewish Przemyśl artist who was a graduate of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts.

Bienenstock, who taught art at the Przemyśl Gymnasium, had studied under the notable Polish artist Józef Mehoffer.

[4] The synagogue was used for profane purposes including as a stable by the German army during World War II, and then later as a textile factory under the Communist post-War government, before being turned into a library in 1967.