Temple Emanuel (Pueblo, Colorado)

The Temple Emanuel is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 1325 North Grand Avenue, in Pueblo, Colorado, in the United States.

[1] In 1895, the Jewish population of Pueblo, Colorado was about forty to fifty families, which was large enough to organize the first Orthodox congregation known as B'nai Jacob.

[4] Temple Emanuel is the city of Pueblo’s oldest synagogue, however the Jewish community had existed many years prior.

[4] The masonry one-story building has a front-gabled roof, two polygonal towers, and an entry protected by a Syrian arch.

[4] In 1963, a separate temple education building was completed, and it is a brick structure in the shape of the Star of David.