The synagogue was designed by Władysław Ekielski in the Moorish Revival style, commenced in 1865 and completed in 1908, the lack of funds delayed timely construction.

The synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was set on fire by the Nazis in November 1939.

[2] The only remnant of the synagogue, a pillar, was preserved as an element of the monument in the Jewish cemetery in Tarnów.

In September 1993, the Committee for the Protection of Monuments of Jewish Culture from Tarnów placed a plaque on a building at the corner of Nowa and Waryńskiego Streets.

In November 1939 it was burned down by the Germans.” Media related to New Synagogue in Tarnów at Wikimedia Commons