CPA Projects – Detailed Report

The building that houses Congregation Agudas Sholom/Walnut Street Synagogue, Jewish Museum, and Cultural Center, is a one hundred and thirteen (113) year old structure with exterior and interior water damage which is affecting the building structurally. The project will address: Repairing the pointing and repairing the bulging buttresses. (See attached architectural study). These repairs to the exterior will reduce /eliminate water damage to the inside and the subsequent costly interior repairs inside walls and ceilings. This grant will help sustain this historic building (National Historic Register of Historic Places -1993), the last active Orthodox synagogue remaining in the city.