Rare Beth Ahabah postcard image, postmarked 1916

 

Rare postcard view of Beth Ahabah Jewish Synagogue. I know of only four other postcard views of this building. You can find those images on the Rarely Seen Richmond online website that VCU Libraries hosts. This image is one I just downloaded from a rare book dealer website. I may purchase the original. 

The Synagogue of Congregation Beth Ahabah at 1121 W. Franklin Street was built in 1904 and designed by Noland and Baskervill. The neo-classical building’s dome recalls the Pantheon in Rome. The Synagogue contains twenty-nine stained glass windows including one depicting Mount Sinai created by the Louis C. Tiffany Studios in 1923. The reform Jewish congregation was founded in 1841. Beth Ahabah means House of Love. 

The reverse side of the postcard. Postmarked March 6, 1916.

-- Ray