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Temple Beth Zion, 599 Delaware Ave. Left: Temple Beth Zion (destroyed) where Delaware Avenue Baptist Church members worshipped after they sold the Olivet Baptist Church to the Twentieth Century Club. Right: Twentieth Century Club converted the Delaware Avenue Baptist Church into a clubhouse Twentieth Century Club: Byzantine Temple designed by Edward A. and William Kent. On 12 September, 1890, they dedicated their $95.000 house of worship. Constructed of Medina sandstone, an immense copper dome marked the highly distinguished building. There was also beautiful interior frescoing. Tragedy struck on 4 October, 1961, when a fire, fueled by flammable liquids being used to refinish the pews, destroyed the building. Within forty minutes of its discovery, the fire destroyed the magnificent central dome, causing it to collapse into the building. Postcard source: Cofeld Judaic Museum, housed behind the present Temple Beth Zion synagogue.

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