Temple Israel (Leadville, Colorado)

Temple Israel is a former synagogue, now Jewish history museum, located at 201 West 4th Street in Leadville, Colorado, in the United States.

[5] Dedicated during services for Rosh Hashanah on September 19, 1884,[6] the Reform synagogue served an interesting group of Jewish pioneers.

[9][better source needed] He lived with his wife and two daughters in rooms in the back whilst conducting his automobile radiator repair business in the front.

[10][better source needed] During World War II, the synagogue building functioned as a dormitory/boarding house for mine workers and was sold in 1955 to the St. George Episcopal Church across West 4th Street to be their parsonage.

[11] [better source needed] The Temple Israel Foundation bought the building in 1992[12][13] and, after a fire in 2006, restored the synagogue to its original condition.

Temple Israel, restored interior
Entrance to the Leadville Hebrew Cemetery