1044 Kiever Synagogue - Kensington Market
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As the congregation grew to 50 members, it raised sufficient funds, in 1917, to purchase a house, with a $6,000 mortgage, at 25 Bellevue Avenue. The new location was on the outskirts of Kensington Market, which was becoming a bustling Jewish neighbourhood as immigrants gradually lifted themselves out of the abject poverty of the Ward and moved west.
In 1921, a second house was purchased[3] and by 1923, the congregation grew prosperous enough to build a new synagogue on the site of the two houses. The location, at the corner of Denison Square and Bellevue, was originally the site of Belle Vue, the house built in 1815 by the area's first British settler Captain George Taylor Denison, and demolished around 1890.[4] The new building, with a capacity for 400 people, was designed by Benjamin Swartz, and financed by a $16,000 (today $220,000) mortgage. Construction took place between 1924 and 1927, during which services were held in members' homes.
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By Roberto Riveros
In 1921, a second house was purchased[3] and by 1923, the congregation grew prosperous enough to build a new synagogue on the site of the two houses. The location, at the corner of Denison Square and Bellevue, was originally the site of Belle Vue, the house built in 1815 by the area's first British settler Captain George Taylor Denison, and demolished around 1890.[4] The new building, with a capacity for 400 people, was designed by Benjamin Swartz, and financed by a $16,000 (today $220,000) mortgage. Construction took place between 1924 and 1927, during which services were held in members' homes.
From Wikipedia
By Roberto Riveros