Isaac M. Wise Temple (Plum Street Temple)
The congregation was led by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, the founder of Reform Judaism in North America. The Spanish influences on the design recall the Golden Age in Spain before the Inquisition, a time when Jewish culture flourished.
Historic StatusListed on NRHP on December 27, 1972.
Quotes"CIncinnati architect James Keyes Wilson's (1828-1894) blending of Byzantine, Gothic, and Islamic elements was the first American attempt to create a 'Jewish architecture' - a mix of styles symbolizing the intellectural and cultural currents that had influenced Jewish culture." From "The Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati: A Portrait of Two Hundred Years" by The Cincinnati Historical Society.
Completion Date1867
StyleMoorish Byzantine Victorian
ArchitectJames K. Wilson
720 Plum St., Cincinnati, OH 45202