The building was designed by the architects Gyula Papp and Ferenc Szabolcs,[1] in a flamboyant Romantic style that boldly intermingled Byzantine Revival and Moorish Revival architectural elements.

The image of the Star of David on the central balcony of the building façade was a notable feature.

In 1947, the Soviet government gave the synagogue to the USSR Ministry of Culture,[2] and the building has served as Uzhhorod's concert hall, prized for its acoustics.

All Jewish symbols were removed from the building,[2] although as of 2012[update] there was a plaque on the facade commemorating the 85,000 Jews from Zakarpattia Oblast who were murdered in The Holocaust.

[3] However, by 2019 those plans were yet to be realised, with a local congregation occasionally using the former synagogue for Jewish events.