In 1874, twenty Jewish families founded Khal Kodesh Adath Israel (Congregation Assembly of Israel). The congregation first met in Old Douglass Hall on North Market Street (present day Second Avenue North) and in various places over the years until it purchased and remodeled a residence on North Market Street in 1886. The Religious School began during its first year at the new residence and the congregations employed its first full-time rabbi in 1887. The congregation grew and the Gay Street Synagogue was constructed in 1901. The synagogue remained at Gay Street for 46 years until all activities, except for High Holidays, were moved to the present location on West End Avenue. The current synagogue was built and dedicated in 1951.

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West End Synagogue website, www.westendsyn.org, 2003.